Professor Barry Fraser FAAS, FIAE, FASSA, FACE
Professor Barry Fraser is the Director of SMEC and the Key Centre for School Science and Mathematics and the Dean of Graduate Studies within the Faculty of Science & Engineering
He holds a PhD from Monash University.
Telephone: +618 9266 7896
Office: B220.101
Email: b.fraser@curtin.edu.au
Research and Thesis Topics
- Classroom and school learning environments
Use of a variety of quantitative and qualitative techniques in: the development, refinement and validation of questionnaires to assess students’ or teachers’ perceptions of classroom or school environments; investigations of the effects of classroom environments on student outcomes; evaluation of educational programs; changes across the transition from primary to secondary schooling; teacher action research aimed at improving their environments.
- Curriculum evaluation
Use of a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods in the evaluation of curriculum, innovations and teaching approaches in terms of student outcomes, classroom interaction, classroom environments, students’ opinions, case studies, etc.
Selected Publications
Aldridge, J.M. & Fraser, B.J. (2008). Outcomes–focussed learning environments: Determinants and effects. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: SensePublishers.
Fraser, B.J., & Tobin, K.G. (Eds.). (1998). The international handbook of science education. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Treagust, D.F., Duit, R., & Fraser, B.J. (Eds.). (1996). Improving teaching and learning in science and mathematics. New York: Teachers College Press.
Parker, L.H., Rennie, L.J., & Fraser, B.J. (Eds.). (1996). Gender, science and mathematics: Shortening the shadow. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Fraser, B.J., & Walberg, H.J. (Eds.). (1995). Improving science education. Chicago: National Society for the Study of Education.
Fraser, B.J., & Walberg, H.J. (Eds.). (1991). Educational environments: Evaluation, antecedents and consequences. Oxford: Pergamon.
Tobin, K., Kahle, J.B., & Fraser, B.J. (Eds.). (1990). Windows into science classrooms: Problems associated with higher–level learning in science. London: Falmer Press.
Fraser, B.J. (1986). Classroom environment. London: Croom Helm.
