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
- GRANTFEATURED
Featured Shifting the Culture of Out-of-field Professional Education for Teachers1 Jan 2024 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:- Hobbs L,
- Goos M,
- Dutton J,
- Oates G,
- Delaney S
- GRANTFEATURED
Featured International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) Committee on Chemical Education1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2026People funded by this grant:- Delaney S,
- Schultz M
- GRANTInternational Teacher Survey on green and sustainable chemistry classroom practice19 May 2023 - 18 May 2026People funded by this grant:
- Delaney S,
- Schultz M
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDesign and delivery of a Graduate Certificate of Secondary Design and Technologies.15 Feb 2023 - 27 Mar 2026People funded by this grant:
- CONTRACT RESEARCHCentre for Higher Education Studies Professional Learning.26 Apr 2022 - 26 Feb 2027People funded by this grant:
- Nicholas M,
- Skourdoumbis A,
- Hobbs L,
- Bangay S,
- Clark JC
- CONTRACT RESEARCHDefining and mapping out-of-field (OOF) teaching in Victorian government schools.2 Jun 2020 - 30 Sep 2020People funded by this grant:
- Hobbs L,
- Campbell C,
- Delaney S,
- Speldewinde C
- CONTRACT RESEARCHVCE Chemistry benchmarking research and report.1 Dec 2019 - 29 Feb 2020People funded by this grant:
- Seamus Delaney
- COLLABORATIVE GRANTChemistry Education Research Catalysed Professional Learning Communities.1 Nov 2019 - 28 Feb 2021People funded by this grant:
- Delaney S,
- Schultz M
- GRANTThe Periodic Table of Sustainable Elements7 May 2019 - 6 May 2020People funded by this grant:
- Delaney S,
- Schultz M,
- Jamie J