DrSeamus Delaney

Senior Lecturer in Education (Science Education)

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

  • Senior Lecturer in Education (Science Education)
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 46402 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Knowledge Areas
Fields of Research (FoR)
* 390113 - Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
* 390307 - Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
* 390405 - Educational Technology and Computing
* 390105 - Environmental Education Curriculum and Pedagogy
* 390102 - Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development

Projects
Ongoing projects (other than those listed below)

Chemistry Education Research

Systems Thinking in Chemistry for Sustainability: Toward 2030 and Beyond, STCS
2030+ (2020-2026)
* Collaboration with King's Center for Visualisation in Science (KCVS), Canada and International Organisation of Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD)
* Funded by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
* Project website: https://iupac.org/project/2020-014-3-050

International Teacher Survey of Green and Sustainable Chemistry Practical
Activities (2023-2025)
* Funded by International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)
* Global survey of chemistry teachers in over 60 countries across six continents in over 30 languages
* Project website: https://eschemistry.org/iupac-survey

Elements of Sustainable Chemistry (2019-ongoing)
* Collaboration with School of Life and Environmental Science (Dr Madeleine Schultz), Institute for Frontier Materials, and others
* Funded by Science and Society Network (SSN) Interdisciplinary Establishment grant (2018).
* Project website: https://eschemistry.org
Highlighted completed projects

Future STEM Gen: Enabling a Better Future: STEM Making Within Low SES Regions
(2020-2023)
* Collaboration with Macquarie University and others
* Funded by Commonwealth Maker Projects Community STEM Grant, $100k
* Project website: https://www.futurestemgen.education

Education and Community outreach for Hydrogen utilisation in rural/regional
schools (2022-2023)
* Funded collaboration with Hycel Deakin, Future Fuels CRC, $75k
* Project website: https://hydrogenenergyeducation.deakin.edu.au

The Periodic Table of Sustainable Elements: school activities for learning and
engagement (2019-2020)
* Funded by Australian National Commission for UNESCO grant (2019), $20k

Defining and mapping out-of-field (OOF) teaching in Victorian government
schools (2020)
* Funded by Department of Education and Training, Victoria, $45k (2020)

VCE Chemistry study design (2020, 2022, 2023-24)
* Lead Writer, International Benchmarking report
* Lead Writer, Advice for Teachers
* Writer, VCE Chemistry Sample Exam for new Study Design (2023-2026)
* Funded by Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority (VCAA)

Digitale Transformation - Industrie 4.0 (Digital Transformation - Industry
4.0) (2016-2017)
* Financially supported by Schweizerische Akademie der Technischen Wissenschaften (Swiss Academy of Engineering Sciences), $100k Swiss Franc

Aufgabenentwicklung (Checks) (2014-2017)
* Financially supported by Bildungsraum Nordwestschweiz (Swiss Curriculum body), Institute for Educational Evaluation, Universitat Zurich, ~$50k Swiss Franc per year.

GRANTS

  • GRANT
    FEATURED
    Featured
    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
  • GRANT
    FEATURED
    Featured
    International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Committee on Chemical Education1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    • Delaney S,
    • Schultz M
  • GRANT
    International Teacher Survey on green and sustainable chemistry classroom practice
    19 May 2023 - 18 May 2026
    People funded by this grant:
    IUPAC Committee on Chemical Education projects - 2023-002-2-050 - $5,800.00
  • 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
    Centre for Higher Education Studies Professional Learning.
    26 Apr 2022 - 26 Feb 2027
    People funded by this grant:
    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:
    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:
    DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2020/00896 - $45,048.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    VCE Chemistry benchmarking research and report.
    1 Dec 2019 - 29 Feb 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    • Seamus Delaney
    VCAA Grant - Research - Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority - CONTR2019/02688 - $6,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Chemistry Education Research Catalysed Professional Learning Communities.
    1 Nov 2019 - 28 Feb 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Chemistry Education Association Inc - CONTR2019/02206 - $17,500.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Tech Schools Evaluation
    21 Jun 2019 - 30 Sep 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2019/01101 - $435,161.27
  • GRANT
    The Periodic Table of Sustainable Elements
    7 May 2019 - 6 May 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    UNESCO Aust Grant - Research - Australian National Commission for UNESCO - 1800041 - $16,500.00