Dr Barbara Bannister
Lecturer , STEM - Faculty of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences and Education; School of Education
Email: bbannis3@une.edu.au
Biography
Barbara is passionate about helping to create confident, competent teachers in STEM curriculum areas K-12, particularly for rural, regional and remote areas using technology enhanced approaches. She has taught university subjects in Initial Teacher Education and School Leadership since 2017. As leader of Teaching, Learning and Technology at Australia’s first virtual academically selective high school, Barbara has experience in developing curriculum for online delivery for Years 7-10.
Barbara spent a decade in school leadership positions in a mix of metropolitan and regional high schools. Prior to undertaking leadership positions, she spent 15 years as a classroom teacher of Agriculture and Science in rural and regional NSW public secondary schools. Her passion for meeting the educational needs of gifted students in rural and regional areas saw her win the prestigious Premier’s Scholarship for Excellence in Teaching, where she travelled to four continents to investigate the use of technology in meeting the educational needs of gifted students.
As a current member of the NSW Education Standards Authority (NESA) Technical Advisory Group for Science Years 7-10 syllabus development, Barbara continues to contribute to curriculum reform in NSW education.
Qualifications
B Rur Sci (Ed), MEd, COGE, EdD
Awards
NSW Premier’s Scholarship for Excellence in Teaching; Early Career Researcher scholarship (internal) CSU.
Teaching Areas
STEM and Agriculture education, Inclusive education
Primary Research Area/s
Education in rural, regional and remote areas; Technology use in education; Agriculture education; Inclusive educationResearch Supervision Experience
MEd: The role of public libraries in the development and support of digital literacies in the community
MEd: Queensland educators’ demonstration of knowledge concerning effective identification practices for gifted and talented students
MEd: How we assess students’ collaborative skills: A qualitative study of self-reflective digital portfolio and non-portfolio assessment methods in two NSW secondary schools
Publications
Virtual Provision for Gifted Secondary School Students: Keeping the Best and Brightest in the Bush 2019-06-07 | Dissertation/Thesis | author
HANDLE: 1959.11/27427
CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara Bannister; Linley Cornish; Sue Gregory; Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell
Professional Learning Regarding Pedagogy in a Virtual Academically Selective High School
21st World Conference: Educating Gifted and Talented Children - Turning Research Into Practice
2015-08-01 | Conference paper | author
HANDLE: 1959.11/27237
CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara Bannister
Creative Use of Digital Technologies: Keeping the Best and Brightest in the Bush Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
2015-01-01 | Journal article | author
HANDLE: 1959.11/17564
CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara Bannister; Linley Cornish; Michelle Bannister-Tyrrell; Sue Gregory
Virtual provisions for talented secondary school students
14th International European Council for High Ability (ECHA) Conference , Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17/09/14
2014-09 | Conference paper | author
SOURCE-WORK-ID: 2b028817-6f6d-4511-988e-3aa9c8fd63f8
CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara Bannister
Xsel Virtual Selective High School Provision: Delivering Academically Selective Secondary Curriculum in Regional, Rural and Remote NSW
Australian and International Journal of Rural Education
2014-04-01 | Journal article | author
HANDLE: 1959.11/27097
CONTRIBUTORS: Furney, Ann-Marie; McDiarmid, Carol; Barbara Bannister
Re-Thinking Giftedness: Giftedness in the Digital Age
2014-01-01 | Conference paper | author
HANDLE: 1959.11/27648
CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara Bannister
Employing online pedagogies for gifted Secondary School students: A case study in rural and remote New South Wales, Australia
Giftedness 2012:The 12th Asia Pacific Conference on Giftedness
2012-01-01 | Conference paper | author
HANDLE: 1959.11/31487
CONTRIBUTORS: Barbara Bannister
Memberships
Member, NSW Association of Agriculture Teachers; Member, Science Teacher’s Association, NESA Accredited teacher, Member NESA TAG for Science 7-10 syllabus.
