Judy Moreland

Judy Moreland holds a DPhil, MEd and DipT from the University of Waikato. She was a primary school teacher before joining the Centre for Science and Technology Education Research (CSTER) in 1998 as a technology education researcher. Her interests included teaching and learning technology and science, pedagogical content knowledge, assessment for learning, teacher professional development and teachers as researchers.

Judy has been involved in several research contracts including the Learning in Technology Education (LITE) Project, the LITE (Assessment) Project, the Research into the Effectiveness of Programmes for Curriculum Based Learning Experiences Outside the Classroom Project, the Classroom Interactions in Science and Technology Education (InSiTE) Project, the Curriculum Exploratory Studies (CES) Project, and Outside InSiTE: Sharing what we know.

She is now with the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research as a Senior Research Fellow.

Selected publications

Moreland, J., Cowie, B., Otrel-Cass, K, and Jones, A. (2010). Planning for learning: Building knowledge for teaching primary science and technology, Teaching Learning Research Initiative, Wellington, p. 1-39.

Moreland, J: (2009). Chapter 37: Assessment: Focusing on the learner and the subject. In Alister Jones and Marc de Vries (Eds.). International Handbook of Research and Development in Technology Education, Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, p. 445-448.

Moreland, J. and Cowie, B. (2009). Chapter 39: Making meaning in primary technology classrooms through assessment for learning. In Alister Jones and Marc de Vries (Eds.). International Handbook of Research and Development in Technology Education, Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, The Netherlands, p. 461-446.

Otrel-Cass, K, Cowie, B, Moreland, J, Jones, A. (2009). Teachers and researchers working together: A subject specific planning framework as a boundary object. Partnership in Education. Theoretical approach and case studies. The Book Edition.Com, p. 128-152.

Moreland, J., Jones, A. and Barlex, D. (2008). Design and Technology Inside the Black Box: Assessment for learning in the design and technology classroom, GL Assessment, London, p. 1-30.

Moreland, J. and Cowie, B. (2007). Making masks for Maui: Keeping the macro task in mind. Australian Research in Early Childhood Education, 14(1), 81-93.

Moreland, J. and Cowie, B. (2007). Chapter 17: Teaching approaches. In Marc de Vries, Rod Custer, John Dakers and Gene Martin (Eds.). Analyzing Best Practices in Technology Education. Sense Publishers: Rotterdam, 213-220.

Moreland, J., Jones, A. and Cowie, B. (2006). Developing pedagogical content knowledge for the new sciences: The example of biotechnology. Teaching Education,17(2), 143-156.

Jones, A. and Moreland, J. (2005). The centrality of PCK in professional development for primary science and technology teachers: towards school-wide reform. In Susan Rodrigues (Ed.) International Models of Teacher Professional Development, Springer: New York.

Moreland, J. and Cowie, B. (2005). Exploring the methods of auto-photography and photo-interviews: Children taking pictures of science and technology. Waikato Journal of Education, 11(1), 73-88.