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)

81 - 100 of 132 works

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

2010

Conference Publication

A model for integrating technical skills and NTS in assessing pilots' performance

Mavin, Timothy and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2010). A model for integrating technical skills and NTS in assessing pilots' performance. 9th International Symposium of the Australian Aviation Psychology Association, Sydney, Australia, 18-21 April 2010. Canberra, Australia: Australian Aviation Psychology Association.

A model for integrating technical skills and NTS in assessing pilots' performance

2009

Journal Article

Returning to practice anew: A life-world perspective

Sandberg, Jorgen and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2009). Returning to practice anew: A life-world perspective. Organization studies, 30 (12), 1349-1368. doi: 10.1177/0170840609349872

Returning to practice anew: A life-world perspective

2009

Journal Article

Impact of curriculum on understanding of professional practice: A longitudinal study of students commencing dental education

Kieser, J. A., Dall'Alba, G. and Livingston, V. (2009). Impact of curriculum on understanding of professional practice: A longitudinal study of students commencing dental education. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 14 (3), 303-314. doi: 10.1007/s10459-008-9114-6

Impact of curriculum on understanding of professional practice: A longitudinal study of students commencing dental education

2009

Journal Article

Phenomenology and education: An introduction

Dall'Alba, G. (2009). Phenomenology and education: An introduction. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 41 (1), 7-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2008.00479.x

Phenomenology and education: An introduction

2009

Conference Publication

Investigating authentic assessment practices for student learning in three professional courses in higher education

Vu, Thu Thuy and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2009). Investigating authentic assessment practices for student learning in three professional courses in higher education. 2009 NZARE National Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand, 30 November - 4 December 2009. Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Association for Research in Education.

Investigating authentic assessment practices for student learning in three professional courses in higher education

2009

Book Chapter

Learning professional ways of being: Ambiguities of becoming

Dall'Alba, G. (2009). Learning professional ways of being: Ambiguities of becoming. Exploring Education Through Phenomenology: Diverse Approaches. (pp. 41-52) edited by G. Dall'Alba. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444322828.ch5

Learning professional ways of being: Ambiguities of becoming

2009

Conference Publication

Professionalising the Higher Degree Research Curriculum

Barnacle, R. and Dall'Alba, G. (2009). Professionalising the Higher Degree Research Curriculum. AARE 2008 International Education Research Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, 30 November to 4 December 2008. Coldstream, Vic: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Professionalising the Higher Degree Research Curriculum

2009

Book Chapter

A Deepening Crisis of Confidence in the Professions

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2009). A Deepening Crisis of Confidence in the Professions. A Deepening Crisis of Confidence in the Professions. (pp. 3-+) BERLIN: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN. doi: 10.1007/978-90-481-2608-8_1

A Deepening Crisis of Confidence in the Professions

2009

Book Chapter

Introduction to diverse approaches to phenomenology and education

Dall'Alba, G. (2009). Introduction to diverse approaches to phenomenology and education. Exploring Education Through Phenomenology: Diverse Approaches. (pp. 1-3) edited by G. Dall'Alba.. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444322828.ch1

Introduction to diverse approaches to phenomenology and education

2009

Conference Publication

Exploring an authentic approach to assessment for enhancing student learning

Vu, T. T. and Dall'Alba, G. (2009). Exploring an authentic approach to assessment for enhancing student learning. AARE 2008 International Education Research Conference, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, 30 November to 4 December 2008. Coldstream, Vic: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Exploring an authentic approach to assessment for enhancing student learning

2009

Book

Exploring education through phenomenology: diverse approaches

Gloria Dall'Alba ed. (2009). Exploring education through phenomenology: diverse approaches. Malden, MA, United States: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444322828

Exploring education through phenomenology: diverse approaches

2008

Conference Publication

Knowing-in-professional-practice: A life-world perspective

Sandberg, J. and Dall'Alba, G. (2008). Knowing-in-professional-practice: A life-world perspective. The Practice of the Professions: Clifford Chance Conference on Professions, Professionals, and Organizations of Professionals, Oxford, U.K., 6-8 July, 2008.

Knowing-in-professional-practice: A life-world perspective

2008

Conference Publication

"Letting learn" in a process of becoming

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2008). "Letting learn" in a process of becoming. European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2008), Gothenburg, Sweden, 10-12 September 2008.

"Letting learn" in a process of becoming

2007

Other Outputs

Teachers' Duty is to Enable Learning

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2007, 11 21). Teachers' Duty is to Enable Learning The Australian 27-27.

Teachers' Duty is to Enable Learning

2007

Conference Publication

Experiences of sustainable design among practicing engineers: Implications for engineering education

Mann, Llewellyn, Radcliffe, David and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2007). Experiences of sustainable design among practicing engineers: Implications for engineering education. ASEE 2007, Hawaii, 25-27 June 2007. Hawaii: American Society for Engineering Education. doi: 10.18260/1-2--1981

Experiences of sustainable design among practicing engineers: Implications for engineering education

2007

Journal Article

Students’ experience of peer assessment in a professional course

Vu, T. T. and Dall'Alba, G. (2007). Students’ experience of peer assessment in a professional course. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 32 (5), 541-556. doi: 10.1080/02602930601116896

Students’ experience of peer assessment in a professional course

2007

Conference Publication

Transnational Education & (Dis)embodied Cosmopolitanisms

Sidhu, Ravinder and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2007). Transnational Education & (Dis)embodied Cosmopolitanisms. 2007 Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, 17-21 April 2007. Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.

Transnational Education & (Dis)embodied Cosmopolitanisms

2007

Conference Publication

Using phenomenography to investigate different ways of experiencing sustainable design

Mann, Llewellyn, Dall'Alba, Gloria and Radcliffe, David (2007). Using phenomenography to investigate different ways of experiencing sustainable design. ASEE 2007, Hawaii, 25-27 June 2007. Hawaii: American Society for Engineering Education. doi: 10.18260/1-2--2340

Using phenomenography to investigate different ways of experiencing sustainable design

2006

Conference Publication

Life-world phenomenology: Returning to practice anew

Bengtsson, J., Sandberg, J. and Dall'Alba, G. (2006). Life-world phenomenology: Returning to practice anew. Re-turn to Practice: Understanding Organization As It Happens, Second Organization Studies Summer Workshop, Mykonos, Greece, 15–16 June, 2006. London:

Life-world phenomenology: Returning to practice anew

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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