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Dr Emily Ross
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Emily Ross

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Overview

Background

Dr Emily Ross is Deputy Director of Teaching and Learning, Director of Primary Preservice Programs, and Lecturer in the School of Education at The University of Queensland. She has extensive experience in curriculum implementation, supporting school leadership teams and teachers to implement some of the most exciting and cutting-edge curriculum initiatives. She has led the design and implementation of key curriculum and assessment initiatives for the state of Queensland and at a national level. Emily's doctoral research on curriculum interpretation and implementation has shaped government policy in Queensland. It has influenced the method and messaging for implementation support of the Australian Curriculum, and the professional development and resources that have been developed to aid teachers in the curriculum planning work. After completing her doctoral studies, Emily was asked to lead the project for the renewal of the QCAA Australian Curriculum website, including the redevelopment of over 500 curriculum support resources.

Emily's expertise in curriculum development and implementation has continued to be drawn upon by several national organisations, including the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and Education Services Australia. Through these organisations, she has been invited to continue to serve on Advisory Groups and National Expert Panels to support the development and delivery of the Australian Curriculum and resources to support its implementation in Australian schools.

Previously, Emily held senior leadership positions at the QCAA, the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) and the interim National Curriculum Board, as well as in Queensland government and independent schools. Emily’s research focuses on curriculum and assessment policy and its implementation, particularly in areas of STEM education.

Availability

Dr Emily Ross is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science (Psychology), The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor of Education, The University of Queensland
  • Masters (Coursework) of Education (Middle Years Schooling), The University of Queensland
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Commerce, The University of Queensland
  • Postgraduate Certificate of Educational Administration, Management and Leadership, Australian Catholic University
  • Masters (Coursework) of Education Policy, Australian Lutheran College
  • Doctoral (Research) of Curriculum Studies, Queensland University of Technology
  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy

Research interests

  • Curriculum interpretation and implementation

  • Science education

  • Mathematics education

  • STEM education

  • Teacher education

Works

Search Professor Emily Ross’s works on UQ eSpace

32 works between 2009 and 2024

1 - 20 of 32 works

Featured

2024

Journal Article

Curriculum, workload and wellbeing: complexities and nuances of workforce crisis

Ross, Emily (2024). Curriculum, workload and wellbeing: complexities and nuances of workforce crisis. Curriculum Perspectives, 44 (4), 1-3. doi: 10.1007/s41297-024-00277-4

Curriculum, workload and wellbeing: complexities and nuances of workforce crisis

Featured

2024

Journal Article

Stretching the boundaries: the rise and rise of out-of-field teaching in Australia

Ross, Emily and Hobbs, Linda (2024). Stretching the boundaries: the rise and rise of out-of-field teaching in Australia. Curriculum Perspectives, 44 (4), 1-7. doi: 10.1007/s41297-024-00282-7

Stretching the boundaries: the rise and rise of out-of-field teaching in Australia

Featured

2024

Conference Publication

Teaching the unexpected mathematics: how digital technologies unlocked incidental primary mathematics concepts

Ross, Emily, Marshman, Margaret and McMaster, Natalie (2024). Teaching the unexpected mathematics: how digital technologies unlocked incidental primary mathematics concepts. 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 4 July 2024. Adelaide, SA, Australia: The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Teaching the unexpected mathematics: how digital technologies unlocked incidental primary mathematics concepts

Featured

2024

Journal Article

Teachers' interpretation of curriculum as a window into ‘curriculum potential’

Ross, Emily (2024). Teachers' interpretation of curriculum as a window into ‘curriculum potential’. The Curriculum Journal, 35 (1), 38-55. doi: 10.1002/curj.239

Teachers' interpretation of curriculum as a window into ‘curriculum potential’

Featured

2023

Conference Publication

Barriers to Integration: A Case Study of STEM-Learning in Mathematics and Digital Technology

Ross, Emily and Marshman, Margaret (2023). Barriers to Integration: A Case Study of STEM-Learning in Mathematics and Digital Technology. 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Newcastle, NSW Australia, 2-6 July 2023. Adelaide, SA Australia: Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Barriers to Integration: A Case Study of STEM-Learning in Mathematics and Digital Technology

Featured

2022

Journal Article

Approaches to integrating STEM learning

Ross, Emily (2022). Approaches to integrating STEM learning. Australian Mathematics Education Journal, 4 (2), 15-20. doi: 10.3316/informit.589970101384704

Approaches to integrating STEM learning

2024

Conference Publication

Investigating the effects of integrated STEM-based Career and Technical Education on Primary students’ interest and confidence in STEM: A pre and post intervention study

McMaster, Natalie, Carey, Michael David, Williams, Kate E., Martin, David Allen and Ross, Emily (2024). Investigating the effects of integrated STEM-based Career and Technical Education on Primary students’ interest and confidence in STEM: A pre and post intervention study. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1-5 December 2024.

