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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
Media expert

Fields of research

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

Works

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132 works between 1981 and 2025

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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

Book review: Learning in Medicine. Edited by Colin Coles and Hans Asbjorn Holm, 1993, 212 pages, Oslo: Scandinavian University Press, $49.95 (hardcover).

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

The role of teaching in higher education: Enabling students to enter a field of study and practice

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

Comparative evaluation of a teaching innovation in accounting education: Intensive learning in a seminar format

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.

Conceptions of learning

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).

Foreshadowing conceptions of teaching

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

Assessing understanding: A phenomenographic approach

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

Cognitive learning strategies and outcomes in a heat transfer experiment

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

Learning strategies and the learner's approach to a problem solving task

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

Learning strategies of one student on a range of classroom tasks

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

Dimensions of cognitive demand

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

Development of a scale of cognitive demand for analysis of printed secondary science materials

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.

Scale of Cognitive Demand (Revised)

Funding

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

Supervision

Availability

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

Supervision history

Completed supervision

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  • Education for the professions
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