BA, DipEd (Macq), DipSpecEd (Mitchell CAE), GradDipCommM, PhD (UTS)

Senior Lecturer
Academic area: Teacher Education

Telephone: +61 2 9514 5474
Email: Janette.Griffin@uts.edu.au
Room: K2-432
Campus: Kuring-gai

Having taught students from K to 12 in schools, museums, environmental and science centre venues, Janette is now a Senior Lecturer at University of Technology, Sydney, teaching in undergraduate and postgraduate Science Education and Learning Beyond the Classroom. Janette has worked internationally with leaders in the informal learning field and has been engaged for a number of museum learning consultancies.

Teaching Areas:

• Science Education for primary and secondary pre-service teachers
• Learning Beyond the Classroom

Research Areas:

• Learning in informal settings
• Teaching and learning science
• Teacher Professional Development

Funded Research Projects:

Industry Grant: National Museum of Australia, Australian Museum,  Melbourne Museum and Sovereign Hill.  Museums Actively Researching Visitor Experiences and Learning

Industry Grant:  NSW Ministry for the Arts and Hay Shire Council.
Museum Learning in Hay.

UTS Industry Links Grant: UTS Faculty of Business and Faculty of Education, Australian Museum, Museums and Galleries Foundation, NSW Ministry for the Arts. Assessing the Social, Economic and Cultural Impact of Museums in their Local Communities. 2003

Industry Grant: Melbourne Museum. Identifying Opportunities to Learn: A Schools Audience Study

UTS Industry Links Grant: UTS Faculty of Education, Australian Museum, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney and Environmetrics Pty Ltd. Museums Actively Researching Visitor Experiences and Learning: Methodology.

UTS Internal Research Grant: Investigating ways in which secondary school teachers can facilitate effective conditions for learning during school excursions to informal settings such as museums

Minerals Council of Australia for Evaluation of National Education Program, with C. Deer, G. Segal, H. Sharp & K. Walker.

Faculty of Education Research Strength, Change in Education, as associate with C. Deer, L. Brady, S. Schuck, G. Segal & K. Walker, (core group).

Vice Chancellor's Development Fund Grant, with G. Segal, H. Sharp & J. Eklund: Sharing learning: linking students, teacher educators, and teachers through computer-mediated communication and classroom interactions.

Dept. Industry, Science and Technology: Science and Technology Awareness Program: School-museum informal learning experiences in science
DEET National Priority Reserve Fund, National Teaching Workshop Grant (coordinated by Griffith University): A teaching model for primary science teacher education.

UTS School of Teacher Education Criterion Seeding Grant for research into The use of Needs Analysis in planning appropriate professional development programs for teachers.

Other Research Projects:

Perceptions of learning in different settings with Dr Lynn Dierking, Institute of Learning Innovation, Annapolis, MD USA
This project is investigating young people and adults' perceptions of the nature of learning and the worth of learning in different settings

Learning about teaching science in informal settings with colleagues at UTS
An investigation into a number of approaches to helping pre-service teachers' understanding of the facilitation of learning on field trips and excursions.

SMILES2 Secondary Teachers' experiences with use of the SMILES framework. This study takes my PhD research a step further to look at the applicability of the SMILES framework with Secondary school teachers and students.

Publications:

Electronic Publication

Griffin, J., (1998). School Museum Integrated Learning Experiences in Science.  PhD Thesis. University of Technology, Sydney. 362pp. http://adt.lib.uts.edu.au/public/adt-NTSM20040803.160628/

Contributions to books

Griffin, J. & Aubusson, P. (2007)Teaching and learning science and technology beyond the classroom In  Dawson, V. & Venville, G. (Eds)  Learning Primary Science (working title).  Allen & Unwin.

Pressick-Kilborn, K., Griffin, J., & Weiss, L. (2006).  Exploring unanticipated pathways. In P. Aubusson, &  S. Schuck, (Eds.),  Teacher Learning and Development (pp.33-52). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Griffin, J. (2006). Learning about learning and teaching. In P. Aubusson,. &  S. Schuck, (Eds.),  Teacher Learning and Development (pp.145-162).  Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

Griffin, J. (2002).  Look! No Hands! Practical science experiences in museums. In S.Amos & R. Boohan (Eds.), Teaching Science in Secondary Schools  (pp. 178-188).  London:  Routledge Farmer.

