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Dr

Rowan Brookes

Academic Program Director
Melbourne School Of Professional And Continuing Education
Curriculum transformation
employabilty skills and gender in science
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
education & educational research
social sciences
plant sciences
pollination
pollen limitation
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Dr

Rowan Brookes

 
Division
Business And Economics
 
Primary Interest
Science Education
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Dr

Rowan Brookes

 

Rowan has over a decade of experience leading educational change in the not-for-profit and higher education sector. She has significant experience developing relationships between universities, government and industry through educational initiatives.Her research interests centre on curriculum development, employablity, educational technology and gender in science.

In addition to her academic publications, she has written for The Scientific American, The Conversation, Huffington Post, Mamamia, Women's Agenda and The Australian.Rowan has a PhD and a BSc in ecology and a BA in anthropology and religious studies. She has also completed executive education in leadership at Harvard and Stanford, as well as other leading institutes.She supports the career advancement of women in STEM through a range of initiatives including as a co-founder of the STEM sidebyside program, a member of the Minister for Science and Innovation's gender advisory roundtable, as an advisory board member of BrainSTEM and as a mentor and speaker.

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 13 most recent scholarly works by Rowan Brookes.

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Gender differences in the Australian undergraduate STEM student experience: a systematic review

Camilla R Fisher, Christopher D Thompson, Rowan H Brookes

Journal article  |  2020  |  Higher Education Research & Development

In Australia, the number of female graduates in some science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines is as lo..

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'They help us realise what we're actually gaining': The impact on undergraduates and teaching staff of displaying transferable skills badges

Michelle A Hill, Tina Overton, Russell RA Kitson, Christopher D Thompson, Rowan H Brookes, Paolo Coppo, Lynne Bayley

Journal article  |  2020  |  Active Learning in Higher Education

Attaining transferable skills is increasingly important for undergraduates and, while such skill development may be embedded withi..

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‘95% of the time things have been okay’: the experience of undergraduate students in science disciplines with higher female representation

CR Fisher, CD Thompson, RH Brookes

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Science Education

Research has shown that achieving gender equality in science goes beyond equal gender ratios in the classroom. Female students in ..

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Spatial variation in the ongoing and widespread decline of a keystone plant species

Catherine R Dickson, David J Baker, Dana M Bergstrom, Phillippa K Bricher, Rowan H Brookes, Ben Raymond, Patricia M Selkirk, Justine D Shaw, Aleks Terauds, Jennie Whinam, Melodie A McGeoch

Journal article  |  2019  |  Austral Ecology

Extensive dieback in dominant plant species in response to climate change is increasingly common. Climatic conditions and related ..

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Student perceptions of teamwork within assessment tasks in undergraduate science degrees

Laura Wilson, Susie Ho, Rowan H Brookes

Journal article  |  2018  |  Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education

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Exploring the function of online narratives to develop critical thinking and localisation of knowledge in an international science program

Marianne Hicks, Melissa Tham, Rowan Brookes

Journal article  |  2017  |  British Journal of Educational Technology

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Developing teamwork skills in undergraduate science students: The academic perspective and practice

Rowan Brookes

Presentation  |  2017

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WIL in Science: Leadership for WIL Final report 2016

John Rice, Elizabeth Johnson, Tina Acuna, Rowan Brookes, Malcolm Campbell, Jo-Anne Chuck, Peter Meier, Susan Rowland, Peter Adams

Report  |  2016

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Science Undergraduates Are Motivated to Undertake Leadership Education to Enhance Employability and Impact

Susie Ho, Bob Wong, Melissa Tham, Rowan Brookes

Journal article  |  2016  |  International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

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DO POLLEN AND OVULE NUMBER MATCH THE MATING ENVIRONMENT? AN EXAMINATION OF TEMPORAL CHANGE IN A POPULATION OF STYLIDIUM ARMERIA

Rowan H Brookes, Linley K Jesson

Journal article  |  2010  |  International Journal of Plant Sciences

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Reproductive investment within inflorescences of Stylidium armeria varies with the strength of early resource commitment

Rowan H Brookes, Linley K Jesson, Martin Burd

Journal article  |  2010  |  Annals of Botany

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A test of simultaneous resource and pollen limitation in Stylidium armeria

Rowan H Brookes, Linley K Jesson, Martin Burd

Journal article  |  2008  |  New Phytologist

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No evidence for simultaneous pollen and resource limitation in Aciphylla squarrosa: A long-lived, masting herb

Rowan H Brookes, Linley K Jesson

Journal article  |  2007  |  Austral Ecology

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Climate and Climate Change
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Ecological Applications
Other Education and Training
Plant Biology

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2017

Dean's Teaching Excellence Award for the Bachelor of Science Advanced (Global Challenges)

Monash University
2016

Victorian Telstra Business Women's Award (Public service and academia)

Telstra

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Positions

Academic Program Director

Melbourne School Of Professional And Continuing Education

Education

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Monash University

Bachelor of Science/ Bachelor of Arts

Victoria University of Wellington

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