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Entomology Curriculum Australia - Further Information


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Some members of the ECA Project Team meeting in Perth, Western Australia
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