School of Education
Dr Stuart Woodcock
Adjunct Lecturer
BA(Hons) QTS Bton, MEd(Special Education) PhD Wgong
Stuart Woodcock
Bio
Stuart initially trained as a teacher in England . Since then he has taught in England , Canada and Australia in primary and secondary schools, teaching in a variety of settings including mainstream, special education and behaviour units. Since he came to Australia , Stuart has taught in several education sectors. He has taught in TAFE colleges across New South Wales teaching Adult Basic Education, ICT and students with disabilities. He has also taught in several tertiary education settings across New South Wales . He currently lecturers in Educationin a range of areas, including inclusive education, classroom and behaviour management, educational psychology, and child and adolescent development, teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. His research areas focus on students with learning disabilities and misconceptions towards them, teacher efficacy, classroom and behaviour management, and quality teaching and instructional strategies.
Research
- Learning disabilities
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Teacher efficacy
- Inclusive education
Research Grants
2008: Woodcock, S. Preparing Teachers for the Inclusive Education Milieu. $3000, EFPI Seed Grant.
2008: Harrison , J., Woodcock, S., Reupert, A. Helping the helpers: identifying the attitudes and expectations of teachers, teacher aides and professionals working with children with intellectual disability. $3000: Apex.
2007: Woodcock, S. PhD completion award: to complete my PhD. $5000 Charles Sturt University .
2006: Woodcock, S., & Reupert, A. Pre-service teachers views and usage of various behaviour management strategies. $1870 RDF grant, Charles Sturt University , Faculty of Education.
2006: Woodcock, S., Reupert, A. Teachers attitudes towards children with learning disabilities. $3085 RDF grant, Charles Sturt University , Faculty of Education.
2006: Galloway , L., Woodcock, S. A community approach to creating and maintaining safe and challenging learning environments. $3000 AGQTP grant, Australian Government.
Teaching
- Inclusive education
- Child and adolescent development
- Classroom and behaviour management
- Educational psychology
Professional Engagement
Community professional in service programs facilitated and/or developed
2005-2007: Behaviour management for teachers. A series of workshops developed and offered to teachers and other school personnel with the support of Department of Education and Catholic Schools Office.
2006: Learning Disabilities Professional Development. A two day professional development program with Richard Lavoie was offered to teachers and other school personnel across Australia in partnership with Auspeld and Speld NSW.