Meet The Team

Chief Project Investigators

Dr Hye - Eun Chu
Senior Lecturer, School of Education, MQ

Hye-Eun Chu is a senior lecturer at the School of Education, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Before joining Macquarie University, she was an assistant professor in science education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore; post-doctoral research fellow at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia; and lecturer and researcher at Dankook University, Young-In, Korea. Her research interests include the investigation of students’ conceptual development in science learning with a focus on the inclusion of arts-integrated STEM (STEAM), students’ explanatory models, the influence of learner belief on science and science learning, and on-going assessment in the context of inquiry-based teaching.

Sonya N. Martin
Professor, Science Education, SNU

Sonya N Martin is a Professor in the Department of Earth Science Education at Seoul National University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Sonya holds a bachelor's degree in Biology from Bryn Mawr College, and master’s degrees in Elementary Education and in Chemistry Education from the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. She also holds a doctoral degree in Science Education from Curtin University in Australia. Her research focuses on identifying science teacher practices that promote learning for diverse students and on promoting professionalization of science teachers through classroom-based participatory research.

Project Investigators, Macquarie University (MQ)

Dr Michael Cavanagh

Associate Professor SFHEA, Director of Education

Dr Michael Cavanagh is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at Macquarie University. He taught mathematics in secondary schools for 20 years before becoming the secondary mathematics curriculum lecturer at Macquarie in 2004. He is the recipient of national and university teaching awards and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research examines reflective practice, teacher self-efficacy, and teacher noticing. His current work focuses on how the Lesson Study model can be applied in initial teacher education.

Professor Garry Falloon

Professor of STEM Education and Digital Learning and Director of International Engagement

Garry Falloon is a professor at the School of Education, Macquarie University, and currently the CI for the ARC Discovery Project: Coding Animated Narratives as Contemporary Multimodal Authorship in Schools, and the NSW lead for the Commonwealth Government’s Principals as STEM Leaders (PASL) project.

Previously he was Professor of Digital Learning in the Faculty of Education at Waikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand. His background includes 22 years teaching and leadership of primary and secondary schools in New Zealand, Education Foundation Manager at Telecom New Zealand, working with Microsoft in the Partners in Learning and Digital Learning Object projects, and as project lead for the New Zealand Government’s $10m Digital Opportunities Project. He has served on numerous advisory and writing panels for eLearning policy and curriculum development, industry and sector advisory boards, and the N.Z Prime Minister’s Panel of Experts for Digital Learning.

His research interests include mobile learning, digital learning in primary and middle schools, online and blended learning, curriculum design, pedagogy and assessment in digitally-supported innovative learning environments, learning in primary science and technology, and educational research methods.

Project investigators (2020-2024)

Chan-jong Kim
Professor, Science Education, SNU

Chan-Jong Kim is a Professor in the Department of Earth Science Education at Seoul National University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He hold a bachelor’s degree in Earth Science Education and master’s degree in Geological Sciences from Seoul National University, Republic of Korea, and a doctoral degree in Science Education from the University of Texas at Austin, United States. His research focuses on scientific modelling as an approach to scientific exploration and learning in various subjects, contents, and contexts and on the development and application of various methods for the analysis of collective talk with the learning of science. Recently, he is particularly interested in education for diverse learners in Korean K-12 on global environmental risks such as climate change.

Jin-woong Song
Professor, Science Education, SNU

Jin-woong Song is a Professor in the Department of Physics Education at Seoul National University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. He is a Fellow of KAST(Korean Academy of Science and Technology). He holds a doctoral degree in Science Education from King’s College London in London, UK. His research focuses on science education in hyper connected society with new technologies and science classroom culture & interactions in east Asia. He is also interested in science curriculum and educational policy.

Professor Yeon-A Son

Collaborator, Professor, DKU

She is constantly developing educational programs to foster the expertise of pre-service science teachers and school science teachers in STEAM education and integrated science education. Furthermore, she is striving to establish educational models for Sustainable Development (ESD) for the community. Currently, she continues her education and research activities as a professor of science education at Dankook University and director of the Institute of Integrated Science Education of Dankook University.

Team Members

Dr Andréa Ribeiro
Andréa Ribeiro has a background BSc and MSc on oceanography from Brazilian Federal Universities (2011 and 2014). Later, she studied her PhD in Physics at Macquarie University (2019) developing sensors for monitoring environmental parameters.

Anna Mang

Science teacher, Ph.D candidate Science Education

Anna Mang is a Ph.D candidate at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Anna holds a bachelor’s degree in Medical Science, Neuroscience from the University of Sydney, a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Science Education, and a master’s degree in Science Education Research from Macquarie University. Her research interest involves exploring ways to promote science learning through the integration of socio-scientific issues (SSIs) contexts into STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) practices.

Kiano Pomente
Pre-service teacher

Kiano Pomente is a pre-service teacher studying at Macquarie University. His passion is to apply effective inquiry-based learning in the science classroom and develop SSI STEAM units.

