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Dr Geraldine Townend
BSc (Hons)
Masters Gifted Education
PhD
PGCE
Dip TESOL
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Geraldine Townend is a published academic in the field of gifted education, having expertise in the area of twice exceptionality and pedagogy to support creativity. In the ÁñÁ«¹ÙÍø Arts, Design and Architecture Faculty, Geraldine lectures and conducts research in GERRICÌýÌý(Gifted Education Research and Resource Information Centre) in the areas of gifted education, gifted learners with disability, and special learning needs. Her research interests focus on supporting gifted and twice-exceptional students to aspire to their potential in education, which includes the development of positive academic self-concept.Ìý
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- ASPECT Linkage 2020
- Catholic Schools - South Australia 2020
- Catholic Schools - Sydney 2022
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(2021) NSW Department of Education: NSW Equity Consortium: Imagined Futures (a whole-of-cohort outreach program with Years 7–10 including post-school transition)
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Provost Award for teaching at Griffith University 2015 - awarded to top 1% of lecturersÌý
2022 - Award for Teaching Excellence, School of Education.
2023 - Award for Teaching Excellence, School of Education.
- Linkage research - ASPECT Australia - gifted with Autism
- South Australia CathEd - Gifted students
- Teaching creativity cross-curricula
- Impact of training for educators in specialist gifted programs
- Big Fish Little Pond Effect - influences with twice-exceptional students
Publications
- Jung, J. Y., Townend, G., Hay, P. K., & Smith, S. R. (2022). The state of knowledge in rural gifted education: A systematic literature review.ÌýJournal of Advanced Academics,Ìý33(3), 315-363.
- Townend, G., Hay, P., Jung, J. Y., & Smith, S. R. (2020). Supporting gifted Australian students’ academic potential in rural settings. Gifted and Talented Development in the Asia Pacific: Springer International Handbooks of Education.
- Hately, S., and Townend, G. (2020). A qualitative meta-analysis of research into the underachievement of gifted boys. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, Vol. 29, No. 1, Jun 2020: doi: 10.21505/ajge.2020.0002.
- Blackburn, A. & Townend, G. (2019). . Gifted and Talented Development in the Asia Pacific: Springer International Handbooks of Education.
- Townend, G., & Brown, R. (2016). Exploring a sociocultural approach to understanding academic self-concept in twice-exceptional students. International Journal of Educational Research, 80, 15- 24.
- Ronksley-Pavia, M., & Townend, G. (2016). Student voice: Listening and responding to the experiences of twice-exceptional students. TalentEd, 62, 4-18.
- Rowan, L., & Townend, G. (2016). Early career teachers’ beliefs about their preparedness to teach: Implications for the professional development of teachers working with gifted and twice- exceptional students. Cogent Education, 3(1), 1242458.
- Townend, G., & Pendergast, D. (2015). Student voice: What can we learn from twice-exceptional students about the teacher's role in enhancing or inhibiting academic self-concept. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education,24(1), 37-51.
- Townend, G., Pendergast, D., & Garvis, S. (2014). Academic self-concept in twice-exceptional students: What the literature tells us. Talented, 28(2014), 75-89.
- Rowan, L., Townend, G., Beavis, C., Kelly, L., & Fletcher, J. (2016). Museums, games, and historical imagination: Student responses to a games-based experience at the Australian national maritime museum.ÌýDigital Culture & Education,Ìý8(3), 169–187.
- Sammel, A., Townend, G., & Kanasa, H. (2018). Hidden Expectations Behind the Promise of the Flipped Classroom. College Teaching, 1-11.
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- Hall, D., Sultmann, W., & Townend, G. (2019). Constants in context: an exploration of conciliar and post-conciliar documents on the Catholic school.ÌýJournal of Religious Education,Ìý67(1), 17-39.
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- Member, AustralianÌýAssociation for Gifted Children (NAGC)
- Member, Tasmanian Gifted Association
- Member World Council forÌýGifted and Talented Children
- Australian Delegate forÌýWorld Council forÌýGifted and Talented Children
- Associate Editor, Australasian Journal of Gifted Education
- Reviewer, Educational Review
- Reviewer, Journal for the Education of the Gifted
- Reviewer, Journal of Advanced Academics
- Reviewer, Journal for the Education of Gifted Children
- Reviewer, Frontiers JournalÌý