Overview
Background
As a lecturer and First-Year Teaching Director in Physics at the University of Queensland, Dr Margaret Wegener teaches both aspiring physicists and physics service courses; she is interested in the educational problems of contextualising physics, and the transition between school and university.
Her PhD was awarded for laser diagnostics of a Superorbital Expansion Tube, by multiple holographic recordings. As well as holography showing the rupture process of a light diaphragm in an expansion tube, this included holographic interferometry of high-speed gas flows around models, and analysis of the resulting images to yield quantitative information about the gas flow structures.
She pursued an interest in physics education by completing further study in Tertiary Teaching. A major concern of her work is to effectively engage students in order to make physics fundamentals meaningful. This includes developing experiments for undergraduate learning.
She is also deeply interested in the interrelationships between science and the arts.
Availability
- Dr Margaret Wegener is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
- Bachelor (Honours) of Science (Advanced), The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Postgraduate Diploma in Education, The University of Queensland
Works
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2024
Journal Article
ICPE 2022 Special Edition - Editorial
Wegener, Margaret (2024). ICPE 2022 Special Edition - Editorial. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 31 (4). doi: 10.30722/ijisme.31.04.000
2022
Conference Publication
Making more diffraction orders by shrinking wavelengths
Wegener, Margaret J., Hughes, Stephen and Gurung, Som (2022). Making more diffraction orders by shrinking wavelengths. Australian Institute of Physics Congress, Adelaide, SA Australia, 11-16 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Active learning using online interactivity
Wegener, Margaret J. (2022). Active learning using online interactivity. IUPAP International Conference on Physics Education, Online, 5-9 December 2022.
2022
Conference Publication
Using a laser pointer to demonstrate the decrease in the wavelength of light in water
Hughes, Stephen, Wegener, Margaret and Gurung, Som (2022). Using a laser pointer to demonstrate the decrease in the wavelength of light in water. IUPAP International Conference on Physics Education, Online, 5-9 December 2022. Sydney, NSW Australia: IUPAP.
2022
Journal Article
Shrinking violet
Hughes, Stephen, Wegener, Margaret and Gurung, Som (2022). Shrinking violet. Physics Education, 57 (5) 055016, 1-9. doi: 10.1088/1361-6552/ac7934
2021
Book Chapter
Enmeshed: Multiple Dimensions of Art and Science
Wegener, Margaret J. (2021). Enmeshed: Multiple Dimensions of Art and Science. Lincoln Austin: The Space Between Us. (pp. 43-58) Ipswich, QLD Australia: Ipswich Art Gallery.
2019
Journal Article
Seeing the light: science communication and art
Wegener, Margaret and Littley, Samantha (2019). Seeing the light: science communication and art. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 27 (7), 34-45.
2019
Journal Article
Dynamic visualization of line integrals of vector fields: a didactic proposal
Ponce Campuzano, J. C., Roberts, A. P., Matthews, K. E., Wegener, M. J., Kenny, E. P. and McIntyre, T. J. (2019). Dynamic visualization of line integrals of vector fields: a didactic proposal. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 50 (6), 934-949. doi: 10.1080/0020739x.2018.1510554
2019
Journal Article
When science meets the arts: bridging the subjective-objective divide
Quinnell, Rosanne, Wegener, Margaret, LeBard, Rebecca and Beames, Stephanie (2019). When science meets the arts: bridging the subjective-objective divide. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 27 (7), 1-3.
2018
Journal Article
Dynamic e-learning modules for student lecture preparation
McIntyre, Timothy, Wegener, Margaret and McGrath, Dominic (2018). Dynamic e-learning modules for student lecture preparation. Teaching & Learning Inquiry, 6 (1), 126-145. doi: 10.20343/teachlearninqu.6.1.11
2017
Conference Publication
Using interactive simulations to enhance student engagement in mathematics and physics
Wegener, Margaret J., Kenny, Elise , Ponce Campuzano, Juan , Roberts, Anthony P., Matthews, Kelly and McIntyre, Timothy J. (2017). Using interactive simulations to enhance student engagement in mathematics and physics. Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Melbourne, Australia, 27-28 September 2017.
2016
Conference Publication
Dynamic, Interactive Simulations for Enhancing Student Learning
Ponce Campuzano, Juan Carlos, Kenny, Elise P., Edirisinghe, Jeremy, Bu, Yitong T., Roberts, Anthony, Wegener, Margaret, Matthews, Kelly and McIntyre, Tim (2016). Dynamic, Interactive Simulations for Enhancing Student Learning. Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28-29 September 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
Active learning using interactive simulations
McIntyre, T. J., Wegener, M. J., Roberts, A. P., Kenny, E. P., Ponce Campuzano, J. C. and Matthews, K. (2016). Active learning using interactive simulations. Joint Asia Pacific Physics Conference and Australian Institute of Physics Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 4-8 December 2016.
2016
Conference Publication
Dynamic, interactive simulations for enhancing student learning
McIntyre, Timothy J., Roberts, Anthony P., Wegener, Margaret J., Juan Ponce Campuzano, Elise Kenny and Matthews, Kelly (2016). Dynamic, interactive simulations for enhancing student learning. Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, 28-29 September 2016.
2015
Journal Article
Heat: an inquiry-based physics laboratory for life sciences students
Wegener, Margaret J., Doyle-Pegg, Marianne and McIntyre, Timothy J. (2015). Heat: an inquiry-based physics laboratory for life sciences students. International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 23 (5), 18-31.
2015
Conference Publication
Australian Update on Women in Physics in 2014
Foley, C. P., Maynard-Casely, Helen and Wegener, Margaret (2015). Australian Update on Women in Physics in 2014. 5th IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics, Waterloo Canada, 5-8 August 2014. Melville, NY United States: American Institute of Physics. doi: 10.1063/1.4937651
2015
Conference Publication
Students’ pre-class preparation: concise and interactive online modules that students use
Wegener, Margaret J., McIntyre, Timothy, McGrath, Dominic, Peet, Sam and Holmes, Catherine (2015). Students’ pre-class preparation: concise and interactive online modules that students use. International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 27-30 October 2015.
2014
Journal Article
The art in physics - Creating "LABPUNK"
Wegener, M.J. and Milroy, A.K. (2014). The art in physics - Creating "LABPUNK". Australian Physics, 51 (2), 53-56.
2014
Book Chapter
Laser beams with phase singularities
Heckenberg, N. R., McDuff, R., Smith, C. P., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Wegener, M. J. (2014). Laser beams with phase singularities. Optical angular momentum. (pp. 155-166) edited by L. Allen, Stephen M. Barnett and Miles J. Padgett. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.
2014
Journal Article
Managing active learning processes in large first year physics classes: the advantages of an integrated approach
Drinkwater, Michael J., Gannaway, Deanne, Sheppard, Karen, Davis, Matthew J., Wegener, Margaret J., Bowen, Warwick J. and Corney, Joel F. (2014). Managing active learning processes in large first year physics classes: the advantages of an integrated approach. Teaching and Learning Inquiry, 2 (2), 75-90. doi: 10.2979/teachlearninqu.2.2.75
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