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My qualifications are in Science Education and also in Educational Administration. My publications and research reflect these divergent interests. For the purposes of this document, articles and portions of books will be typed in bold. I will provide links and gradually expand them to provide an online version of many of my papers. I started work in the Faculty of Education, Northern Territory University (now Charles Darwin University), in February 1989 and retired on 7 February 2007.
A chronological listing of papers with links where possible will follow on subsequent pages.
1970
1 A Validation Study of the Gagne Taxonomy of Learning Processes with Reference to Retention, M.Sc Thesis, University of East Anglia, U.K. (Unpublished).
1974
2 New Chemistry Syllabus Guidelines for Teachers of the New W.A.E.C Chemistry Syllabus (produced locally at the Kano Federal Inspectorate Office).
1978
3 Alternative Strategies in Times of Severe Financial Restraint, Paper to Conference of Federal Inspectors, Lagos, Nigeria, 2 June.
1979
4 "The Changing Role of the Inspectorate: British and Nigerian Perspectives" M.Sc. Thesis Oxford University Department of Educational Studies, Oxford, U.K. (Unpublished, submitted 22/10/1979, degree awarded August 1981. [CITATION] The changing role of the inspectorate: British & Nigerian perspectives
WP Palmer - 1979 - University of Oxford Palmer, W. P. (1979). The changing role of the inspectorate: British and Nigerian perspectives. Unpublished MSc. Thesis, Oxford University Web Search
1981
5 "A Course of Action to Improve Standards of Education", presented in Proceedings Seminar on Educational standards, Goroka Teachers College , 15 May 1981. Paper read to Kenehe Committee on educational standards on 26 May 1981.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED511849.pdf
1982
6 Book Review of Advice to a Young Scientist (Penguin) by P.B. Medawar, in Library Bulletin (GTC) No 2, 1982
7 Proceedings of Goroka Teachers College Seminar on Educational Standards, W.P. Palmer and D. Harvey (editors), published March 1982, Goroka Teachers College , UPNG..
8 "The View of the GTC Faculty Planning Committee on Proposed Staff Cuts". I co-ordinated data and wrote Sections A and B (14 September 1982).This was presented by the Principal GTC on behalf of the College to the joint Inter University Working Party in November 1982.
1983
9 a) "The Start of a Project to Investigate the Problems of Beginning School Teachers"
10 b) "New Teachers Look Back".
11 "The View of the GTC Faculty Planning Committee on Proposed Staff Cuts". published in University Priorities, Staffing and National Resources (UPNG and PNGUT 1983). Ed. Prof C. Rogers.
12 'Why don't Papua New Guinean students understand chemistry?', a paper to Provincial High School Science Advisory Committee, Waigani, Department of Education.
13 "Proposed GTC Double Subject Science Courses: A Necessary Innovation", W.P. Palmer and C.A. Bunker. Joint paper presented to a workshop at Lae University of Technology, June 17-20, 1983.
14 "Proposed GTC Double Subject Science Courses: A Necessary Innovation", W.P. Palmer and C.A. Bunker, Problem solving through the Curriculum, edited by P.C. Clarkson, Maths Education Centre, University of Technology, Lae, MEC Report No 10, July 1983.
15 "A Brief Account of School Inspection in Nigeria", published in ACIES Annual Proceedings, Comparative and International Studies and the Theory and Practice of Education, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia, 24 August 1983, pp.348-359. See at:
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED265264.pdf
16 Proceedings of Regional Secondary Inspectorate/GTC Conference of 22 March 1982. Edited W.P. Palmer and G. O'Hara. Published at GTC, August 1983.
17 "The Problems of Beginning School Secondary Teachers", Papua New Guinea Journal of Education, Vol 19, No. 2, October 1983, pp. 47-50. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED511753.pdf
Research Seminar at Goroka Teachers College, 14 November 1983. Two papers were read:
18 (a)The start of a project to investigate the problems of beginning school teachers.
