Dr Kay Colthorpe
Senior Lecturer
School of Biomedical Sciences
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
As I am a teaching-focussed academic, my research interests centre on teaching and learning. Specifically, I want to understand how students learn in a conceptually challenging discipline like physiology. However, the primary purpose of any T&L research is not simply to improve our knowledge and disseminate findings, although that is important. Instead, the primary aim of our research must always be to improve student learning outcomes. It is essential not only that we do research in T&L, but that we also incorporate those research findings into our teaching and curriculum design, and encourage others to do so too. Currently my research is pursuing two major themes: (1) how we promote the development of undergraduate science students ‘scientific’ skills, encompassing science communication, scientific reasoning and critical thinking; and (2) innovations in assessment and feedback to support student learning.
Research Interest
Biomedical Sciences, Medicine
