THESIS TITLE Issues in Preschool Concept Mapping: An Interaction Design Perspective (see abstract)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Interaction and interface
design, human-computer interaction
- User-centered design, participatory and inclusive design
- Early childhood and inclusive education
- Constructivist theories of learning, learning approaches, and ICTs promoting "learning-how-to -learn" skills
- Knowledge representation, esp. Novak's
concept mapping theory and its application
SUPERVISORS
Dr.
Deirdre Barron, Coordinating Supervisor
Dr.
T. W. Allan Whitfield, Associate Supervisor
BOOK CHAPTER
Gomez, G. (c2010) Enhancing Autonomy, Active Inquiry and Meaning Negotiation in Preschool Concept Mapping, In Handbook of Research on Collaborative Learning using Concept Mapping, Information Science Reference. Information available at: http://www.igi-pub.com/reference/details.asp?ID=34574&v=tableOfContents
REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS
Gomez, G. (July 2010) Gaining Entry to Real Setting with A Bridging Design Prototype, CHINZ 2009 Proceedings. Available at: http://portal.acm.org
Gomez, G. (2007) A Bridging Design Prototype for Investigating Concept Mapping in the Preschool Community, CHI 2007 Extended Abstracts. Available at: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1240894
Gomez, G. (2006) An Authoring Concept Mapping Kit for the Early Childhood Classroom. Proc. of the Second Int. Concept Mapping Conference. Available at: http://cmc.ihmc.us/cmc2006Papers/cmc2006-p200.pdf
Gomez,
G. (2005) Design of a Concept Mapping Tool for 3-to-5 Year Olds, Our Children the Future 4 – Early Childhood Conference. Available at http://www.octf.sa.edu.au/files/links/gome_1.doc
Gomez,
G. (2005) Factors in Designing Concept Mapping Tool for 3-to-5
Year Olds, University of Queensland Interaction Design Postgraduate
Students Conference.
Available at http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~quid/proceedings-web.pdf
ACCEPTED CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
Gomez, G. (2009) An Authoring Concept Mapping Tool for Representing Conceptual Knowledge in the Preschool Classroom. NZ Early Childhood Research Conference (NZRECE), Jan 22 -23, Wellington, New Zealand
INVITED SEMINAR TALKS, LECTURES, AND INTERVIEW
Panel on Concept Mapping in Preschool
- Discussant, CMC 2006 - Second International Conference on Concept Mapping, Costa Rica, September 5, 2006
An Authoring Concept Mapping Tool for the Early Childhood Classroom
- IHMC Afternoon Lecture Series, Inst. for Human & Machine Cognition, Pensacola, FL, USA, June 12, 2006 http://www.ihmc.us/LectureSeries/index.php
- Brown Bag Seminar, Developmental Area Group, Department of Psychology, Carnegie Mellon University, March 13, 2006
- Research Seminar, Center for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures - CSLPLC, School of Education, University of South Australia - UniSA, October 4, 2005
- Research Seminar, Swinburne Education Special Interest Group, Swinburne University of Technology, August 15, 2005
- Research Seminar, Department of Design Studies, University of Otago, September, 2004
- Research Seminar to New Research Students, Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, July, 2004
Design for Inclusiveness
- Guest Lecture, Interaction Design Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, March 1st, 2006
- Guest Lecture, Inclusive Education Students, University of South Australia – UniSA, October 5th, 2005
An Authoring Concept Mapping Kit: An Interview
- "Show Us Your Thesis”: Panorama Program, Syn FM Radio (Student Radio based at RMIT University), Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, May 17, 2005
A Designer’s Practice and Research Trajectory
- Research Seminar (to the Fourth Year Industrial Design Students), Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, August, 2004
RESEARCH VISITS
- University of Rochester, Science Start! Project, May 12 - 14, 2008
- Institute for Human and Machine Cognition - IHMC, USA, May - Jun 2006
- School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University, USA, Feb - Apr 2006
- Center
for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures (CSLPLC),
School of Education, University of South Australia, Australia,
Oct 4-7, 2005
- Department of Design Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, Sep - Oct, 2004
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Founder and Organizer together with Doctoral Candidate Emily Wright of Swinburne Design Researh Seminars:
- "Cross Disciplinary Perspectives: The Future of Design Research", Key Speaker: Dr Peter Downton - RMIT University, Panelists: Dr Lyndon Anderson, Dr Deirdre Barron, Dr Simon Jackson, Dr Keith Robertson, Prof Allan Whitfield, Dr Denise Whitehouse, November 22, 2005
- "Re-discovering Design Practice through Research", Key Speakers: Prof. Richard Buchanan - Carnegie Mellon University,
Clive Dilnot - Parsons School of Design, November 17,
2004
Student Representation:
- 2005 Design Research Students' Rep
- 2005 International Postgraduate Students' Rep (Sep - Dec)
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
- 2008 Free Summer Seminar Award, Institute of Humane Studies at George Mason University
- 2005 Kinstend/Qantas Travel Grant
- 2003 Australian International Postgraduate Research Scholarship
(IPRS)
- 2003 Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Awards (SUPRA)
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