PhD, Graduate Diploma in Education (Computers in Education), B.A.Hons, Transvaal Teachers Higher Diploma, B.A.

Associate Professor
Academic area: Teacher Education

Telephone: +61 2 9514 5218
Email: Sandy.Schuck@uts.edu.au
Room: K2-294
Campus: Kuring-gai

Assoc Professor Schuck started her career as a secondary school teacher and then became a lecturer in primary and secondary mathematics. She currently teaches in a number of areas concerning teacher education, and is a member of several faculty committees. She is a  leader of the research cluster, Designs for Learning. She is also the course coordinator of the honours degrees in the Faculty.

Teaching Areas:

Mathematics education for prospective primary school teachers, research subjects, honours course preparation, Mentoring in the Workplace (Masters level subject), and an elective on the early years of teaching. Supervision of doctoral research students in different areas of education, including teacher professional formation, and learning in a digital age. In particular, supervised projects regarding pedagogical issues related to Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), mathematics education and self-study of teacher education practices.

Research Areas:

Three main research areas:

• Induction, mentoring and teacher professional learning
• The use of ICTs and mobile technologies to enhance learning, including the use of web 2.0 technologies by school-aged students
Belief and practices in mathematics education in schools and teacher education institutions

Research Projects:

Current research projects:

Previous projects (over last five years):

• Member of the Induction Working Party advising the Interim Committee for the NSW Institute of Teachers 2002-3.
• Member of the Reference Group on Induction for that Committee 2003
• Coordinator and moderator of online professional development discussion board for teachers and teacher educators across Australia 2001-2002
• Convenor of professional development workshop for Better Connections project April 2002.

Publications:

All refereed publications in the past five years

Scholarly book

Aubusson, P. & Schuck, S. (Eds.) (2006). Teacher learning and development: The mirror maze. Dordrecht: Springer.

Aubusson, P. & Schuck, S. (2006). Researching and learning from our practices. In P. Aubusson & S. Schuck (Eds.) Teacher learning and development: The mirror maze (pp. 1-12). Dordrecht: Springer.

Schuck, S. (2006). Evaluating and enhancing my teaching: What counts as evidence? In P. Aubusson & S. Schuck (Eds.) Teacher learning and development: The mirror maze (pp. 209-220). Dordrecht: Springer.

Seaton, L. & Schuck, S. (2006). Working with Gandalf: Professional and personal learning in a doctoral student-supervisor relationship. In P. Aubusson & S. Schuck (Eds.) Teacher learning and development: The mirror maze (p. 53-66). Dordrecht: Springer.

Schuck, S. & Grootenboer, P. (2004). Affective issues in mathematics education. In B. Perry, G. Anthony, & C. Diezmann (Eds.), Research in mathematics education in Australasia 2000-2003 (pp. 53-74). Flaxton, Qld: PostPressed.

Schuck, S. & Segal, G. (2002). Learning about our teaching from our graduates, learning about learning with critical friends. In J. Loughran & T. Russell, (Eds.) Improving Teacher Education Practices through self-study p. 88-101. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Journal Articles

Scholarly Refereed Journals:

Kearney, M. & Schuck, S. (2006). Spotlight on authentic learning: Student developed digital video projects. Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 22(2), 189-208.

Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2006). Using digital video as a research tool: Ethical issues for researchers. Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia, 15(4), 447-463.

Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2006). Capturing learning through student-generated digital video. Australian Educational Computing 21(1), 15-20.

Brady, L. & Schuck, S. (2005). Online mentoring for the induction of beginning teachers. Educational Enquiry, 6(1), 65-75.

Schuck, S. & Russell, T. (2005). Self-Study, Critical Friendship, and the Complexities of Teacher Education. Studying Teacher Education 1(2), 107-121.

Schuck, S., Brady, L., & Griffin, J. (2005). Initiation and Rites of Passage: Learning the School Culture. Change: Transformations in Education 8(1), 44-55.