Griffin, J. (1999).  Finding evidence of learning in museum settings. In E. Scanlon, E. Whitelegg, & S. Yates (Eds.), Communicating Science: Contexts and Channels (pp. 110-119). London:  Routledge.

Griffin, J. (1996). Putting research into practice: learning to teach science from research on learning. In Nature of the Learner Forum, pp. 51-54  Sydney: Board of Studies, NSW,

Griffin, J. (1995). Listening to the students: learner-centred visits to out-of-school settings. In A. Andersen, K. Schnack, & H. Sorensen (Eds.), Science - Natur/teknik, Assessment and Learning. Studies in Educational Theory and Curriculum  (Didaktiske Studier) Vol. 22 (pp.119-128). Copenhagen: Royal Danish School of Educational Studies.

Griffin, J. (1993).  An integrated teaching model designed to increase the quality of science learning by primary teacher education students.  In D. Bain, E. Lietzow. & B. Ross (Eds.), Promoting Higher Education (pp. 319-336). Brisbane:  Griffith University.

Griffin, J. (1990). Skills and Questioning. In Problem Solving in Science and Technology K-6 (pp. 27-35). Sydney: NSW Department of School Education,

Griffin, J. (1989) Chapter titled by author's name: Janette Griffin. In T. Sadler, & B. Morris (Eds). Museum Educators Think Aloud on Educational Philosophy (pp 34-39)  Adelaide: Quoll Enterprises,

Books

Deer, C., Griffin, J., Segal, G., Sharp, H., & Walker, K. (1999). Report of Evaluation of the National Education Program of the Minerals Council of Australia. Sydney: University of Technology, Sydney.

Griffin, J., (1996). School-Museum Informal Learning Experiences: A Teachers' Guide to Planning School Visits to Museums. Sydney: UTS. 42 pp.

Griffin, J. (Ed). (1996) Teaching Handbook. Sydney, Science Teachers' Association of NSW and ICI, 52 pp. A series of 18 booklets published jointly by Science Teachers' Association of NSW and ICI Australia, Sydney: (24-36 pages each):

Griffin, J. & Sharp, H., (1995). Sticky Situations Fabric Fibres Covering Coats Playing-a-round What's the Message? Performing Materials

Sharp, H. & Griffin, J, (1995). Dirty Stuff Shiny Stuff Earth Made Paper ChasePlastic Rap What's left Over?

Griffin, J. & Sharp, H., (1994). Strong Colours Colourful SolutionsColour Technology

Sharp, H. & Griffin, J., (1994). Hot Bread Food and Cooking Rumble, Gurgle and FizzKelly, L., Savage, G., Griffin, J., & Tonkin, S.  (2004). Knowledge Quest: Australian Families Visit Museums. Sydney: Australian Museum and National Museum of Australia.

Refereed Journal Articles

Burton, C. & Griffin, J. (2008) More than a museum? Understanding how small museums contribute to social capital in regional communities. Asia Pacific Journal of Atys and Cultural Management. 5 (1). 314-322.

Griffin, J. (under review). Families in cultural institutions: leisure through shared learning. Annals of Leisure Research

Griffin, J., Kelly, L., Savage, G., & Hatherly, J. (2005). Museums actively researching visitor experiences and learning (MARVEL): a methodological study.  Open Museum Journal,  7.

Schuck, S. Brady, L. & Griffin, J. (2005). Initiation and rites of passage: Learning in school culture. Change: Transformations in Education, 8(1), 44-55.

Griffin, J. (2004). Research on students and museums: Looking more closely at the students in school groups.  Science Education, 88 (Suppl.1), S59-S70. Watson, K., Aubusson, P.,  Steel, F., & Griffin, J. (2002). A culture of learning in an informal  museum setting. Journal for Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 9(1), 125-137.

