Linda Hobbs | My Research | Deakin University

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Associate Head of School, Research

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

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Associate Head of School, Research
Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

+61 3 522 72661 (Work)

l.hobbs@deakin.edu.au (opens in a new tab)

Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus, 75 Pigdons Road, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3216

Teaching Out-of-field
Science Education
STEM Education
Gender and STEM
Teacher workforce
Qualitative research methodologies
Secondary science teaching and learning
Aesthetic dimensions of teaching
Narrative pedagogies
Subject cultures and disciplinary boundaries
Teacher knowledge
Teacher identity
Teacher motivations and passions
Boundary crossing
Constructivist methodologies
Professional Development and Teacher support
Rural spaces

Resesrch culture

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CONTRACT RESEARCH
Invergowrie STEM Hub Phase Four project
26 May 2025 - 31 May 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Aranda G,
- Hobbs L,
- Xu L,
- Kirk M
The Invergowrie Foundation - $506,021.00
GRANT
Attracting and retaining a culturally diverse teacher workforce
1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Arnold B,
- Blackmore J,
- MacDonald K,
- Mekonnen TM,
- Hobbs L
ARC Linkage - Projects - LP230200802 - $469,722.00
GRANT
Attracting and retaining a culturally diverse teacher workforce
1 Jul 2024 - 30 Jun 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Arnold B,
- Blackmore J,
- MacDonald K,
- Mekonnen TM,
- Hobbs L
Australian Education Union Federal - $150,000.00
GRANT
Shifting the Culture of Out-of-field Professional Education for Teachers
1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Goos M,
- Dutton J,
- Oates G,
- Delaney S
ARC - Discovery Projects - DP240101175 - $287,119.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Girls as Leaders in STEM (GALS)
16 Mar 2023 - 31 Dec 2028
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Xu L,
- Driscoll K
The Invergowrie Foundation - $1,060,571.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Design and delivery of a Graduate Certificate of Secondary Design and Technologies.
15 Feb 2023 - 27 Mar 2026
People funded by this grant:
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $1,142,120.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Design and delivery of a Graduate Certificate of Secondary Digital Technologies.
15 Feb 2023 - 28 Mar 2026
People funded by this grant:
- Lynch J,
- Cain A,
- Raphael J,
- Aranda G,
- Aryal S
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $1,112,571.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Girls' Future - Our Future second update: Impact of the COVID-10 pandemic on girls and STEM.
4 Aug 2022 - 31 Dec 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Tytler R,
- Campbell C,
- Hobbs L
The Invergowrie Foundation - $85,653.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Invergowrie STEM Hub
1 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
People funded by this grant:
- Xu L,
- Hobbs L,
- Aranda G,
- Campbell C
The Invergowrie Foundation - $400,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Centre for Higher Education Studies Professional Learning.
26 Apr 2022 - 26 Feb 2027
People funded by this grant:
- Nicholas M,
- Skourdoumbis A,
- Hobbs L,
- Bangay S,
- Clark JC
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $478,783.47
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Secondary Mathematics and Science initiative for out-of-field teachers.
28 Aug 2020 - 28 Apr 2025
People funded by this grant:
- Tytler R,
- Brown J,
- White P,
- Hobbs L,
- Lynch J
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $6,037,606.31
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Defining and mapping out-of-field (OOF) teaching in Victorian government schools.
2 Jun 2020 - 30 Sep 2020
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Campbell C,
- Delaney S,
- Speldewinde C
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2020/00896 - $45,048.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Evaluation of Teacher Financial Incentives Program
14 Feb 2020 - 24 Apr 2020
People funded by this grant:
- Rowlands J,
- Blackmore J,
- Hobbs L
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2020/00410 - $58,915.42
CONTRACT RESEARCH
STEM and Entrepreneurship in Primary Schools
1 Nov 2019 - 31 Jan 2021
People funded by this grant:
- Xu L,
- Hobbs L,
- Campbell C
Department of Education & Early Childhood Development - CONTR2019/02586 - $80,000.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
PMSS Cohort 5 Research Project
1 Oct 2019 - 15 Dec 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Tytler R,
- White P,
- Campbell C,
- Hobbs L
Edpartnerships International Pty Ltd - CONTR2019/02210 - $64,390.00
CONTRACT RESEARCH
Tech Schools Evaluation
21 Jun 2019 - 30 Sep 2023
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Clark JC,
- Delaney S,
- White P,
- Aranda G
DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2019/01101 - $435,161.27
CONTRACT RESEARCH
'' Updating and Elaborating on Girls' Future - Our Future''.
17 May 2019 - 30 Sep 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Tytler R,
- Campbell C
The Invergowrie Foundation - CONTR2019/01793 - $66,930.00
GRANT
Girls as leaders in STEM (GALS)
1 Oct 2018 - 1 Oct 2019
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Xu L,
- Campbell C
The Invergowrie Foundation - $60,000.00
GRANT
The Invergowrie Foundation STEM Report
22 Feb 2017 - 30 Dec 2017
People funded by this grant:
- Tytler R,
- Hobbs L,
- Prain V,
- Driel JV,
- Redman C
The Invergowrie Foundation - $35,800.00
TENDER
Secondary STEM Catalysts: professional learning program
15 Apr 2016 - 31 Aug 2018
People funded by this grant:
- Hubber P,
- Tytler R,
- Campbell C,
- Vale C,
- Clark JC
DETVic Tender - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $662,995.91
GRANT
Out-of-field Teaching: Sustaining Quality Practices Across Subjects
1 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2017
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Robert W,
- Tytler R,
- Vale C,
- Quinn F
ARC - Discovery Projects - DP150102089 - $234,670.66
GRANT
School-based pedagogies and partnerships in primary science teacher education
12 Dec 2013 - 23 Mar 2015
People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Campbell C,
- Chittleborough G,
- Herbert S,
- Kenny J
OLT Seed Projects - Office for Learning and Teaching - ID12-2412 - $155,000.00
COLLABORATIVE GRANT
2013-14 Primary Science Specialists Professional Learning Program
15 Oct 2013 - 4 Apr 2014
People funded by this grant:
- Campbell C,
- Hubber P,
- Jobling W,
- Barraza L,
- Clark JC
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $118,808.00
TENDER
2013 Primary Science Specialists Professional Learning Program
1 May 2013 - 31 May 2013
People funded by this grant:
- Campbell C,
- Tytler R,
- Hubber P,
- Jobling W,
- Barraza L
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $78,086.00
TENDER
Evaluation of the National Partnerships (Teacher, Quality, Supply and Retention) Initiatives for the Victorian school workforce
28 Oct 2011 - 30 Mar 2013
People funded by this grant:
- Doecke B,
- Tytler R,
- Halse C,
- Doig B,
- Moss J
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $268,800.00

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