Tasos Barkatsas

Dr. Tasos Barkatsas

Senior Lecturer

Details

Open to

  • Masters Research or PhD student supervision

About

Dr Tasos Barkatsas is a Senior Lecturer in Mathematics, Statistics and STEM Education, a Quantitative Data Analyst and Leader of the STEM, Industry and Learning Sciences Research Theme, School of Education, RMIT University.

Dr Barkatsas was the Founding Program Director of the RMIT Master of Teaching Practice (MTP) Programs (Primary and Secondary), and has published more than 150 research papers, chapters, books, refereed conference papers and has delivered a number of invited keynote addresses.

Dr Barkatsas was a Mathematics, Physics, Science and IT teacher, Head of Mathematics and Science and Principal in Victorian schools for fifteen years before becoming an academic. He has been an academic at Melbourne, Monash and RMIT Universities; Principal Research Fellow (Honorary), Hellenic Society of Educational Evaluation and a Research Partner for Digital Practicum 3.0: Exploring Augmented Reality, Remote Classrooms and Virtual Learning to Enrich and Expand Preservice Teacher Preparation, which was Funded by the Erasmus+ in the European Union.

Dr Barkatsas is a delegate in the DSC's Ethics Committee and the School's Research Committee. He has been a Visiting Professor at the National University of Athens, Greece, in 2004, The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa and the University of Salamanca, Spain, in October-November, 2022. Dr Barkatsas is a delegate of the DSC's Ethics Committee and the School's Research Committee, and the Chief Series Editor of Brill's Global Education in the 21st Century Book Series (https://brill.com/search?q1=Barkatsas+Tasos). 

 

Dr Barkatsas serves in the following Editorial Boards (selected):

  • Frontiers in Education Journal; Journal of Global Education and Research;
  • Higher Education Research and Development.

 

He is the Editor in the following Volumes:

 

Research fields

  • 390109 Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
  • 390306 Secondary education
  • 390304 Primary education
  • 390113 Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy

UN sustainable development goals

  • 5 Gender Equality
  • 3 Good Health and Well Being
  • 4 Quality Education

Supervisor projects

  • Succession planning for academic leadership in the Australian tertiary education sector
  • 3 Jun 2024
  • The Impact of Digital Technologies on Students’ Motivation and Engagement in Secondary School Science Classrooms
  • 15 Dec 2022
  • Using E-Learning in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia: A study of Saudi Female Higher Education Students’ and Academics’ Learning Experiences
  • 20 Sep 2021
  • Improving learning outcomes of secondary STEM students throughb lended learning
  • 17 Aug 2021
  • School Career Development Practitioners and the Guidance Provided to Students Pursuing Vocational Education and Training Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (VET STEM) Careers in Australia
  • 9 Dec 2019
  • Primary School Teachers’ Beliefs Towards a Systemic Implementation of STEM-Related Instructional Approaches in Saudi Arabia
  • 18 Sep 2019
  • Pre-service Teachers: Does Financial Wellbeing and Capability Affect Teacher Self-efficacy?
  • 3 Jun 2019

Teaching interests

Research Inquiry Methods

Secondary and Primary Methematics Teaching and Learning Methods

Literacy and Numeracy across the curriculm

The Education of Gifted and Talented students 

Assessment and Evaluation

 

Research interests

Mathematics Education

STEM Education

The Education of Gifted, Talented and Creative students

Students' and teachers' beliefs, values, attitudes, emotions and wellbeing

Cognitive, affective, DT, AI, cybernetics, neuroscience dimensions of contemporary education

Assessment and evaluation

Secondary and primary mathematics literacy

Secondary and primary curriculum development in Mathematics and STEM

Calculus and Statistics Education.

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