Angela Turner

Biography

Angela Turner is a STEAM educator and research scholar with 20 years higher education experience in project based, inquiry driven cross-cultural food settings. Her project collaborations in rural primary and secondary high schools has advanced teaching, learning and assessment in the classroom as an ongoing educational enterprise.

Research

Core to Angela's research examines the symbiotic relationship between humans, technology and the environment with a particular interest in food landscapes. Angela’s research has received competitive grant success for actively forming university-school community engagement with rural and remote primary and secondary school communities.

Teaching

Angela's teaching extends across multiple core and discipline units at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the Faculty of Education and the Le Cordon Bleu Master of Gastronomy, each with diverse pedagogical content, assessment design and delivery needs. She is a pioneer in the Faculty of Education for online multi-modal teaching approaches (Asynchronous and Synchronous distance learning) that utilise a repertoire of authentic assessment tasks where students engage in real life issues and problems as enablers to extend students’ critical thinking and practical skills driven by sound pedagogical principles. She has also contributed to the scholarship of teaching at postgraduate levels (PhD and Masters).

Other

Recognition for integrating the domains of teaching and research in online course design awarded through a Southern Cross University Vice Chancellor’s Teaching Citation (2018); School of Education Recognition Award (2018); Australian College of Educators Award (2017); Finalist Outstanding Alumnus of the Year (2017 ) and an SCU Teacher Commendation Nominee (2015).