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Assoc Prof Melissa Fanshawe

Assoc Prof Melissa Fanshawe
Name Melissa Fanshawe
Position Associate Professor (Mathematics Curriculum and Pedagogy)
Section School of Education
Office A250
Location Springfield Campus
Phone +61 7 3470 4159
Extension 4159
Email
Qualifications BA Griffith , GDipEd QUT , MSpecEd Newcastle , PhD USQ
Homepage https://research.usq.edu.au/researcher/80yqz/a-pr-melissa-fanshawe
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Biography

Melissa Fanshawe is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at University of Southern Queensland, specialising in mathematics curriculum and pedagogy. She has over twenty-five years’ experience within Queensland schools as a teacher, advisory teacher, Deputy and Principal. In the tertiary space, Melissa is passionate about student success and access to education. Melissa has won a number of teaching awards including an Australian Awards for University Teaching citation for supporting students learning, an ADCET Accessibility in Action award, an ASCILITE innovation award and a Commonwealth Bank teaching award.

Melissa is also an expert in access to education for students with blindness and low vision. She is a qualified and experienced teacher for students with vision impairment, gaining her Masters at the Royal Institute for the Deaf and Blind. Her PhD explored participation in learning and preparation for employment for students with blindness and low vision in mainstream secondary schools. She enjoys her volunteer roles as Vision Australia's education ambassador for LEGO braille bricks, co-president of the South Pacific Educators of Vision Impairment and an executive member of the Australian Braille Authority.

Melissa is passionate about providing equitable access to education.

Research Career


  • Special Education And Disability ( 390411 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )
  • Mathematics And Numeracy Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390109 )
  • Primary Education ( 390304 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Higher Education ( 390303 )

Access to education
Mathematics, online learning, students with blindness and low vision


Co-President, South Pacific Educators of Vision Impairment
Executive member, Australian Braille Authority
STEM women Expert, Australian Academy of Sciences
Member, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
Associate Member, Institute for Resilient Regions, Technology-enhanced learning collaborative


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

Teaching


EDX1208 – Mathematics in Early Primary
EDX3280 – Mathematics in Middle and Upper Primary
EDC4000 – Preparing for the Profession


8 Years


25 Years

Supervision


  • Special Education And Disability ( 390411 )
  • Education Systems ( 390300 )
  • Mathematics And Numeracy Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390109 )
  • Primary Education ( 390304 )
  • Specialist Studies In Education ( 390400 )
  • Curriculum And Pedagogy ( 390100 )
  • Higher Education ( 390303 )