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Dr Peter Cox
B App.Sc., G Dip. Ed., G Dip. Comp., G Dip Outdoor Ed., MEd., PhD

Lecturer
Coordinator of Science Teaching Methods in Graduate Diploma of Education

Room/Location: 3.15a Education
Ph: 5444 7958
Fx: 5444 7800
Email: p.cox@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching Areas

• Science Education - Primary and Secondary

Research Interests

• Gender and socio-economic issues in mathematics and science education
• Innovative pedagogies

Recent Publications and Presentations

• Journal Articles
  Cox, P., Leder, G. C., & Forgasz, H. (2004). Victorian Certificate of Education: Mathematics, science and gender. Australian Journal of Education, 48(1), 27-46.
  
  

  Cox, P. (2000). Regional and Gender Differences in Mathematics. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 16(1), 22-29.

• Conference Presentations
  Cox, P. (2004). A Fair and Equal Education for All? Is egalitarianism alive, and well, in schools? Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Melbourne.
  
  Cox, P. (2004). A Fair and Equal Education for All. Paper presented at Regional Research Forum, La Trobe University, Bendigo.
  
  Cox, P. (2001). Girls, boys and VCE science subjects. Paper presented at the Science Teachers' Association of Victoria Annual Conference, La Trobe University, Bundoora.
  
  Cox, P. and Carpenter, B. (2001). Dramatising Electricity. Paper presented at the STAV/AIP Physics Teacher's Conference, Monash University, Clayton.

Associations

• Science Teachers' Association Victoria