Investigating the effects of integrated STEM-based Career and Technical Education on Primary students’ interest and confidence in STEM: A pre and post intervention study

2024

Conference Publication

Defining the problem in a changing landscape: how leaders plan for and address mathematics curriculum change

Marshman, Margaret, Ross, Emily, Bennison, Anne and Goos, Merrilyn (2024). Defining the problem in a changing landscape: how leaders plan for and address mathematics curriculum change. 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 4 July 2024. Adelaide, SA, Australia: The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Defining the problem in a changing landscape: how leaders plan for and address mathematics curriculum change

2024

Conference Publication

Exploring the culture of out-of-field professional education for mathematics teachers

Ross, Emily, Goos, Merrilyn, Caldis, Susan, Cirkony, Connie, Delaney, Seamus, Dutton, Janey, Hobbs, Linda, Oates, Greg and Speldewinde, Christopher (2024). Exploring the culture of out-of-field professional education for mathematics teachers. 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 4 July 2024. Adelaide, SA, Australia: The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Exploring the culture of out-of-field professional education for mathematics teachers

2024

Conference Publication

Teaching the Unexpected Mathematics: How Digital Technologies Unlocked Incidental Primary Mathematics Concepts

Ross, Emily, Marshman, Margaret and McMaster, Natalie (2024). Teaching the Unexpected Mathematics: How Digital Technologies Unlocked Incidental Primary Mathematics Concepts. 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 30 June - 4 July 2024. Adelaide, SA Australia: The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Teaching the Unexpected Mathematics: How Digital Technologies Unlocked Incidental Primary Mathematics Concepts

2024

Conference Publication

Write like a reviewer: MERGA conferences and beyond

Višňovská, Jana, Ross, Emily, Getenet, Seyum, Geiger, Vince and Oates, Greg (2024). Write like a reviewer: MERGA conferences and beyond. 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 4 July 2024. Adelaide, SA, Australia: The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Write like a reviewer: MERGA conferences and beyond

2024

Conference Publication

Assessment and reporting challenges for teachers integrating STEM

Ross, Emily (2024). Assessment and reporting challenges for teachers integrating STEM. The 15th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 7 - 14 July 2024. Sydney, NSW, Australia: International Congress on Mathematical Education.

Assessment and reporting challenges for teachers integrating STEM

2024

Edited Outputs

Surfing the Waves of Mathematics Education: Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

Jana Višňovská, Emily Ross and Seyum Getenet eds. (2024). Surfing the Waves of Mathematics Education: Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia, 30 June - 4 July 2024. Adelaide, SA, Australia: The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.

Surfing the Waves of Mathematics Education: Proceedings of the 46th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

2023

Conference Publication

Teachers' interpretation of curriculum as a window into "Curriculum Potential".

Ross, Emily (2023). Teachers' interpretation of curriculum as a window into "Curriculum Potential".. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 26-30 November 2023.

Teachers' interpretation of curriculum as a window into "Curriculum Potential".

2023

Conference Publication

Conducting the Curriculum Choir

Hodge, Steven, Poulton, Phillip, Mockler, Nicole, Ross, Emily, Smith, Bryan and Alhadad, Sakinah (2023). Conducting the Curriculum Choir. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) conference, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 26–30 November 2023.

Conducting the Curriculum Choir

2023

Conference Publication

Exploring the ecosystem out-of-field teaching (OOFT) in Australia

Caldis, S., Ross, E., Dutton, J., Hobbs, L., Oates, G., Goos, M., Delaney, S. and Cirkony, C. (2023). Exploring the ecosystem out-of-field teaching (OOFT) in Australia. International Conference on Teaching Out-of-field: A world-wide phenomenon, Shanghai, China, 17 October 2023.

Exploring the ecosystem out-of-field teaching (OOFT) in Australia

2023

Conference Publication

Using systems theory and reflexivity theory to develop a framework for professional education for ‘out-of-field’ teachers

Hobbs, Linda, Goos, Merrilyn, Oates, Greg, Dutton, Janet, Delaney, Seamus, Caldis, Susan, Cirkony, Constance and Ross, Emily (2023). Using systems theory and reflexivity theory to develop a framework for professional education for ‘out-of-field’ teachers. 10th International OOFTAS Collective Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland, 20-21 August 2023.

Using systems theory and reflexivity theory to develop a framework for professional education for ‘out-of-field’ teachers

2023

Conference Publication

Imagining professional learning for out-of-field teachers

Ross, E., Caldis, S., Dutton, J., Hobbs, L., Oates, G., Goos, M., Delaney, S. and Cirkony, C. (2023). Imagining professional learning for out-of-field teachers. The International Conference on Teaching Out-of-field: A world-wide phenomenon - Jointly hosted by the UNESCO Teacher Education Centre and OOFTAS Collective, Shanghai, China, 17 October 2023.

Imagining professional learning for out-of-field teachers

2023

Conference Publication

What’s the problem? Implementing school mathematics curriculum reform

Goos, Merrilyn, Marshman, Margaret, Bennison, Anne and Ross, Emily (2023). What’s the problem? Implementing school mathematics curriculum reform. 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 2-6 July 2023. MERGA.

What’s the problem? Implementing school mathematics curriculum reform

2022

Journal Article

Editorial

Ross, Emily (2022). Editorial. Australian Journal of Middle Schooling, 22 (1), 1-1.

Editorial

Funding

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    Shifting the Culture of Out-of-field Professional Education for Teachers (ARC Discovery Project administered by Deakin University)
    Deakin University
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Emily Ross is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The mentoring of pre-service teachers in rural and regional Queensland: impacts on their emerging professional identities

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Carmen Mills

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The Effectiveness of Storytelling in Improving the Mastery of Primary School Students in Fractions Based on the Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) Theory

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jana Visnovska

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Anxiety and cognitive control as predictors of primary-school student achievement in mathematics

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Annemaree Carroll, Associate Professor Elizabeth Edwards

Media

Enquiries

Contact Dr Emily Ross directly for media enquiries about:

  • Australian Curriculum
  • Curriculum implementation
  • Curriculum interpretation
  • Mathematics Education
  • Science Education
  • STEM Education

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