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Linda Hobbs is an Associate Professor in Science Education at Deakin University. She teaches primary science education in the Bachelor of Education Course, and coordinates a fourth year science education unit that is solely based in schools. She also teaches science communication to science and engineering students. Her research interests include partnerships in primary teacher education, out-of-field teaching in secondary schools, and STEM education. She was the leader the Science Teacher Education Partnerships with Schools (STEPS) Project (2013-2014, funded by the Office for Learning and Teaching). Coral Campbell is an Associate Professor at the School of Education, Deakin University, Australia. Corals research interests are in early childhood and primary science, design technology, and environmental education, and particularly focuses on practitioner learning and childrens understandings. She is on review panels for several international journals and is currently involved in a number of large federally funded projects. Coral has contributed to, and co-edited, the first Australian text for pre-service early childhood educators, Science in Early Childhood (Cambridge University Press). Mellita Jones is a lecturer at Australian Catholic Universitys Ballarat campus where she teaches Science Teacher Education and is the Deputy Head of School for the Ballarat campus. Her research is concerned with effective teacher education, where her focus has been on school-university partnerships, reflective practice and authentic uses of technology for personalising learning. Her recent work has involved school-based approaches to science teacher education and practicum partnerships for rural and regional teacher education courses. She also has an interest in working with teachers in the Pacific region and has had significant involvement in the Solomon Islands.
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