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Dr Carl Sherwood
Dr

Carl Sherwood

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Overview

Background

Dr Carl Sherwood completed a Bachelor of Engineering - Civil (UQ, 1984) and practiced as a professional engineer for 15 years. After completing an MBA (UQ, 2001), he worked for the UQ Business School and began investigating how to equitably support the learning of diverse student cohorts in large classes. By 2007, he joined the UQ School of Economics as a Teaching Focussed Academic, completed a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (UQ, 2013), and has been the Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Economics (2019-2021). His research has involved developing and evaluating the impact of blending learning activities and face-to-face lectures for students in large introductory statistics and microeconomics courses. Most notably, with over a decade of pioneering research into the development of students’ own contextualised storytelling as a pedagogy for introductory statistics, his work has been recognised with a UQ Teaching Excellence Award (UQ, 2015), an Australian Award for Teaching Excellence (2017) and through his PhD (UQ, 2020).

Achievements and Awards

  • Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2023)
  • UQ Teaching Commendation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2018)
  • Australian Awards for University Teaching Excellence (2017)
  • Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2017)
  • UQ Business, Economics & Law Faculty - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning or Experience (2017)
  • UQ Award for Teaching Excellence (2015)
  • Invited member of UQ Open Course Program (2015).
  • Invited member of the UQ College of Peer Observers Program (2015)
  • Australian Awards for University Teaching - Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2013)
  • UQ Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2011)
  • UQ School of Economics Teaching Excellence Award winner (2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017)
  • UQ School of Economics Distinguished Teaching Award winner (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017)
  • Nominee for UniJobs’ Lecturer of the Year Award (2010)

Funded Projects

  • Sherwood, C.W, & Anand, P. (2023). “Students’ contextualised storytelling within contemporary assessment practices in higher education”, HERDSA Grant - $4,990
  • Sherwood, C.W. (2021). “Development of an online test bank of questions to assess student learning in Introductory Statistics for Social Sciences (ECON1310)”, AAUT Grant - $25,000.
  • Sherwood, C.W. (2021). “Expanding of an online test bank of questions to assess student learning in Introductory Microeconomics (ECON1010)”, UQ School of Economics Grant - $24,270.
  • Lodge, J., Gowlett, C., McLay, K., McKimmie, B., Bevan, A., Knibbe, R., Langfield, T., Sherwood, C.W., & Hillock, P.W. (2019). “Maximising the pedagogical benefits of video for engagement and learning”, UQ Teaching Innovation Grant - $82,204.
  • Baldock, T., Murzi, H., Callaghan, D., Cossu, R., Gibbes, B., & Sherwood, C.W. (2017). “The Cloud Room: Enhancing flexible learning pathways via a user-demand driven timetabling model and improved online learning resources”, Faculty of Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology (EAIT) Grant - $6,000.
  • Sherwood, C.W. (2016). “Initiating research into how first year undergraduate university students’ own contextualised storytelling can help them make sense of statistics”, AAUT Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning - $10,000.
  • Sherwood, C.W. (2012). “The Freaky Fish App”, UQ BEL Faculty/UniQuest Pty Ltd Pathfinder Proof-of-concept Grant - $15,000.
  • Sherwood, C.W. (2010). “Development of online Scenario Based Learning (SBLi) interactive scenarios for teaching techniques to solve statistical problems in introductory economics courses”, New Staff Start-up Grant for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - $11,749.
  • Sherwood, C.W. (2009). “An interactive eLearning and Story Based Teaching method for Statistics Students – a pedagogical investigation”, UQ Strategic Grant for Teaching & Learning - $26,567.

Other outputs (in THE Campus - Times Higher Education)

Availability

Dr Carl Sherwood is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Engineering, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Business Administration, The University of Queensland
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Works

Search Professor Carl Sherwood’s works on UQ eSpace

22 works between 2010 and 2024

1 - 20 of 22 works

2024

Journal Article

Patient and doctor anecdotal observations: narrative insights for reducing diagnostic excisions and promoting early detection of melanomas

Liu, Timothy J., Wolber, Anna K., Sherwood, Carl and Soyer, H. Peter (2024). Patient and doctor anecdotal observations: narrative insights for reducing diagnostic excisions and promoting early detection of melanomas. International Journal of Dermatology. doi: 10.1111/ijd.17441

Patient and doctor anecdotal observations: narrative insights for reducing diagnostic excisions and promoting early detection of melanomas

2024

Other Outputs

Connecting adult learning principles, assessment and academic integrity

Sherwood, Carl and Raiti, John (2024, 07 30). Connecting adult learning principles, assessment and academic integrity Times Higher Education 1-1.

Connecting adult learning principles, assessment and academic integrity

2024

Other Outputs

An assessment design that promotes learning and academic integrity.

Sherwood, Carl (2024, 05 23). An assessment design that promotes learning and academic integrity. Times Higher Education

An assessment design that promotes learning and academic integrity.

2024

Journal Article

Widening university participation in learning using students’ contextualised storytelling in general chemistry

Ho, Karen, Luong, Yen, Sherwood, Carl and Clark, Douglas B. (2024). Widening university participation in learning using students’ contextualised storytelling in general chemistry. Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 25 (3), 908-919. doi: 10.1039/d4rp00084f

Widening university participation in learning using students’ contextualised storytelling in general chemistry

2023

Conference Publication

How to write for campus: Establishing your institution and yourself as a thought leader

Compton, Eliza, Sherwood, Carl and Wang, Jack (2023). How to write for campus: Establishing your institution and yourself as a thought leader. Times Higher Education Campus Live ANZ, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 1-2 June 2023.