Maher, D. & Schuck, S. (2004). Getting access to the “underground” – insights into children’s identities online. Australian Educational Computing, 19(2), 18-24.

Schuck, S. (2003). The use of electronic question and answer forums in mathematics teacher education. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 5, 19-30.

Schuck, S. (2003). Getting help from the outside: Developing a support network for beginning teachers. Educational Enquiry, 4(1), 49-67.

Schuck, S. (2003). The eChange Project: Supporting a Faculty of Education's Move to Authentic Use of Information and Communication Technologies through Mentoring. Ultibase Electronic Journal. http://ultibase.rmit.edu.au/Journal/journal.htm.

Schuck, S. (2002). Using self-study to challenge my teaching practice in mathematics education. Reflective Practice Journal, 3(3), 327-337.

Schuck, S. & Aubusson, P. (2006). Sharing the mirror maze: Self-study community formation. In D. Tidwell, L. Fitzgerald, & M. Heston (Eds.) The sixth international conference on self-study of teacher education practices. Collaboration and community: Pushing boundaries through self-study (pp.230-233). Iowa: University of Northern Iowa.

Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2005). Teachers as producers, students as directors: why teachers use student-generated digital video in their classes. In Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference 2005 (Hobart, Sept), 11.1-11.13. Sydney: Apple Australia. Accessed at http://auc.edu.au January 2006.

Kearney, M, & Schuck, S. (2005). Students in the Director’s Seat: Teaching and Learning with Student-generated Video. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.) Proceedings of Ed-Media 2005 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications pp. 2864 - 2871. 

Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2004). Digital video as a tool in research projects: Zooming in on current issues. In L. Cantoni & C.McLoughlin (Eds.) Proceedings of Ed-Media 2003 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications  pp. 2085-2092. Norfolk, VA, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Russell, T. & Schuck, S. (2004). How critical are critical friends and how critical should they be? In D. Tidwell, L. Fitzgerald, & M. Heston (Eds.) The fifth international conference on self-study of teacher education practices. Journeys of Hope: Risking self-study in a diverse world. Pp. 213-216. Iowa: University of Northern Iowa.

Kearney, M. & Schuck, S. (2004). Authentic learning through the use of digital video. In W. Au & B. White (Eds.) Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference, Adelaide July 2004. CD-ROM.

Kearney, M. & Schuck, S. (2003). Focus on pedagogy: The use of digital video and iMovie in K-12 schools. In N. Smythe (Ed.) Proceedings of the Apple University Consortium Conference (12.1-12. 9). Sydney: Apple Australia

Schuck, S. (2003). Help wanted, please! Supporting beginning teachers through an electronic mentoring community. In D. Lassner & C. McNaught (Eds.) Proceedings of Ed-Media 2003 July 23-28 Honolulu pp. 1904-1911.

Schuck, S. (2002). Professional development of teacher educators: The eChange Project example. In D. Willis, J. Price, N. Davis (Eds.), Information Technology and Teacher Education Annual. Proceedings of SITE 2002. Norfolk, VA, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education

Schuck, S. (2002). Learning through question and answer interactions on the Web. In Kinshuk, R. Lewis, K Akahori, R Kemp, T Okamoto, L Henderson, C.-H. Lee (Eds.) Proceedings of International Conference on Computers in Education. USA: The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)

Other Publications

Reports

Schuck, S. & Kearney, M. (2004). Students in the director’s seat: Teaching and learning across the school curriculum with student-generated digital video.  Report for Apple Computer Australia. (More...)

Schuck, S. (2002) Report on the NSW Workshop on “Better Connections”. Enhancing Interactions between Schools, Systems and Teacher Education Programs to Encourage Integration of Information Technology into Classroom Practice. Report for the DEST project, Better Connections.

Hayes, D., Schuck, S., Segal, G., Dwyer, J., & McEwen, C. (2001). Net Gain?: The integration of computer-based learning in six NSW government schools, 2000. Report for NSW DET.