George’s research interests include Science Education, STEM Education, Teacher Quality and Teaching Performance Assessments (TPAs). He is currently working on three major research projects exploring Inquiry-based Learning (IBL), Indicators of Quality Teaching and The Validity of the Teaching Performance Assessment (TPA). The conclusions and recommendations from these projects will have a profound positive impact on education, contributing to curriculum initiatives and human resource development.

What’s the Evidence: Developing indicators of teacher quality to investigate the predictive validity of Teaching Performance Assessments (TPA), Cotton, W., Simpson, A., White, R., Harb, G., Hart, N., Hendry, G., Karimullah, M., Lawson-Jones, A., Maher, D., Peralta, L., Preston, C., Rowley, J., & Tognolini, J, Department of Education (NSW)/Strategic Research Fund