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.

For further details on publications: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8337-0530

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)

101 - 120 of 132 works

2006

Book Chapter

Re-framing competence development at work

Sandberg, J. and Dall'Alba, G. (2006). Re-framing competence development at work. Improving workplace learning: Emerging international perspectives. (pp. 107-121) edited by G. Castleton, R. Gerber and H. Pillay. New York: Nova Science.

Re-framing competence development at work

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

2005

Journal Article

Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2005). Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers. Higher Education Research & Development, 24 (4), 361-372. doi: 10.1080/07294360500284771

Improving teaching: Enhancing ways of being university teachers

2005

Conference Publication

Learning professional ways of being: A longitudinal study

Dall'Alba, G. (2005). Learning professional ways of being: A longitudinal study. Bournemouth, 10-13 August, 2005. Bournemouth, UK: Centre for Qualitative Research.

Learning professional ways of being: A longitudinal study

2005

Journal Article

Embodied knowing in online environments

Dall'Alba, Gloria and Barnacle, Robyn (2005). Embodied knowing in online environments. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 37 (5), 719-744. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2005.00153.x

Embodied knowing in online environments

2005

Conference Publication

Researching professional education: An ontological turn

Dall'Alba, G. (2005). Researching professional education: An ontological turn. AARE International Education Research Conference, UWS Parramatta, 2005. Sydney: AARE.

Researching professional education: An ontological turn

2004

Journal Article

Understanding professional practice: investigations before and after an educational programme

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2004). Understanding professional practice: investigations before and after an educational programme. Studies In Higher Education, 29 (6), 679-692. doi: 10.1080/0307507042000287195

Understanding professional practice: investigations before and after an educational programme

2004

Conference Publication

Experiential education research in the undergraduate Pharmacy curricula

McKauge, L. M., Dall'Alba, G. and Wright, T. (2004). Experiential education research in the undergraduate Pharmacy curricula. Effective Teaching and Learning Conference, Brisbane, 4-5 November, 2004. Brisbane: Griffith University.

Experiential education research in the undergraduate Pharmacy curricula

2004

Conference Publication

Embodied knowing in higher education

Dall'Alba, G. and Barnacle, R. (2004). Embodied knowing in higher education. AARE 2004 International Education Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 28 November to 2 December 2004. Melboure:

Embodied knowing in higher education

2003

Conference Publication

Understanding continuing professional learning: A phenomenological perspective

Webster-Wright, Ann and Dall'Alba, Gloria (2003). Understanding continuing professional learning: A phenomenological perspective. 2003 Association for Qualitative Research Conference, Sydney, Australia, 16-19 July 2003. Melbourne, Australia: Association for Qualitative Research.

Understanding continuing professional learning: A phenomenological perspective

2002

Conference Publication

Professional skill development in uncertain times

Dall'Alba, G. and Sandberg, J. (2002). Professional skill development in uncertain times. AARE 2002 International Education Research Conference, Brisbane, 1-5 Decembe,r 2002. Coldstream, Victoria: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Professional skill development in uncertain times

2002

Other Outputs

Reframing the practice of competence development

Sandberg, J. and Dall' Alba, G. (2002). Reframing the practice of competence development. Stockholm, Sweden: IFL.

Reframing the practice of competence development

2002

Conference Publication

Understanding continuing professional learning at work

Webster-Wright, A. and Dall'Alba, G. (2002). Understanding continuing professional learning at work. AARE 2002 International Education Research Conference, Brisbane, 1-5 December 2002. Coldstream, Victoria: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Understanding continuing professional learning at work

2002

Journal Article

'Carer and gatekeeper' -- Conflicting demands in nurses' experiences of telephone advisory services

Holmstrom, I. and Dall'Alba, G. (2002). 'Carer and gatekeeper' -- Conflicting demands in nurses' experiences of telephone advisory services. Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, 16 (2), 142-148. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-6712.2002.00075.x

'Carer and gatekeeper' -- Conflicting demands in nurses' experiences of telephone advisory services

2002

Conference Publication

Experiential education research in the undergraduate pharmacy curricula

McKauge, L. M., Dall'Alba, G., Butler, J. E. and Tett, S. E. (2002). Experiential education research in the undergraduate pharmacy curricula. The Monash Pharmacy Practice Symposium 2002, Prato, Italy, 9-10 September,. 2002. Melbourne: Monash University.

Experiential education research in the undergraduate pharmacy curricula

2002

Journal Article

Understanding medical practice: Different outcomes of a pre-medical program

Dall'Alba, Gloria (2002). Understanding medical practice: Different outcomes of a pre-medical program. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 7 (3), 163-177. doi: 10.1023/A:1021194117367

Understanding medical practice: Different outcomes of a pre-medical program

2001

Conference Publication

Learning to be a professional

Dall'Alba, G. (2001). Learning to be a professional. AARE 2001 International Education Research Conference, Fremantle, 2-6 December 2001. Fremantle: Australian Association for Research in Education.

Learning to be a professional

1999

Journal Article

Ways of experiencing asthma management - variations among general practitioners in Sweden

Lundborg, Cecilia Stalsby, Wahlstrom, Rolf and Dall'Alba, Gloria (1999). Ways of experiencing asthma management - variations among general practitioners in Sweden. Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care, 17 (4), 226-231. doi: 10.1080/028134399750002458

Ways of experiencing asthma management - variations among general practitioners in Sweden

1998

Journal Article

The re-design of a Management Accounting course based upon principles for improving the quality of teaching and learning

Inglis, Robert and Dall'Alba, Gloria (1998). The re-design of a Management Accounting course based upon principles for improving the quality of teaching and learning. Accounting Education, 7 (3), 193-207. doi: 10.1080/096392898331144

The re-design of a Management Accounting course based upon principles for improving the quality of teaching and learning

1998

Journal Article

Medical Practice as Characterised by Beginning Medical Students

Dall'alba, Gloria (1998). Medical Practice as Characterised by Beginning Medical Students. Advances in Health Sciences Education, 3 (2), 101-118. doi: 10.1023/A:1009783602925

Medical Practice as Characterised by Beginning Medical Students

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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