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Dr Christine Preston

BSc(Macquarie), DipEd(Macquarie), MA(Educ)(Macquarie), PhD(Sydney)

Lecturer, Primary Curriculum Studies

Lecturer Science Education

Lecturer Early Childhood Science

Associate Director Professional Experience (Primary)

Email:

Phone: +61 2 9351 6282

Fax: +61 2 9351 2606

Building.Room: A35.541

Research interests

Research on teaching and learning

  • Early childhood education
  • Mathematics and science
  • Teacher education and professional learning

Keywords

Children's interpretation of science diagrams, K-12 science, early childhood science, primary curriculum, marine education, professional experience


Professional biography

Christine Preston has a unique teaching background having taught science in NSW schools at both the secondary and primary level. She has experience as a science teacher education lecturer in early childhood, primary and secondary science.  Since 2004 Christine has continued to teach kindergarten science in a Sydney school to maintain current field experience.

Christine is currently lecturing in: primary science K-6; early childhood science and Professional Experiences (primary).

Her current research interests are primary children’s interpretation of scientific diagrams, teaching science using toys, educating children about the marine environment, early childhood science and teaching in higher education.

Christine completed her PhD in 2012 titled: Science Diagrams: Their effects on primary students' conceptual understanding.

 

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Awards

  • Quality Teaching Award 2001, NSW Minister for Education and Training and the Australian College of Educators (NSW Chapter)

  • Excellence in Teaching Award 2007, Faculty of Education and Social Work, University of Sydney

  • Award for Innovation and Excellence in the Vocation of Teaching 1996, Rotary Club of Sydney


Professional and community roles

  • Editorial Advisory Committee, Teaching Science, Journal of the Australian Science Teachers Association 

  • MESA (Marine Education Society of Australasia), Secretary-treasurer


Selected publications

Book chapters

  • Christine Preston and Graham Crawford. (2012). Weather and our environment. In Keith Skamp (Ed.), Teaching primary science constructively (4th ed., pp. 497–547), South Melbourne, Victoria Australia: Cengage Australia.
  • Christine Preston, Beverley Jane, Graham Crawford. (2012). Our planet Earth. In Keith Skamp (Ed.), Teaching Primary Science Constructively (4th ed., pp. 447–496), Soth Melbourne, Victoria Australia: Cengage Australia.

Journal articles

  • Christine Preston. (2010). MESA: Supporting teaching and learning about the marine environment - primary science focus. Teaching Science, 56(4), 45–51. DOI:December 2010
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