DrKimberley Pressick-Kilborn

Classroom-based practitioner research

Primary Science and Technology Education

Motivation for learning, especially the development of interest

Sociocultural theories and pedagogies

Learning and student engagement in contexts outside the classroom and alternative education programs



In 2018-2020, Kimberley was the academic collaborator in a Roseville College school-based research project, 'Valuing, measuring and tracking the development of learning dispositions in a K-12 School', funded by the Association of Independent Schools, NSW.

In 2017-2019, Kimberley worked with UTS colleagues and teachers and teacher educators in Bhutan and Nepal, to collaboratively design projects that positively impact on the quality of science and mathematics education. The collaboration was funded through DFAT Australia Awards Fellowship program.

In 2018, Kimberley was a key member of a large research team conducting the Evaluation of Stage 2 of theK-2 Literacy and Numeracy Action Plan(NSW Department of Education funding in excess of $800, 000 2018-2020).

In 2016-2018, Kimberley was a chief investigator in two UTS teams which conducted research evaluations of two Australian Academy of Science education programs,Primary Connections and Science by Doing (approx. $200,000).

In 2015-2016, Kimberley was a member of a UTS team awarded more than $200,000 in funding from the AISNSW to conduct a research project focused on Quality and Effectiveness in Primary Science and Technology. Kimberley was responsible for coordinating the six case studies of effective primary teachers approaches to supporting students science and technology learning. Reports related to this study can be found on the website of the AISNSW.