19 (b) New teachers look back
1984
20 "The Implementation of a Programme for the Improvement of the Academic Knowledge of New Teachers of Science", C.A. Bunker and W.P. Palmer. Paper presented at Association for Science Education Annual Meeting at University of Exeter, January 3-6, 1984. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED513808.pdf
21 "New Teachers Look Back", Research in Teacher Education 1983, P.J. Calvert (editor), GTC Research Committee 1984.
22 Proceedings of Seminar on the Involvement and Participation of Goroka Teachers College in Papua New Guinea Education, D. Kuhlman and W.P. Palmer (editors), 14 June, 1984.
23 "The Future of GTC: Opening Thoughts" Seminar on the Involvement and Participation of Goroka Teachers College in Papua New Guinea Education 14 June 1984. Paper in Proceedings pp.91-96.
24 "The distribution of resources within the University of Papua New Guinea", Seminar on the Involvement and Participation of Goroka Teachers College in Papua New Guinea Education (14 June 1984). (edited D. Kuhlman and W.P. Palmer ), pp.108-139.
25 "The distribution of resources within the University of Papua New Guinea"Paper accepted at UPNG seminar entitled "Towards a Strategy for Higher Education in Papua New Guinea" (19-21 June 1984) and published in the Proceedings, Part 2, Volume 2, Commission for Higher Education, Boroko, March 1985, pp. 570-600.
26 "The Implementation of a Programme for the Improvement of the Academic Knowledge of New Teachers of Science", C.A. Bunker and W.P. Palmer. International Newsletter on Chemical Education, No 21, June 1984, pp.18-20.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED513808.pdf
27 "The Progress of Five Attempts to Improve the Quality of Secondary Teaching in Papua New Guinea". Paper presented at 31st World ICET Assembly, entitled, "Innovations in Teacher Education: The Pursuit of Excellence", Bangkok, Thailand, 23-27 July 1984.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED524738.pdf
28 Abstract of "The Progress of Five Attempts to Improve the Quality of Secondary Teaching in Papua New Guinea"in Innovations in Teacher Education: The Pursuit of Excellence, International Year Book on Education 1984. International Council on Education for Teaching, Washington, USA, p.40.
29 "Higher Education in Papua New Guinea", SRHE International Newsletter, No 4, August 1984, pp.6-9.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED511751.pdf
. 30 "Chemistry in the Provincial High School Curriculum in Papua New Guinea: A Personal View", Science in New Guinea, Vol 11, No 3, December 1984/85, pp.173-178.
. 31 "The Progress of Five Attempts to Improve the Quality of Secondary Teaching in Papua New Guinea". presented at GTC Research Seminar, December 1984, and published in Research in Teacher Education 1984, P.J. Calvert (editor), GTC Research Committee 1985, pp.5-30.
32 "The Contribution of Chemistry to the Provincial High School: Past, Present and Future". Paper delivered at Third International Symposium on World Trends in Science and Technology Education at Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia, 10-20 December, 1984.
https://sites.google.com/site/1984contributionofchemistry/
33 "The Contribution of Chemistry to the Provincial High School: Past, Present and Future". Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on World Trends in Science and Technology Education Mount Gravatt, Queensland, Australia, Symposium Papers Volume 1, 1984, pp. 215-220. See URL:
https://sites.google.com/site/1984contributionofchemistry/
34 "The Progress of Five Attempts to Improve the Quality of Secondary Teaching in Papua New Guinea". Paper presented at 31st World ICET Assembly, entitled, "Innovations in Teacher Education: The Pursuit of Excellence", Bangkok, Thailand,
35 "Trained Scientific Manpower and Quality in Science Education", published in Background Papers, Waigani Seminar, (1984) UPNG, Port Moresby, Vol 2, pp.52-63. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED504182.pdf
1985
36 "The distribution of resources within the University of Papua New Guinea""published in the Proceedings,"Towards a Strategy for Higher Education in Papua New Guinea" (19-21 June 1984) Part 2, Volume 2, Commission for Higher Education, Boroko, March 1985, pp.570-600.
