
Overview
Background
Gloria Dall'Alba is an Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Queensland and higher education consultant at GD Higher Ed Consulting. Her research focuses on learning and teaching in higher education and the workplace, with a particular interest in educating for the professions and the philosophy of higher education. After completing a PhD at Monash University in Australia and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Gothenburg University in Sweden, she has held positions at the University of Queensland, the University of Melbourne and RMIT University, as well as at Karolinska Institute and a secondment to Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. She has published widely on a range of issues relating to higher education, workplace learning and research inquiry. A strong strand of her research is interdisciplinary. She has collaborated with researchers from Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Ireland, Sweden and the USA from the fields of higher education, pharmacy, business, dentistry, engineering, forensic science, medicine, nursing, philosophy and physics.
For further details on publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8337-0530
Availability
- Associate Professor Gloria Dall'Alba is:
- Not available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), James Cook University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University
Research interests
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Education for the professions
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Learning and teaching in higher education
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Philosophy of higher education
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Learning in workplace settings
Works
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2024
Book Chapter
Authentic assessment for student learning: an ontological conceptualisation
Vu, Thuy T. and Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). Authentic assessment for student learning: an ontological conceptualisation. Being and becoming through higher education: expanding possibilities. (pp. 195-209) edited by Gloria Dall’Alba. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_11
2024
Book Chapter
Becoming Authentic Professionals: Learning for Authenticity
Vu, Thuy T. and Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). Becoming Authentic Professionals: Learning for Authenticity. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 67-80) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_5
2024
Book Chapter
International Education and (Dis)embodied Cosmopolitanisms
Sidhu, Ravinder Kaur and Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). International Education and (Dis)embodied Cosmopolitanisms. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 137-157) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_8
2024
Book Chapter
Learning Professional Ways of Being: Ambiguities of Becoming
Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). Learning Professional Ways of Being: Ambiguities of Becoming. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 35-47) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_3
2024
Book
Being and becoming through higher education: expanding possibilities
Gloria Dall’Alba ed. (2024). Being and becoming through higher education: expanding possibilities. Debating Higher Education: Philosophical Perspectives, Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0
2024
Book Chapter
An Ontological Turn for Higher Education
Dall’Alba, Gloria and Barnacle, Robyn (2024). An Ontological Turn for Higher Education. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 21-33) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_2
2024
Book Chapter
Evaluative Judgement for Learning to Be in a Digital World
Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). Evaluative Judgement for Learning to Be in a Digital World. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 211-221) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_12
2024
Book Chapter
Improving Teaching: Enhancing Ways of Being University Teachers
Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). Improving Teaching: Enhancing Ways of Being University Teachers. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 225-236) Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_13
2024
Book Chapter
Committed to Learn: Student Engagement and Care in Higher Education
Barnacle, Robyn and Dall’Alba, Gloria (2024). Committed to Learn: Student Engagement and Care in Higher Education. Being and Becoming Through Higher Education. (pp. 179-193) Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-97-2062-0_10
2020
Journal Article
We are all patient-centred now, aren't we? Lessons from new pharmacy graduates
Burrows, Judith, Dall'Alba, Gloria and La Caze, Adam (2020). We are all patient-centred now, aren't we? Lessons from new pharmacy graduates. Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning, 12 (5), 508-516. doi: 10.1016/j.cptl.2020.01.017
2019
Conference Publication
Re-thinking professional development: curriculum for the 21st century (Invited keynote address)
Dall'Alba, Gloria (2019). Re-thinking professional development: curriculum for the 21st century (Invited keynote address). In: College of Oral Health Academics conference, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia, (). 25-26 November 2019.
2019
Conference Publication
Responsive attunement: tuning in to what matters in educational settings
Dall'Alba, Gloria (2019). Responsive attunement: tuning in to what matters in educational settings. Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 December 2019.