Griffin, J. (1998). Learning science through practical experiences in museums. International Journal of Science Education. 20(6), 655-663.

Griffin, J., & Symington, D. (1997). Moving from task-oriented to learning-oriented strategies on school excursions to museums. Science Education, 81(6), 763-780. Griffin, J. (1994). Learning to learn in informal settings. Research in Science Education,24, 121-128.

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

Griffin, J. (2006, April). Valuing the Informal Setting as a Learning Space: Exposing the Gap between Intentions and Actions. Conference Proceedings, NARST , San Francisco. CD  Rom

Griffin, J., Kelly, L., & Griffin, D. (2006, April).  Relationships between exhibition development and visitors' learning: Focusing on adolescents.  Combined three paper set in Conference Proceedings, American Association of Museums Conference, Boston.

Burton, C., & Griffin, J. (2006, July).  Investigating social and cultural impacts of small museums in local settings: implications for policy making. Conference Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on Cultural Policy Research. Vienna.

Griffin, J. (2004, April). Observing and listening to students learning in museums. Excellence in Science Teaching for All, National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference Proceedings .San Francisco. CD Rom.

Griffin, J. (2001). You don't learn in there, you play!  In B. Cope & M. Kalantsis (Eds.), Learning for the Future: Proceedings of the Learning Conference 2001. Spetses, Greece. Melbourne: Common Ground Publishing Pty Ltd ISBN 1 86335 354 2

Griffin, J. (1999).Formal education groups in informal learning settings: helping teachers to find an effective balance. In S. Schuck, L. Brady, C. Deer, &

G. Segal, (Eds.), Challenge of Change in Education Symposium Proceedings. (pp173-184) Sydney: UTS.

Journal Guest Editor

Griffin, J. (Ed). (2000).  Investigating ‚Äì Primary and Junior Science Journal. Science Teachers' Association of Australia 16(4). Editor of Conference Proceedings

Griffin, J. (Ed). (1992). Greater Expectations: New Directions in Science Education. Conference Proceedings of 1991 Science Teachers' Association of NSW Conference, Sydney, STANSW. 159 pp.

Griffin, J. (Ed). (1981). Museum Magic: Museums and the New Technology, Proceedings of the 1980 Conference of Museums Association of Australia, Sydney, MAA. 119 pp.

Non-refereed Journal Articles

Griffin, J.  (1999). Learning in Museums: A personal perspective.  Museums Australia, Feb.

Griffin, J. (1997). Empowering young visitors. Visitor Behaviour, 12(4), 27.

Griffin, J. (1995). Taking students to learning settings outside the classroom. Science Education News, 44(4), 31-33.

Griffin, J. (1989). Science in the primary school, The Primary Journal, No. 1, 24-27.

Griffin, J. (1988). Learning science at specialised hands-on science centres, Australian Science Teachers Journal, 34( 4),  35-40.

Griffin, J. (1978). Taking the inside out, Kalori, 2. 8-14.

Papers in Conference Proceedings

Griffin, J. (1995). Museums are educational institutions - but are they always places of learning?  Identity, Icons, Artefacts: 1994 Conference Proceedings. Museums Australia, Perth. 99-102.

Griffin, J. (1995). Learning in informal settings. The Sourcebook: Museums Educating for the Future. American Association of Museums. Philadelphia. 125-128.

Griffin, J. (1988). Learning science in specialised hands-on centres. Proceedings of the ICASE World Conference: Conasta 37. Australian Science Teachers' Association. Canberra. 58-60.

Other Published Materials

Teaching Materials

Griffin, J. 1990, Double O Double 1, Sydney, OTC. Booklet of activities to accompany communications exhibition which travelled around Australia. 14 pp.

Griffin, J. 1989, Science and Technology in My Home, Sydney, Commodore Computers. Poster and Booklet. 8 pp.

Teachers Packs for Australian Museum Class Visits and Museum on the Road programs.

Teachers Booklets for visits to CSIRO/TAFE Science Education Centre.