ProfessorMargaret Bearman

Professor, Research

Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic/Centre for Research Assessment and Digital Learning/Research for Educational Impact

  • Professor, Research
    Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic/Centre for Research Assessment and Digital Learning/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 68168 (Work)
  • Deakin Downtown, Collins Square Tower 2 Level 12/727 Collins St, Melbourne VIC 3008

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Assessment and feedback in higher and professional education
Including: cultures of feedback in healthcare workplaces; evaluative judgement and standards; and the role of trust and "intellectual candour".
University learning, teaching and assessment in a digital world
Including: designing university assessment for a digital world; simulated and virtual patients in health professions education; sustainability of learning and teaching endeavours; and artificial intelligence in higher education.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    Developing a framework to support occupational therapy student performance and evaluative judgement in clinical placement
    21 Feb 2024 - 20 Feb 2025
    People funded by this grant:
    ANZAHPE Research Grants - Australian & New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators - $9,903.60
  • GRANT
    Analysis and expert inputs on online and blended learning in India
    13 Mar 2023 - 30 Jun 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Jensen A-MM,
    • Bearman M
    Novo-Nordisk Foundation - $60,564.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    More than the individual: transforming feedback practices within disciplinary cultures in medicine.
    1 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia & New Zealand - $18,181.81
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    More than the individual: transforming feedback practices within disciplinary cultures in medicine.
    1 Oct 2022 - 30 Jun 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - $18,181.81
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Promoting evidence-based development relationships between ed tech start-ups and educational institutions.
    28 Sep 2021 - 31 Aug 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    EduGrowth Limited - $80,000.00
  • GRANT
    Equivalencies, standards and adjustments: re-inventing inclusive assessment practices in exam settings
    25 Aug 2020 - 3 Sep 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    NCSEHE National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Research - $36,800.00
  • GRANT
    The influence of emotions and psychological safety on general practice trainees' engagement with feedback processes and learning
    6 Nov 2019 - 15 Feb 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    • Bearman M,
    • Preston S,
    • Ajjawi R,
    • Molloy E,
    • Noble C
    Australian College for Rural and Remote Medicine Educational Research Grants - $20,800.00
  • GRANT
    What makes feedback relationships work: perspectives of graduating trainees
    21 Nov 2018 - 10 Jul 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Educational Research Grants - ERG022 - $97,570.00
  • GRANT
    Improving feedback relationships in general practice vocational training supervision
    17 Jan 2017 - 31 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Brown J,
    • Ajjawi R,
    • Bearman M,
    • Nestel D,
    • Kirby C
    Royal Australian College of General Practictioners - $18,000.00