37 "Beginning Secondary Teachers in PNG: Family Background, Choice of Subject and the Curriculum Needs of Schools", paper at Fifteenth Annual South Pacific Association for Teacher Education International Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, July 22-26, 1985. Published by SPATE '85 in The Preparation of Teachers and Emerging Curriculum Issues, Volume 2, 23 July 1985.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED511850.pdf
38 "Introducing the Chemical Industry to Secondary Schools through the Science Curriculum in Papua New Guinea", A.C.W. Ponnamperuma and W.P. Palmer. Paper published in pre-conference proceedings and presented at ICSU Conference "Science and Technology Education and Future Human Needs", Bangalore, India, August 1985.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED513807.pdf
39 "A Simple Piece of Apparatus to Calibrate Aneroid Barometers", The Australian Science Teachers Journal, August 1985, Vol 1, No. 2, pp.76-77.
40 "New Teachers in Schools: A Summary". Paper to GTC Seminar entitled "Future Perspectives on Teacher Training, National Curricula and Secondary Schooling", 19-20 September 1985, published in Proceedings, pp. 49-59. (See 1987 publications ERIC # ED501060)
41 "The Training of Science Teachers in Papua New Guinea". Paper presented at Second Annual Congress of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Chemistry, University of Technology, Lae, 6-9 September 1985, published in Congress Proceedings Chemistry for Resource Development, Bernard Cassell (editor), The University Press, PNGUT, Lae, pp. 231-248. Please see #61 for full transcript.
42 'The New Teacher: Career Choice, Placement and Induction", Papua New Guinea Journal of Education, Vol 21, No 2, October 1985, pp.173-191. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED524797.pdf
43 "Some Comparisons of National and Local Inspectorates of Education in the United Kingdom and Nigeria", Paper presented at ANCZIES Annual Conference 9-11 December, 1985. Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia. Published in Quality and Equality in Education, J. Maddock and C. Hindson (editors), Flinders University, Australia, pp. 309-326. Please see at URL:
1986
44 A set of slides on Copper Mining at Panguna provided for duplication and use in Provincial High Schools. Acknowledgement from Science Curriculum Officer, Reference Hughes, FC2-3-15 of 27 March 1986.
45 Acknowledgement by M. Wilson and A. Wilson of assistance given with references and accompanying annotation in "Bibliography of Science Education in Papua New Guinea: An Update from 1977-1985", in Science in New Guinea, Vol 12, No. 1, 1986, pp.46-87.
46 "Fun with a Cigarette Lighter", CASTME Journal, Vol 6, No. 2, 1986, pp. 29-32.
47 "Higher Education, the Universities and Secondary Teacher Training in Papua New Guinea", Education Today, Journal of the College of Preceptors, Vol 36, No 2, 1986, pp.53-59.
48 "Halley's Comet", joint presentation R. Fairfax and W.P. Palmer, 14 April 1986, to Goroka Natural History Society.
49 "Comparativists, Communication and Conferences", ANZCIES Newsletter, Vol 3, No 2, June 1986.
50 "The Place of School Inspection in Improving the Quality of Education in Papua New Guinea: 1870-1962". Paper presented at SPATE '86, Fremantle, Australia, 13-17 July 1986. See URL:
http://william.palmer9920.googlepages.com/1986_theplaceofschoolinspection_png_palm
51 Shortened version of paper above, "The Place of School Inspection in Improving the Quality of Education in Papua New Guinea: 1870-1962" Collected Summary Papers SPATE 1986, Fremantle, Australia, pp.268-272.
52 "The Chemical Knowledge of Secondary Science Teachers in Papua New Guinea", paper presented at the PNGIC Congress "Chemistry in the Service of Papua New Guinea", 12-16 September 1986, Goroka Teachers College, Goroka, PNG.