2018
Book Chapter
Evaluative judgement for learning to be in a digital world
Dall’Alba, Gloria (2018). Evaluative judgement for learning to be in a digital world. Developing evaluative judgement in higher education: assessment for knowing and producing quality work. (pp. 18-27) edited by David Boud, Rola Ajjawi, Phillip Dawson and Joanna Tai. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315109251-3
2018
Conference Publication
Student being and becoming in the future university (Invited panel presentation)
Dall'Alba, Gloria (2018). Student being and becoming in the future university (Invited panel presentation). Philosophy of Higher Education Conference, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 September 2018.
2018
Book Chapter
Evaluative judgement for learning to be in a digital world
Dall’Alba, Gloria (2018). Evaluative judgement for learning to be in a digital world. Developing Evaluative Judgement in Higher Education: Assessment for Knowing and Producing Quality Work. (pp. 18-27) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315109251
2018
Conference Publication
Becoming pharmacy professionals: curriculum development for the 21st century (Invited keynote address)
Dall'Alba, Gloria (2018). Becoming pharmacy professionals: curriculum development for the 21st century (Invited keynote address). International Life Long Learning Conference in Pharmacy, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 6-9 July 2018.
2018
Conference Publication
Learning to form evaluative judgements
Dall'Alba, Gloria (2018). Learning to form evaluative judgements. European Conference on Educational Research, Bolzano, Italy, 4-7 September 2018.
2018
Conference Publication
Constraints and freedoms of practice-based education: being and becoming future engineering professionals
Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jorgen (2018). Constraints and freedoms of practice-based education: being and becoming future engineering professionals. Tenth International Symposium on Process Organization Studies, Halkidiki, Greece, 20-23 June 2018.
2018
Conference Publication
Constraints and freedoms of practice-based education: being and becoming future engineering professionals
Mann, Llewellyn, Dohaney, Jacqueline, Coddington, Alicen and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2018). Constraints and freedoms of practice-based education: being and becoming future engineering professionals. Philosophy of Higher Education Conference, London, United Kingdom, 10-12 September 2018.
2017
Journal Article
Embodying skillful performance: co-constituting body and world in biotechnology
Dall'Alba, Gloria, Sandberg, Jorgen and Sidhu, Ravinder Kaur (2017). Embodying skillful performance: co-constituting body and world in biotechnology. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 50 (3), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/00131857.2017.1343114
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Gloria Dall'Alba is:
- Not available for supervision
Supervision history
Completed supervision
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Becoming pharmacists: exploring professional development of pharmacists following graduation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Adam La Caze
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Transnational Mobilities of Australia-Educated and Domiciled Professional Migrants from Vietnam
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Ravinder Sidhu
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating Authentic Assessment for Student Learning in Higher Education
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Border gods in classrooms and communities: on the pedagogical uses of enchantment
Principal Advisor
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2008
Master Philosophy
Experiential Education in the Undergraduate Pharmacy Curriculum
Principal Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
AGENCY, DISCOURSE AND ACADEMIC PRACTICE: RECONCEPTUALISING INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS IN AN AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITY
Principal Advisor
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2006
Doctor Philosophy
UNDERSTANDING CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
Principal Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
BRINGING THE WORLD TO MELBOURNE: TRANSNATIONALISM, AGENCY AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO MAKING A CITY, 2000-2010
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Bob Lingard
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Promoting Integration of Educational Technology among Teacher Educators
Associate Advisor
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2009
Doctor Philosophy
What in the World is Social Justice?: A Phenomenographic Study of Queensland Final Year Pre-Service Secondary Social Science Teachers' Conceptions of Social Justice
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Honorary Professor Martin Mills
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2008
Doctor Philosophy
Challenging Gender Equity in Higher Education: A Plan for Papua New Guinea
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
WAYS OF EXPERIENCING SUSTAINABLE DESIGN IN ENGINEERING: A PHENOMENOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION
Associate Advisor
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