Associate Professor Renato Schibeci BSc, Dip.Ed, MSc, MEd, PhD

Education: school education and community education

technological citizenship, especially community participation in science/ technology policy.

2003-4 The Learning Federation Field Review: The field review is part of a long-term research study to evaluate the impact, application and effectiveness of the learning object model and of the on-line digital content developed in arrange of classroom environments over time (Team: D. Lake (project leader), R. Schibeci, R. Cummings, R. Phillips and K. Lowe)

2003 Department of Education, W.A.: Analysis of Collection of Qualitative Data from ASP Infrastructure Trial (Team: J. MacCallum; R. Schibeci; B. Kissane; W. Cumming-Potvin; C. Durrant,)

2001-3 DETYA Science Lectureships Initiative (with Curtin University) Food science and biotechnology School of Education share

2001-2 WA Government Science and Technology Innovation Fund: One of 10 successful projects (from 62 applications) which involved the South West Regional College of TAFE (Bunbury campus), Murdoch University, and Millennium Inorganic Chemicals

2001 MU SRG (with Ian Barns, ISTP): Biotechnology policy and technological citizenship

2000 Biotechnology Australia: Consumer attitudes to biotechnology

Schibeci, R. A. (1984) Attitudes to science: An update. Studies in Science Education 11 26-52.

Schibeci, R. A. (1986) Images of science and scientists and science education. Science Education 70(2) 139-149.

Schibeci, R. A. & Riley, J. P. (1986) Influence of students' background and perceptions on science attitudes and achievement. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 23(3) 177-187.

Schibeci, R. A. (1988) Adult scientific and technological literacy: A review. Research in science education 18 244-250.

Schibeci, R. A. & Wong, K. Y. (1994) Have you got any cholesterol? Adult understanding of human nutrition. Research in Science Education 24 287-294.

Schibeci, R. A. and Kissane, B. V. (1995) Learning with palmtop computers. In R. Oliver & M. Wild (Eds.) Proceedings of the Australian Computers in Education Conference (pp. 91-98). Claremont, W. A.: ECAWA.

Murcia, K. and Schibeci, R. A. (1999) Conceptions of the nature of science of a sample of primary student teachers. International Journal of Science Education 21(11) 1123-1140.

Schibeci, R. A. (1999) Designer babies? Teacher perceptions of genetic medicine. Research in Science and Technological Education 17(2) 153-164.

Schibeci, R. A. and Murcia, K. (1999) “Science is about facts”: Changing student conceptions. Journal of College Science Teaching 24(3) 205-209.

Schibeci, R. A. and Hickey, R. (2000) Is it natural or processed? Elementary school teachers and conceptions about materials. Journal of Research in Science Teaching 37(10) 1154-1170.