B.Ed (Hons) (Syd), Grad. Dip. Ed. Studies with Merit (Educational Psychology) (Syd)

Lecturer
Academic area: Education

Telephone: +61 2 9514 5330
Email: Kimberley.Pressick-Kilborn@uts.edu.au
Room: K2.429
Campus: Kuring-gai

Kimberley began her career as a primary teacher and has recent pre-school to year 7 teaching experience in the independent school system. She has worked as a classroom teacher and coordinator of gifted education. In 1997, Kimberley was awarded the Teachers' Guild of NSW Award for Excellence in the Early Years of Teaching. She has been actively involved in the delivery of professional development courses for teachers since 1995.

In 1999, Kimberley commenced her PhD studies at the University of Sydney after receiving an Australian Postgraduate Award. She has conducted a research project to explore processes involved in the development of interest in learning science and technology in an authentic classroom context. Kimberley was employed in contract lecturing and research assistant positions in the Faculty of Education at UTS from 1997 until 2003. In 2004 she was appointed in the continuing position of Lecturer in Learning and Practice-based Education.

Teaching Areas:

• Educational Psychology
• Professional practice in Primary Schools, including teaching across the curriculum and gifted education
• Science and Technology Education
• Supervision of students during Professional Experience placements

Research Areas:

• Motivation for learning, especially the development of interest
• Sociocultural theories and pedagogies
• Learning in contexts outside the classroom
• Science and Technology education
• Classroom-based research, in partnership with teachers

Kimberley is a team member of the Museums Actively Researching Visitor Experiences of Learning (MARVEL) research project. Most recently, the focus of the project has been on adolescents' experiences of learning in museums.

Since 2005, Kimberley has been involved in evaluation projects with the Kids' Design Challenge, a science and technology program for primary school students in NSW.

Kimberley is involved in program development and research at Youth Off The Streets, a community-based organisation that supports chronically homeless youth by providing accommodation, education, vocational counseling and outreach services. She is currently a member of the management team and a volunteer at Key College in Surry Hills and formerly has coordinated the national alcohol and drug education program, GetReel.

In 2003-2004, Kimberley was the academic partner in an action learning project at Villawood North PS. The project focused on professional development activities to support teachers' practices in fostering students' engagement in science and technology. This project was part of the Australian Government Quality Teaching Programme.

With Janette Griffin, Kimberley supported Turramurra North PS as it reviewed and developed its science and technology curriculum in 2004.

Publications:

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & te Riele, K. (2008). Learning from reciprocal peer observation: A collaborative self-study. Studying Teacher Education, 4(1), 61-75.

Pressick-Kilborn, K., Griffin, J. & Weiss, L. (2006). Exploring unanticipated pathways: Teachers and researchers learning about their practices through classroom-based research (pp. 33-51). In P. Aubusson & S. Schuck (Eds.) Teacher Learning and Development: The mirror maze. Dordrecht: Springer.

Pressick-Kilborn, K., Sainsbury, E. & Walker, R. (2005). Making sense of theoretical frameworks and methodological approaches: Exploring conceptual change and interest in learning from a sociocultural perspective. Australian Educational Researcher, 32(2), 25-47.

Walker, R.A., Pressick-Kilborn, K., Arnold, L. & Sainsbury, E. (2004). Investigating motivation in context: multiple dimensions, domains and assessments. European Psychologist. 9(4), 245-256.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (2002). The social construction of interest in a learning community. In D.M. McInerney & S. Van Etten (Eds.) Research on sociocultural influences on motivation and learning Vol. 2 . (pp. 153-182). Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2001). Negotiating meanings and values: Focusing on the teacher in a classroom learning community. In B. Cope & Kalantzis (Eds.) Learning for the Future: Proceedings of the Learning Conference, 2001. Melbourne: Common Ground Publishing. (Refereed international conference proceedings)

Griffin, J. & Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2000). Pre-service teachers experiencing informal learning settings: A preliminary evaluation. In S. Schuck & G. Segal (Eds.) Change and Choice in the New Century: Is education Y2K compliant? Proceedings of the CERG Research Symposium (pp. 80-87). Sydney: Change in Education Research Group, University of Technology Sydney. (Refereed conference proceedings)

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2000). Supporting primary students' learning beyond the classroom. Investigating, 16 (4), 14-19. (Refereed professional journal)

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Croshaw, J. (2000). Teachers learning together: Developing classroom practices and enacting school-based change through a case methods approach. In S. Schuck & G. Segal (Eds.) Change and Choice in the New Century: Is education Y2K compliant? Proceedings of the CERG Research Symposium (pp. 170-177). Sydney: Change in Education Research Group, University of Technology Sydney. (Refereed conference proceedings)

