Social and Emotional Learning in Australia and the Asia-Pacific (PDF)

Faculty of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney, a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, a Fellow of the American Educational Research Association, a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, and President of the International Association of Applied Psychology's Division 5 Educational, Instructional, and School Psychology. Andrew is a Registered Psychologist (Psychology Board of Australia) recognized for psychological and educational research in achievement motivation and for the quantitative methods he brings to the study of applied phenomena. Although the bulk of his research focuses on motivation, engagement, and achievement, Andrew is also published in important cognate areas such as boys' education, gifted and talented pupils, academic resilience and academic buoyancy, personal bests, pedagogy, parenting, teacher-student relationships, and Aboriginal education. Andrew's research also bridges other disciplines by assessing motivation and engagement in sport, music, and work. In 2008 he received the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Raymond B. Cattell Early Career Award. Before that Andrew was listed in The Bulletin magazine's 'SMART 100 Australians' (2003) and was one of only three academics judged to be in the Top 10 in the field of Education in Australia. In 2002, his PhD was judged the Most Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Educational Psychology by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association, and was selected as the Most Outstanding PhD in Education by the Australian Association for Research in Education.
Rebecca Collie, B.Ed. (Hons), M.A., Ph.D., is a postdoctoral research fellow in educational and developmental psychology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Australia. Rebecca's research focuses on motivation and well-being among students and teachers, effective teaching and learning, teachers' and students' psychosocial experiences at school (perceptions of the school climate, job satisfaction, etc.), and quantitative research methods. Rebecca has written book chapters and peer reviewed journal articles in prominent journals including Learning and Instruction, the Journal of Educational Psychology, and the British Journal of Educational Psychology. Rebecca's research has been cited in notable documents including international reports (e.g., the OECD's Report on Teaching and Learning), education policy documents (e.g., the U.S. National Research Centre for Career and Technical Education), school mental health and stress management books (e.g., Preventive Mental Health at School), and international handbooks (e.g., the International Handbook of Research on Teacher Beliefs). Rebecca has also presented over 20 peer-reviewed papers at international conferences including the American Educational Research Association, Australian Association for Research in Education, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, and American Psychological Association. Rebecca is a Consulting Editorial for the international ISI journal, Educational Psychology, and a reviewer for many international academic journals (e.g., the Journal of Educational Psychology, American Educational Research Journal, Contemporary Educational Psychology, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal of Personality, Journal of Research on Adolescence). Prior to joining the UNSW, Rebecca completed her PhD at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.