
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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1995
Journal Article
Book review: Learning in Medicine. Edited by Colin Coles and Hans Asbjorn Holm, 1993, 212 pages, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, $49.95 (hardcover).
Dall'Alba, Gloria (1995). Book review: Learning in Medicine. Edited by Colin Coles and Hans Asbjorn Holm, 1993, 212 pages, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, $49.95 (hardcover).. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 7 (3), 192-193. doi: 10.1080/10401339509539740
1994
Journal Article
The role of teaching in higher education: Enabling students to enter a field of study and practice
Dall'Alba, Gloria (1994). The role of teaching in higher education: Enabling students to enter a field of study and practice. Learning and Instruction, 3 (4), 299-313. doi: 10.1016/0959-4752(93)90021-Q
1993
Journal Article
Comparative evaluation of a teaching innovation in accounting education: Intensive learning in a seminar format
Inglis, Robert, Broadbent, Alan and Dall’Alba, Gloria (1993). Comparative evaluation of a teaching innovation in accounting education: Intensive learning in a seminar format. Accounting Education, 2 (3), 181-199. doi: 10.1080/09639289300000027
1993
Journal Article
Conceptions of learning
Marton, Ference, Dall'Alba, Gloria and Beaty, Elizabeth (1993). Conceptions of learning. International Journal of Educational Research, 19 (3), 277-300.
1991
Conference Publication
Foreshadowing conceptions of teaching
Dall'Alba, Gloria (1991). Foreshadowing conceptions of teaching. Campbelltown, NSW, Australia: Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA).
1989
Journal Article
Assessing understanding: A phenomenographic approach
Dall'Alba, Gloria, Walsh, Eleanor, Bowden, John, Martin, Elaine, Marton, Ference, Masters, Geofferey, Ramsden, Paul and Stephanou, Andrew (1989). Assessing understanding: A phenomenographic approach. Research in Science Education, 19 (1), 57-66. doi: 10.1007/BF02356846
1988
Journal Article
Cognitive learning strategies and outcomes in a heat transfer experiment
Dall'Alba, Gloria (1988). Cognitive learning strategies and outcomes in a heat transfer experiment. Research in Science Education, 18 (1), 123-133. doi: 10.1007/BF02356587
1986
Journal Article
Learning strategies and the learner's approach to a problem solving task
Dall'Alba, Gloria (1986). Learning strategies and the learner's approach to a problem solving task. Research in Science Education, 16 (1), 11-20. doi: 10.1007/BF02356813
1984
Journal Article
Learning strategies of one student on a range of classroom tasks
Dall'Alba, Gloria and Northfield, Jeff (1984). Learning strategies of one student on a range of classroom tasks. Research in Science Education, 14 (1), 57-68. doi: 10.1007/BF02356791
1983
Journal Article
Dimensions of cognitive demand
Dall'Alba, Gloria and Edwards, John (1983). Dimensions of cognitive demand. Research in Science Education, 13 (1), 213-221. doi: 10.1007/BF02356708
1981
Journal Article
Development of a scale of cognitive demand for analysis of printed secondary science materials
Edwards, John and Dall'Alba, Gloria (1981). Development of a scale of cognitive demand for analysis of printed secondary science materials. Research in Science Education, 11 (1), 158-170. doi: 10.1007/BF02356779
1981
Other Outputs
Scale of Cognitive Demand (Revised)
Dall'Alba, Gloria (1981). Scale of Cognitive Demand (Revised). Honours Thesis, Department of Education, James Cook University of North Queensland.
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
Media
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