How to write for campus: Establishing your institution and yourself as a thought leader

2023

Journal Article

Tips for adopting the right technology for blended learning

Raiti, John and Sherwood, Carl (2023, 05 01). Tips for adopting the right technology for blended learning Times Higher Education Campus 1-1.

Tips for adopting the right technology for blended learning

2022

Conference Publication

Student storytelling and making sense of statistics: research methodology insights

Sherwood, Carl (2022). Student storytelling and making sense of statistics: research methodology insights. ICOTS 11, Rosario, Argentina, 11–16 September 2022. The Hague, Netherlands: International Association for Statistical Education. doi: 10.52041/iase.icots11.t8e1

Student storytelling and making sense of statistics: research methodology insights

2022

Journal Article

Students making sense of statistics through storytelling: a theoretical perspective based on Bruner’s narrative mode of thought

Sherwood, Carl and Makar, Katie (2022). Students making sense of statistics through storytelling: a theoretical perspective based on Bruner’s narrative mode of thought. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 36 (S1), 1-35. doi: 10.1007/s13394-022-00440-y

Students making sense of statistics through storytelling: a theoretical perspective based on Bruner’s narrative mode of thought

2022

Journal Article

Widening access and participation for learning introductory microeconomics: using students' own contextualised storytelling

Sherwood, Carl (2022). Widening access and participation for learning introductory microeconomics: using students' own contextualised storytelling. Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 24 (2), 94-106. doi: 10.5456/wpll.24.2.94

Widening access and participation for learning introductory microeconomics: using students' own contextualised storytelling

2022

Other Outputs

Engineers studying economics are reaping the benefits

Dorney, G., Sherwood, C. W. and Gannon, M. (2022, 01 25). Engineers studying economics are reaping the benefits create

Engineers studying economics are reaping the benefits

2020

Other Outputs

First year university students making sense of statistics through storytelling

Sherwood, Carl (2020). First year university students making sense of statistics through storytelling. PhD Thesis, School of Education , The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/bc4f745

First year university students making sense of statistics through storytelling

2019

Book

Business analytics and statistics

Black, Ken , Asafu-Adjaye, John , Burke, Paul , Khan, Nazim, King, Gerard, Perera, Nelson , Papadimos, Andrew, Sherwood, Carl and Wasimi, Saleh (2019). Business analytics and statistics. Milton, QLD, Australia: John Wiley & Sons Australia.

Business analytics and statistics

2018

Journal Article

Class attendance and learning outcome

Kwak, Do Won, Sherwood, Carl and Tang, Kam Ki (2018). Class attendance and learning outcome. Empirical Economics, 57 (1), 1-27. doi: 10.1007/s00181-018-1434-7

Class attendance and learning outcome

2018

Journal Article

Tutor selection process and student learning experience

Sherwood, Carl, Tang, Kam Ki, Yin, Zi and Phan, Le Hoa (2018). Tutor selection process and student learning experience. Australasian Journal of Economics Education, 15 (1), 8-28.

Tutor selection process and student learning experience

2018

Conference Publication

Storytelling and teaching statistics

Sherwood, Carl (2018). Storytelling and teaching statistics. ICOTS 10, Kyoto, Japan, July 8 - 13. International Association for Statistical Education.

Storytelling and teaching statistics

2017

Journal Article

New insights into an old problem – enhancing student learning outcomes in an introductory statistics course

Sherwood, Carl and Kwak, Do Won (2017). New insights into an old problem – enhancing student learning outcomes in an introductory statistics course. Applied Economics, 49 (56), 5698-5708. doi: 10.1080/00036846.2017.1332750

New insights into an old problem – enhancing student learning outcomes in an introductory statistics course

2017

Conference Publication

Whom should (still) attend lectures and tutorials?

Kwak, Do Won, Sherwood, Carl and Tang, Kam Ki (2017). Whom should (still) attend lectures and tutorials?. OZCOTS , Canberra, ACT, Australia, 8-9 December 2016.

Whom should (still) attend lectures and tutorials?

2016

Journal Article

Selecting sessional tutors: a new and effective process

Sherwood, Carl W. and Littleboy, Bruce (2016). Selecting sessional tutors: a new and effective process. Australasian Journal of Economics Education, 13 (1), 30-48.

Selecting sessional tutors: a new and effective process

2014

Journal Article

Assessing the Impact of Blended Learning on Student Performance

Kwak, Do Won, Menezes, Flavio M. and Sherwood, Carl (2014). Assessing the Impact of Blended Learning on Student Performance. Economic Record, 91 (292), 91-106. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12155

Assessing the Impact of Blended Learning on Student Performance

2013

Other Outputs

Assessing the impact of blended learning on student performance

Kwak, Won Do, Menezes, Flavio and Sherwood, Carl (2013). Assessing the impact of blended learning on student performance. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 494. School of Economics, University of Queensland.

Assessing the impact of blended learning on student performance

Funding

Past funding

  • 2009 - 2010
    An interactive eLearning and story based teaching method for statistics students - a pedagogical investigation
    UQ New Staff Start-up Grants (Scholarship of Teaching and Learning)
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2010
    Development of online SBLi scenarios for teaching techniques to solve statistical problems teaching techniques to solve statistical problems in the economic course ECON 1310 Quantitative Economic & Bu
    UQ Teaching & Learning Strategic Grants
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

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