The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Dr John O'Toole
Preferred name: Mitchell
School: School of Education
Commenced with Institution: 26-FEB-2001
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Dr John O'Toole 2007 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant 14th International Conference on Learning, Johnnesburg, South Africa, 26/6/2007 - 29/6/2007   1700  
Dr John O'Toole 2005 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant The First International Conference on Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment, 13-15 June 2005   1700  
Dr John O'Toole;Dr Robert King 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Dealing with jumps in numerical data to produce a new and powerful quantitative indicator for readability in science text   7537  
Dr John O'Toole 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Production of a computer-based tool for diagnosis of student language difficulties and the suggestion of appropriate stylistic development strategies   10000  
Dr John O'Toole 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project - Project Grant Development of a research-based illuminative test of the language of science   5000  
Dr John O'Toole 2002 1 University of Newcastle Travel - Travel Grant The Learning Conference Beijing, 16-20 July, 2002   2500  
Dr John O'Toole 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project - New Staff Grant The Analysis of Student Errors within Scientific English   4000  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Education) Principal Supervisor Exceptional Teachers interacting with Students: a Changing Paradigm
PhD (Education) Principal Supervisor Comparitive Study of Curricula for Prosthetic and Orthotic Education Programs
PhD (Education) Co-Supervisor Using ICT to Teach the Modern Concept of the Gene
PhD (Education) Principal Supervisor Student Engagement
M Philosophy (Education) Principal Supervisor Technology Uptake in Remote and Indigenous Communities
M Philosophy (Education) Principal Supervisor An analysis of Scientific Language Constructs, Demands and Implication for Student Performance

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.500
PhD 1.850

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Education) 2007 An Analysis of Student Environmental Attitudes and Their Impact on Promoting Sustainable Environmental Citizenship: A Multi-Site Study in Indonesian Secondary Schools

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Kusmawan Udan, Reynolds Ruth Margaret, O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Developing action competence in environmental education: An Indonesian case study’, The Social Educator, 25 1-7 (2007) [C1]

Pearson Stuart Graham, Honeywood Steven James, O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Not yet learning for sustainability: the challenge of environmental education in a university’, International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 14 173-186 (2005) [C1]

O'Toole John Mitchell, O'Toole Gjyn, ’Specialist language style and supposedly adept monolingual science students’, International Journal of Learning, 9 1201-1214 (2004) [C1]

O'Toole John Mitchell, Absalom Douglas John, ’Language Variation in Established Contexts’, International Journal of Learning, 1-13 (2003) [C1]

O'Toole John Mitchell, Absalom Douglas John, ’The Impact of Blended Learning on Student Outcomes: is there room on the horse for two?’, Journal of Educational Media, Vol 28 178-189 (2003) [C1]

Book

O'Toole John Mitchell, Teaching Secondary School Science, Five Senses Education, Seven Hills, NSW, 548 (2005) [A2]

Chapter in Book

O'Toole John Mitchell, ’The place of science in Christian schools’, Engaging the culture : Christians at work in education, National Institute for Christian Education, Blacktown, NSW, 207-224 (2006) [B1]

O'Toole John Mitchell, ’What is Difficult to Read, Why Might This be So, and What Could, or Should, be Done About It?: An Overview of Section Two’, Missing the Meaning The Development and Use of Print and Nonprint Text Materials in Diverse School Settings, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 162-178 (2004) [B1]

Conference Publication

Kusmawan Udan, Reynolds Ruth Margaret, O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Environmental beliefs and attitudes: An analysis on ecological affinity among the secondary science students in Indonesia’, Proceedings of the Australian Association for Research in Education 2006 Annual Conference, Adelaide (2007) [E2]

O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Undergraduate student difficulties with science text: a view from the North Pacific’, Learning Conference 2007: 14th International Conference on Learning. Abstracts, Johannesburg, South Africa (2007) [E3]

O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Grading Scheme Format Effects in Standards - Referenced Assessment Contexts’, The First International Conference on Enhancing Teaching and Learning through Assessment, Hong Kong (2005) [E3]

Pearson S, Honeywood S, O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Not learning for sustainability - the challenge of environmental education in a university’, Concurrent Paper Session, Sydney (2004) [E2]

O'Toole John Mitchell, ’Judging science knowledge through complex communication tasks: Changing assessment patterns in NSW, Australia’, Global processes, local impacts : the effects of globalization in the Pacific-Asia region : session proceedings, Guam, USA (2001) [E2]

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