53 "The Chemical Knowledge of Secondary Science Teachers in Papua New Guinea "Chemistry in the Service of Papua New Guinea, P. Bladon (editor), September 1986, pp.167-190.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED517426.pdf
54 Slide presentation/lecture to Goroka Natural History Society on "Copper Mining at Panguna", on 6 October, 1986.
55 "Education/Higher Education as a Commodity in Papua New Guinea - Some Conflicting Cross Cultural Perspectives". Paper presented at ANZCIES Conference, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 1-5 December 1986.
56 "Education/Higher Education as a Commodity in Papua New Guinea - Some Conflicting Cross Cultural Perspectives". Education as an International Commodity, Volume II, (ed) R.R. Gillespie and C.B. Collins, ANZCIES, Queensland, Australia, pp.406-418.
57 "Environmental, Ethical and Safety Issues in Chemistry/Science Curricula in Papua New Guinea Provincial High Schools", paper presented at the Fift ICASE-ASIAN Symposium, Seameo-Recsam, Penang, Malaysia, 8-12 December 1986. Reference SI 186/B4.
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED524511.pdf
1987
58 "Environmental, Ethical and Safety Issues in Chemistry/Science Curricula in Schools", Science in New Guinea, Vol 13, No 2, 1987, pp.82-91.
59 "Introducing the Chemical Industry into the Science Curriculum in Papua New Guinea" (edited version of the Bangalore Conference paper), A.C.W. Ponnamperuma and W.P. Palmer in Education, Industry and Technology, D.J. Waddington (editor), Volume 3 in Science Technology and Future Human Needs series, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1987, pp.133-138.
60 Palmer, W. P. (1987). New Teachers in Schools: A Summary. Paper to GTC Seminar entitled Proceedings on GTC Seminar Future Perspectives on Teacher Training, National Curricula and Secondary Schooling, W.P. Palmer and G.K. Pennie (editors), Goroka Teachers College, Papua New Guinea, January 1987. (ERIC # ED501060) AT URL:
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED501060.pdf
61 . The Training of Science Teachers in Papua New Guinea, Paper to GTC Seminar entitled
Future Perspectives on Teacher Training, National Curricula and Secondary Schooling, held at Goroka Teachers College, University of Papua New Guinea, 19-20 Septembe 1985, published in The Proceedings of Future Perspectives on Teacher Training,
National Curricula and Secondary Schooling Seminar, pp.158-174. (Publication date: January, 1987) ERIC #ED500898
http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED500898.pdf
62 "Education/Higher Education as a Commodity in Papua New Guinea - Some Conflicting Cross Cultural Perspectives". presented at a GTC Research Seminar, 23 January 1987. http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED517247.pdf
63 Abstract of "Environmental, Ethical and Safety Issues in Chemistry/Science Curricula in Papua New Guinea Provincial High Schools" Proceedings of the Fifth ICASE-ASIAN Symposium, July 1987, pp.62.
1988
64 Review of the ICI Educational Magazine Steam, CASTME Journal, Vol 8, No 2, 1988, pp.33.
65 Review of Delivering the Goods: Education as Cargo in Papua New Guinea by C. Swatridge, in South Pacific Journal for Teacher Education, Vol 16, No 1, April 1988, pp.109-110.
66 Review of The Periodic Table by Primo Levi, in The Australian Science Teachers' Journal, Vol 34, No 2, May 1988, pp. 91-92.
67 Special thanks for assistance by Hutchings T.R. (1988) "Safety in the School Laboratory", International Newsletter on Chemical Education, No 29, June, pp.1-17.
68 "Idealism among New Secondary Teachers in Papua New Guinea", paper presented at Partnerships in Education Conference, Dallas Brooks Hall, Melbourne, 26-29 September 1988.
69 "Idealism among New Secondary Teachers in Papua New Guinea", Partnerships in Education, Tony Townsend and Jennie Cowdell (editors), South Pacific Centre, Chisholm Institute of Technology, Frankston, Victoria, pp. 98-110. (ref AEI, 1990 cit 322). Also see http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED501704.pdf
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