It is important to me that the message about STEM education is delivered ‘loud and clear’. For this reason, I accept invitations to speak at functions, to present my ideas (and those of others) and generally to respond to opportunities to reach out to children, students, teachers, parents and the wider community.
Career Highlights
Awards
2017 AGECS Australian Graduates of Early Childhood Studies – Fellowship grant for research EC STEM
2015 Teaching Science Journal Award – Most Significant Contribution
2013 Vice-chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contribution to Partnerships
Invited presentations:
Early Childhood STEM Symposium, University of Ottawa. June 2022. Limited invitation.
Bush and beach kinders -using nature to support children to become STEM experts 2021. Campbell & Speldewinde. Online workshop for Association of Graduates of Early Childhood Studies Feb 2021
Current research, thinking and practices that support girls’ engagement in STEM. Campbell & Hobbs, Presentation for Australian Academy of Science Primary Connections project with Victorian teachers. March 2021
Interdisciplinary science and technology, Campbell &Jobling. Primary mathematics and science specialists initiative, 2020 Professional Learning Program, Nov 2020
International Dialogue on STEM (Early Years). Limited, invitation -only. 5-6 Nov 2019
Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Network 2019 Conference (ECOLN) Research Presentation 26 April 2019
Moreland City Council. EC STEM presentation (1 May, 2018)
Helsinki University (2017) Early childhood STEM.
Yarra City Council EC STEM presentation at (24 April 2017)
EC science/STEM (2017-2018) - AGECS, Ballarat, Bendigo, Churchill, Melbourne, Geelong
EC science/STEM (2017-2018) - Moreland City Council, Yarra City Council
ACER (2017) – Out of field teaching
Waikato University (2016)– University-school partnerships
Professional Activities
2021 Guest Judge for the StarT honorary jury for the International LUMA StarT awards https://start.luma.fi/en/2021/06/09/the-winners-of-the-international-luma-start-awards-2021/
2020-21 AGECS Chair Fellowship Advisory Committee
2019-21 AGECS Regional Representative for Western District of Victoria
2019 Deakin University Representative for University of the Third Age
2019 Campbell - Advice to engineering students (2019) https://this.deakin.edu.au/career/the-benefits-of-a-career-change-for-engineers-to-teaching
2017-2019 ASERA Board Representative for the development of an Australian bid for the 2020 ICASE conference
2017-2019 AGECS STEM Representative on ‘Parliamentary Friends of Early Childhood’
2017-2019 ESERA Special Interest Group Coordinator - Early Childhood Science
2010-2015 Director on ASERA Board
2014 Member of Faculty Board
2013 Member of Deakin Executive
2012 - 2015 Member Teaching and Learning committee
Editorial Board for Journal of Emergent Science
Editorial Board for South East Asia Journal of Mathematics and Science education.
Review editor for RISE, IJSE, CSSE
Media
1. GALS Report Deakin-Donor-Report.pdf
2. Learning about STEM (C. Campbell, 2021) in Strong Foundations (Kilderry and Raban) 2020
3. Public launch of Girls’ Future-Our Future 2020 Update Campbell, Van Driel, & Millar
Invergowrie Foundation Webinar. Oct 2021 https://www.invergowrie.org.au/launch-of-girls-future-our-future/
4. Curious Young Minds - STEM Literacy, designed and developed by A/Prof Coral Campbell.
https://www.deakin.edu.au/about-deakin/news/articles/curious-young-minds
More recently (2021), the ARDOCH Foundation received a Department of Education and Training, Teaching prize for the program. https://www.ardoch.org.au/news/ardochs-early-years-stem-award-win/.
https://www.ardoch.org.au/programs/curious-young-minds/
Playgroup Facilitator comment, ‘A parent said that they didn’t realise how advanced their child was until they saw them participating in the Curious Young Minds program.’
Presentations
Research-informed frameworks to support teacher professional learning and school change in STEM. Campbell, Xu and Hobbs. Online presentation for Australasian Science Education Research Association Conference June 2021
Industry partnerships for girls’ stem engagement. Campbell, Xu, Hobbs Online presentation for European Science Education Research Association Conference August 2021
Bush kinders: pedagogically promoting the nature of science. Campbell & Speldewinde Online symposium presentation on the Nature of Science for European Science Education Research Association Conference August 2021
Emerging and converging pathways: Engagement and impact in early childhood research. Campbell & Moore. Impact and Engagement Seminar series. REDI 3rd December 2020
The Digital Transformation Project - Using co-design methodology to develop interactive PC units. Campbell, Bateup and Dziadkiewicz. Contemporary Approaches To Research In Mathematics, Science, Health, And Environmental Education Symposium. Deakin University. Nov 2020
Teaching Science out-of-field: beliefs and practices Campbell, Vale & Speldewinde. 7th International Symposium of the Out-of-field – Teaching Across Specialisations (OOF-TAS) Collective. Aug 2020
A regional approach to building teacher capacity: Making Geelong a lighthouse for STEM. Campbell, Hobbs & Xu. Impact and Engagement Seminar series. REDI 6 Aug 2020
Introducing digital technologies into play-based learning in early childhood. Aranda, Ferguson, Campbell& Speldewinde. Online presentation for Australasian Science Education Research Association Conference June 2020
Media Appearances
Channel 31 Science specialists in primary schools 2013
ABC Radio 31 May 2014 - Early childhood science
Tytler, R., Campbell, C., Symington, D., Williams, G. (2016) Partnering with Scientists boosts school students’ and teachers’ confidence in science. The Conversation, April 27. 2016.
https://theconversation.com/partnering-with-scientists-boosts-school-students-and-teachers-confidence-in-science-58416