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (1999). Steps to fostering a learning community in the primary science classroom. Investigating, 15 (1), 11-14. (Refereed professional journal; Awarded the "Most Valuable Paper Award" by the Australian Science Teachers' Association, 1999)

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (1999). Children learning science and technology in out-of-school settings as members of a community of learners: An action research project. In S. Schuck, L. Brady, C.E. Deer & G. Segal (Eds.) Challenge of Change in Education Proceedings of the CERG Research Symposium (pp. 293-305). Sydney: Change in Education Research Group, University of Technology Sydney. (Refereed conference proceedings)

Teaching Resources:

Nemec, M. with Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2003). GetReel Drug and Alcohol Education Teaching Unit (2nd ed). Sydney: Youth Off The Streets.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2001). Teachers' Notes: Chocolate and Chewing Gum. Sydney: Hodder Headline.

Research Reports:

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2003). GetReel Drug Education Program Evaluation Report . (unpublished commissioned evaluation report for Youth Off The Streets, Sydney)

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2003). Impact of School Science Experiences on Motivation and Achievement in Science: Initial review of literature . (unpublished working paper, accessible on IMPACTS research project web page.)

Conference Papers and Presentations:

Pressick-Kilborn & Walker, R. (2007). Investigating interest development in practice: Insights into how we conceptualise situational and individual interest. Paper presented in the symposium, Interest and Development in Practice, at the 12th Biennial Conference of the European Association of Research in Learning and Instruction, Budapest, Hungary.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2006). Developing interest: Processes that support the valuing of tasks, topics and domains within a classroom learning community. Paper presented in the symposium, Contextual explanations for the development of interests and self-concepts from pre-adolescence to early adulthood, at the Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Melbourne, Australia.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2005). Processes in developing interest: How do students come to value tasks, topics and domains within a classroom learning community? Paper presented in the symposium, Contextual explanations for the development of interest and values from preadolescence through early adulthood, at the Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research in Child Development, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Griffin, J. & Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2004). Purpose, choice and ownership in teacher professional development: Teachers learning to facilitate student learning on excursions. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Australasian Science Education Research Association, Armidale, NSW Australia.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (2004). Negotiating interest in learning: Classroom community, peer group and personal contexts. Paper presented in the symposium, Defining context in motivation and cognition research: An issue of focus?, at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, Australia.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (2004). Exploring students' self-perceived trajectories of interest development in a classroom learning community. Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on Motivation, Lisbon, Portugal.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (2003). Canalisation of interest development in a classroom learning community: from social origins to self identification ... or resistance?. Invited presentation in the symposium, Sociocultural aspects of interest development and their implications for education, at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, USA.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (2003). Developing interest in learning science: Canalisation through sociocultural practice. Paper presented in the symposium, Science Learning as Sociocultural practice, at the Ninth Conference of the European Association for Learning and Instruction, Padova, Italy.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Sainsbury, E. (2002). Research in your own backyard: Recognising assumptions and redefining identities. Paper presented in the Motivation and Cognition SIG symposium, Motivation, learning and participation, at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, Australia.

Barnsley, G., Brady, L., Deer, C., Griffin, J., Schuck, S. & Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2002). Bring your own coffee mug! School culture and the experiences of newly appointed teachers. Presentation in the symposium, Professional Support in the First Years of Teaching: Some perceptions of newly qualified teachers, at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, Australia.

Pressick-Kilborn, K., Sainsbury, E. & Walker, R. (2001). When existing methodological approaches just won't do: Exploring conceptual change and interest in learning from a sociocultural perspective. Paper presented at the Change and Education Research Group Annual Conference, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Griffin, J. & Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2001). Learning about teaching science in informal settings. Paper presented at the National Association for Research in Science Teaching Conference, St Louis, U.S.A.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (2001). Co-creating interest in learning: An ethnographic study. Paper presented at the Eighth Conference of the European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction, Fribourg, Switzerland.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Weiss, L. (2001). A mirror has many faces: Negotiating a classroom community of learners through reflection. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Fremantle, Australia.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, (2000). Students' interest in learning in school-related contexts: The need for a sociocultural approach. Paper presented in the symposium, Student motivation: Directions in theory and practice, at the 35th Australian Psychological Society Annual Conference, Canberra, Australia.

Griffin, J. & Pressick-Kilborn, K. (2000). More than a day off school: Excursions as effective learning experiences for secondary students. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, Sydney, Australia.

Pressick-Kilborn, K. & Walker, R. (1999). Exploring conceptualisations of students' interest in learning: The need for a sociocultural theory. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education/New Zealand Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, Australia.