Associate Professor Gloria Dall'Alba
Associate Professor

Gloria Dall'Alba

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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.

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Availability

Associate Professor Gloria Dall'Alba is:
Not available for supervision
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Fields of research

Education Education systems

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours), James Cook University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University

Research interests

  • Education for the professions

  • Learning and teaching in higher education

  • Philosophy of higher education

  • Learning in workplace settings

Search Professor Gloria Dall'Alba’s works on UQ eSpace

132 works between 1981 and 2025
All (132) Journal Article (46) Book Chapter (27) Conference Publication (52) Book (4) Other Outputs (3)

61 - 80 of 132 works

2014

Conference Publication

Educating for practice: A lifeworld perspective.

DALL'ALBA, Gloria (2014). Educating for practice: A lifeworld perspective.. International Conference on Professional Doctorates, Cardiff Wales, 10-11 April 2014.

Educating for practice: A lifeworld perspective.

2013

Journal Article

Computer assisted learning for improving cattle palpation skills of veterinary students

Norman, Scott T. and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2013). Computer assisted learning for improving cattle palpation skills of veterinary students. Open Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 3 (8), 319-327. doi: 10.4236/ojvm.2013.38052

Computer assisted learning for improving cattle palpation skills of veterinary students

2013

Conference Publication

Know-how as knowing/being: exploring ways of being professionals

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Barnacle, Robyn (2013). Know-how as knowing/being: exploring ways of being professionals. ECER 2013: European Conference on Educational Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-13 September 2013.

Know-how as knowing/being: exploring ways of being professionals

2013

Conference Publication

Undergraduate students on the move: academic staff perceptions of short term mobility programmes

Dall’Alba, Gloria and Sidhu, Ravinder (2013). Undergraduate students on the move: academic staff perceptions of short term mobility programmes. AARE 2013: Australian Association for Research in Education Annual International Conference, Adelaide, SA, Australia, 1-5 December, 2013. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Undergraduate students on the move: academic staff perceptions of short term mobility programmes

2013

Conference Publication

Learning for work: a lifeworld perspective

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jorgen (2013). Learning for work: a lifeworld perspective. ECER 2013: European Conference on Educational Research, Istanbul, Turkey, 10-13 September, 2013.

Learning for work: a lifeworld perspective

2012

Journal Article

International education and (dis)embodied cosmopolitanisms

Sidhu, Ravinder Kaur and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2012). International education and (dis)embodied cosmopolitanisms. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 44 (4), 413-431. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00722.x

International education and (dis)embodied cosmopolitanisms

2012

Conference Publication

Challenging gender inequity in Papua New Guinea higher education

Tuaru, Velepat, Dall'Alba, Gloria and Pendergast, Donna (2012). Challenging gender inequity in Papua New Guinea higher education. AARE-APERA 2012, Sydney, Australia, 2-6 December 2012. Sydney, Australia: AARE-APERA 2012.

Challenging gender inequity in Papua New Guinea higher education

2012

Book Chapter

Re-imagining the university: developing a capacity to care

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2012). Re-imagining the university: developing a capacity to care. The future university: ideas and possibilities. (pp. 112-122) edited by Ronald Barnett. New York, USA: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9780203810446

Re-imagining the university: developing a capacity to care

2012

Conference Publication

Undergraduate students on the move: short term mobility programmes 'down under'

Dall'Alba, G. and Sidhu, R. (2012). Undergraduate students on the move: short term mobility programmes 'down under'. European Conference on Educational Research 2012 (ECER 2012), Cadiz, Spain, 18-21 September 2012.

Undergraduate students on the move: short term mobility programmes 'down under'

2012

Journal Article

Learning intercultural communication through group work oriented to the world beyond the classroom

Liu, Shuang and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2012). Learning intercultural communication through group work oriented to the world beyond the classroom. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education, 37 (1), 19-32. doi: 10.1080/02602938.2010.494233

Learning intercultural communication through group work oriented to the world beyond the classroom

2012

Conference Publication

Undergraduate students on the move: a comparative analysis of inbound an doutbound mobility programmes

Dall'Alba, G. and Sidhu, R. (2012). Undergraduate students on the move: a comparative analysis of inbound an doutbound mobility programmes. AARE-APERA 2012, Sydney, Australia, 2-6 December 2012. Sydney, Australia: AARE-APERA 2012.

Undergraduate students on the move: a comparative analysis of inbound an doutbound mobility programmes

2012

Conference Publication

To be or not to be professionals? aspiring professionals in transition

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2012). To be or not to be professionals? aspiring professionals in transition. 6th EARLI SIG 14 Learning and Professional Development Conference (EARLI SIG 14), Antwerp, Belgium, 22-24 August 2012.

To be or not to be professionals? aspiring professionals in transition

2011

Journal Article

Research degrees as professional education?

Barnacle, Robyn and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2011). Research degrees as professional education?. Studies in Higher Education, 36 (4), 459-470. doi: 10.1080/03075071003698607

Research degrees as professional education?

2011

Conference Publication

Understanding complex assessment: A lesson from aviation

Mavin, Timothy J. and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2011). Understanding complex assessment: A lesson from aviation. 4th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI2011), Madrid, Spain, 14-16 November 2011. Valencia, Spain: International Association of Technology, Education and Development.

Understanding complex assessment: A lesson from aviation

2011

Journal Article

Being a professional: Three lenses into design thinking, acting and being

Adams, Robin S., Daly, Shanna R., Mann, Llewellyn M. and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2011). Being a professional: Three lenses into design thinking, acting and being. Design Studies, 32 (6), 588-607. doi: 10.1016/j.destud.2011.07.004

Being a professional: Three lenses into design thinking, acting and being

2011

Journal Article

Improving group functioning in solving realistic problems

Asgari, Sassan and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2011). Improving group functioning in solving realistic problems. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 5 (1), 1-14. doi: 10.20429/ijsotl.2011.050108

Improving group functioning in solving realistic problems

2011

Book Chapter

Becoming authentic professionals: Learning for authenticity

Vu, Thuy T. and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2011). Becoming authentic professionals: Learning for authenticity. "Becoming" a professional: An interdisciplinary analysis of professional learning. (pp. 95-108) edited by Lesley Scanlon. Dordrech, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-1378-9

Becoming authentic professionals: Learning for authenticity

2010

Book

Exploring Education Through Phenomenology: Diverse Approaches

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2010). Exploring Education Through Phenomenology: Diverse Approaches. John Wright and Sons Ltd.. doi: 10.1002/9781444322828

Exploring Education Through Phenomenology: Diverse Approaches

2010

Book Chapter

Learning through and about practice: A lifeworld perspective

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Sandberg, Jorgen (2010). Learning through and about practice: A lifeworld perspective. Learning through practice: Models, traditions, orientations and approaches. (pp. 104-119) edited by Stephen Billett. Dordrecht: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-3939-2_6

Learning through and about practice: A lifeworld perspective

2010

Conference Publication

Identifying authentic assessment practices for student learning

Vu, Thuy Thu and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2010). Identifying authentic assessment practices for student learning. AARE 2010 International Education Research Conference, Melbourne, 28 November - 2 December 2010.

Identifying authentic assessment practices for student learning

Past funding

  • 2011 - 2013
    Knowing in professional practice: Enhancing the relationship between professional education and practice
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2005
    Embodied Knowing in Higher Education
    University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2004
    2004 Travel Scheme Cat 2_Univ London; 2 weeks in Sept 2004
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Learning in virtual environments
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Associate Professor Gloria Dall'Alba is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

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  • Education for the professions
  • Higher education - teaching and learning

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