Personal profile
Research Biography
I have taught in Australian schools for over twenty years. While teaching, I began a Master of Gifted Education and followed this with a Master of Arts by research. I left classroom teaching to concentrate on my studies when I received a PhD scholarship. I was drawn back to teaching in the university context and worked in two universities before becoming a continuing staff member at Flinders University in the School of Education. I am married and have two children.
Research Interests
I have a particular interest in self-directed and self-regulated learning, inquiry and problem solving. I am interested in student engagement in learning and how to promote this. I am interested in researching Middle Schooling, International Baccalaureate education, gifted students, students who have difficulty learning,and the influence of school context on learning. I have an interest in the arts, and dance in particular, and would be interested to be involved in research projects related to learning in these areas.
Research Areas
- Education
Supervisory Interests
- Giftedness
- Students with learning difficulties
- Dance
- Engagement
- Educational psychology
- Teaching and learning
- Self-directed learning, primary schools
- Self-regulated learning
- Inquiry
- Middle schooling
- Wellbeing
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education
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The levels of cognitive engagement of lesson tasks designed by teacher education students and their use of knowledge of self-regulated learning in explanations for task design
Lawson, M. J., Van Deur, P., Scott, W., Stephenson, H., Kang, S., Wyra, M., Darmawan, I., Vosniadou, S., Murdoch, C., White, E. & Graham, L., Apr 2023, In: Teaching and Teacher Education. 125, 12 p., 104043.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Beliefs about the self-regulation of learning predict cognitive and metacognitive strategies and academic performance in pre-service teachers
Vosniadou, S., Darmawan, I., Lawson, M. J., Van Deur, P., Jeffries, D. & Wyra, M., Dec 2021, In: Metacognition and Learning. 16, 3, p. 523-554 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigating the factors that foster and hinder understanding of physics concepts among prospective physics teachers
Aviyanti, L., Aldous, C. & Van Deur, P., 2021, p. 14-14. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Middle school teachers’ views on developing self-directed learning
Van Deur, P., 2021, In: Educational Studies. 47, 6, p. 647-660 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Pre-service teachers’ beliefs about learning and teaching and about the self-regulation of learning: A conceptual change perspective
Vosniadou, S., Lawson, M. J., Wyra, M., Van Deur, P., Jeffries, D. & I Gusti Ngurah, D., 2020, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 99, 101495.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
63 Citations (Scopus)