Katelyn Mills

Katelyn Mills is a Master of Research student at Macquarie University. Her research interest involves exploring systems thinking as a method to organize and design STEAM programs to develop students' systematic thinking skills in the science classroom.

Sarah Hajama
First-Year Master of Research Student / Academic Staff Member at MQ

Sarah Hajama is a first-year Master of Research student (focussing on Science Education) at Macquarie University. Sarah also holds a Bachelor of Medical Sciences degree from Macquarie University. She is an academic staff member in the School of Natural Sciences at Macquarie University, and is passionate abour researching the student experience in tertiary science education.

Seoul National University (SNU), 2020-2024

Ei Seul Kim
School Teacher/Science Educator

Ei is a high school teacher she focuses on Science, in particular Physics. She is pursing further studies in a Masters degree at Seoul National University. She is passionate on developing teaching methods to further STEAM Education.

Email: kdew1028@gmail.com

Hyeongmoon Lee
Ph.D candidate, Science Education

Hyeongmoon Lee is a Ph.D candidate in Science Education at the Seoul National University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Hyeongmoon got a bachelor's degree and masters degree in Physics Education from Seoul National University. His research focuses on scientific inquiry in science education. He is particularly interested in discrepancy situations with experimental activity in science class. Currently, he teaches physics at a high school and is interested in developing a STEAM program based on scientific inquiry activities

Woo-yong Park
Ph.D student, Science Education

Receiving his bachelor’s degree in Earth Science Education from Korea National University of Education and Master’s degree in Science Education from Seoul National University. His research focuses on climate change education in science education. He is particularly interested in engaging students in climate change education to foster their own action competency regarding global environmental issues. Currently, his research subject is on the cultivation of citizenship from various ways of climate change education, such as activities in a school club, and classes based on gamification.

Ki-eun Eom

Ph.D candidate, Science Education

Ki-eun Eom is a Ph.D student in Science Education at the Seoul National University in Seoul, Republic of Korea. Ki-eun earned a bachelor's degree and masters degree in Earth Science Education from Seoul National University. His research focuses on game-based learning in science education. He is particularly interested in combining games with classroom activities in science class. Currently, he is expanding his research scope to adapt cultural contents into K-12 classroom, especially for diverse students like multicultural students.

Dankook University (DKU), 2020-2024

Tae Hoon Kim

Ph.D Science Education

Teacher Tae-hoon Kim majored in science education and life sciences at Dankook University and graduated with a doctorate in science education from Dankook University's General Graduate School. With 26 years of teaching experience, he is currently teaching Integrated Science at Cheongwoon High School in Yangpyeong. He is interested in the realization of integrated science and sustainable development education in science classrooms, and the impact of teacher-student interactions on learning attitudes.

Team Members, 2016-2018

Dr. Jennifer Park

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Jennifer was a high school science teacher in Colorado for four years. Currently, Jennifer's research examines how teachers and students are positioned in the science classroom and how different structures afford and limit the agency of individual teachers and students.

Email: jennifercpark@gmail.com

Koo, Hyoung-Kyu

Collaborator, Teacher

He is work as Elementary School Teacher in Seoul. He is now studying Earth science education at Seoul National University. He is like to inquiry and do activities in nature.

Email: hkkoo77@gmail.com

Dr. Choe, Seung-Urn

Collaborator, Professor

Prof. Choe is teaching astronomy at Seoul National University. He is interested in astronomy, earth science education teaching methods.
Email: suchoe@snu.ac.kr

Dr. Kongju Mun

Research Professor

She is working at Ewha Woman's University as a research scientist and teaching science curriculum and teaching methods to pre-service science teachers. She is interested in lesson development of the science and art integrated curriculum.

Email: munkongju@gmail.com

Jeong-Hwan Kim

Student

Jeong Hwan currently studies Science Education in Dankook University. He likes to inquire and think how about how to teach science to students interestingly.
Email: conkjh0321@gmail.com

Byung-Ju Kim

Teacher, Yongin Idong Elementary School [2016-2018]

Wanjoo Ahn

Teacher, Dae Young High School [2016-2018]

Wanjoo Ahn is a doctoral student in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education Program at Michigan State University (2023). Her research interests focus on enhancing equity for students with diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds in science education. She was a science teacher at Dae Young High School.

Leanne Tran
Environmental Scientist/Social Ecologist/Science Communicator/Research Assistant

Leanne is an environmental scientist at heart with a passion to educate and inspire environmental change through social ecology.

Email: tran.leanne@hotmail.com

We would also like to say thank you to, Ms Cathie Howe (Co-Investigator, Manager Macquarie ICT Innovation Centre), Dr Kathy Stewart (Co-Investigator, Lecturer at Macquarie Uni) and Dr Bronwen Wade (Collaborator, Lecturer at Macquarie Uni)

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