Entomology Curriculum Australia - Further Information
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| Some members of the ECA Project Team meeting in Perth, Western Australia |
The Entomology Curriculum Australia (ECA) recieved start-up funded by the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC). The aim of the project was for a number of Australian entomologists with an education interest to collaborate in order to develop a curriculum of entomology subjects that could be taken by students at any institution or for professional development. The team has initially developed a suite of four subjects, covering a broad range of entomology to meet Australia's growing entomological needs.
The people involved in the ECA are as follows:
The Project Team
Dr David Merritt - Associate Professor of Entomology at The University of Queensland (Project Leader)
Rebecca Morley - Bachelor of Science (Honours), Bachelor of Education (Project Manager)
Dr Nigel Andrews - Convenor of Zoology, Lecturer (Entomology) in The School of Environmental and Rural Sciences at University of New England
Dr Lyn Cook - Lecturer in The School of Biological Sciences at The University of Queensland
Professor Geoff Gurr - Professor of Applied Ecology at Charles Sturt University
Dr John Jennings - Senior Lecturer in The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at The University of Adelaide
Dr Mike Keller - Associate Professor of Entomology at The University of Adelaide
Dr Helen Spafford - Senior Lecturer in the School of Animal Biology at the University of Western Australia
The Advisory Committee
Dr John La Salle - Head of the Australian National Insect Collection (ANIC) (Committee Chair)
Dr Gary Fitt - Deputy Chief, CSIRO Entomology
Professor Jonathan Majer- Head of Department, Dept of Environmental & Aquatic Science, Curtin University
Dr Ian Naumann - Director, SPS Capacity Building Program, Dept of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
Dan Papacek - Bugs for Bugs
Project Evaluation
Trish Andrews - Educational Designer, Educational Consultancy and Evaluation, TEDI, The University of Queensland.
Erica Jobling - Executive Officer, Biostatistics Collaboration of Australia (BCA)
Subject Evaluation
Roberta Shields - TEDI, The University of Queensland
Martyn Brown - TEDI, The University of Queensland
Deanne Gannaway - TEDI, The University of Queensland

