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Professor Vaughan Prain
BA (hons) Monash, MA Monash, PhD Monash

Deputy Dean (International and Academic)

Room/Location: 2.11 Education
Ph: 5444 7314
Fx: 5444 7800
Email: v.prain@latrobe.edu.au

Teaching Areas

• English Method
• Graduate Diploma of Education
• Children's Literature

Research Interests

• Writing for learning in secondary science
• New technologies for learning
• Literacy Education

Recent Publications

Books

Wallace, C., Hand. B, & Prain, V. (2004). Writing, thinking, and learning in Science Kluwer Press, Amsterdam.


Research Reports

Hackling, M. & Prain. V. (2005). Primary Connections. Stage 2 trial: Research Report. Australian Academy of Science.


Chapters in Books

Prain. V. & Hand, B. (2006) Language, Learning and Science Literacy. In K. Appleton (Ed.) Science Teacher Education for the Elementary School. Lawrence Erlbaum, New York.


Refereed Journal Articles

Farrelly, C, Prain, V. & O’Brien, M (in press) The discourses of sexuality in curriculum documents on sexuality education: An Australian case study. Journal of Sex Education.

Waldrip, B., Prain, V., & Carolan, J. (in press) Learning Junior Secondary Science Through Multi-Modal Representation, Electronic Journal of Science Education

Tytler, R., Prain. V, & Peterson, S. (in press) Representational issues in students learning about evaporation. Research in Science Education.

Taylor, L, Prain, V. & Rosengren, R. (in press) Pre-service teachers’ engagement with student wellbeing. Curriculum Perspectives.

Prain, V. & Waldrip, B. (in press) An exploratory study of teachers’ perspectives about using multi-modal represenApril 18, 2008 Journal of Mathematics, Technology and Science Education

Hand, B, Prain, V., & Gunel, M. (in press) Writing for learning in Science: A Secondary Analysis of Six Studies. International Journal for Mathematics and Science Education

Hand, B., Hohenshell, L., & Prain V. (in press) Examining the effects of multiple writing tasks on year 10 biology students’ understandings of cell and molecular biology concepts Instructional Science

Waldrip, B. & Prain, V. (2006) Changing representations to learn primary science concepts. Teaching Science 54 (4), 17-21.

Prain, V., Waldrip, B. (2006) An Exploratory study of teachers’ and students’ use of multi-modal representations of concepts in primary science. International Journal of Science Education 28 (15), 1843-1866.

Tytler, R., Peterson, S., & Prain. V. (2006). Picturing evaporation: Learning science literacy through a particle representation. Teaching Science, 52 (1), 12-17.

Taylor, L, Savage, W., Hayman, L., Rosengren, R. & Prain, V. (2006). Developing an effective orientation and mentoring program for secondary teacher education students. Curriculum Perspectives 26 (1), 48-61.

Prain, V. (2006). Learning from Writing in School Science: Some Theoretical and Practical Implications. International Journal of Science Education, 28, 2-3, 179-201

Hand, B., Hohenshell, L., & Prain, V. (2004) Exploring Students' Responses to Conceptual Questions when Engaged with Planned Writing Experiences: A Study with Year 10 Science Students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 41. 2, 186-210.

Hand, B., Alvermann, D., Gee, J., Guzzetti, B., Norris, S., Phillips, L., Prain, V., & Yore L. (2003) Message from the "Island Group": What is Literacy in Science Literacy? Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40, 7, 607-615.

Prain, V. & Hand, B. (2003). Using new technologies for learning: A case study of a whole school approach. Journal of Research in Technology Education, 35, 4, 441-458

Prain, V., Hand, B. & Yore, L. (2003). Learning from writing in secondary science: A case study of students' composing strategies. In D. Psillos, P. Kariotoglou, V. Tselfes, E. Hatzikraniotis, M. Kallery (Eds) Science Education Research in the Knowledge-based Society. Kluwer Academic Press:Amsterdam.

Prain, V. (2003). Planned Conversations: Learning in Senior Secondary English through On-line Discussion. Curriculum Perspectives, 23, 1, 9-19.

Craven, J.A., Hand,B. & Prain,V. (2002). Assessing explicit and tacit conceptions of the nature of science among pre-service elementary teachers. International Journal of Science Education, 24 (8), 785-802.

Hand, B & Prain, V. (2002) Teachers implementing writing-to-learn strategies in junior secondary science: A Case Study Science Education 86, (6) 737-755.

Hand, B., Prain, V. & Wallace, C. (2002) Influences of Writing Tasks on Students' Answers to Recall and Higher-Level Test Questions. Research in Science Education 32, 1, 19-34.

Prain, V. & Hand, B. (2002) Pupil Learning through writing in science. In S. Amos & R. Boohan (eds.) Aspects of Teaching Secondary Science: Perspectives on Practice
Routledge Falmer, London.

Yore, L., Hand, B., & Prain, V. (2002). Scientists as writers. Science Education 86 (5), 672-692.

Associations

• National Association for Research in Science Teaching