In 1994 he was awarded Outstanding Service Award, for services rendered to religious education, by the Australian Association for Religious Education. His memberships include the Australian Association for Research in Education, the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values, the Philosophy of Education Society of Australia, and the Social and Environmental Education Association of Australia. Research focuses on aspects of mathematics education, particularly curriculum development, assessment and the role of technology. His interests include the use and significance of personal technologies such as graphics calculators in mathematics, the place of computers in education at all levels, professional development of teachers, outcome-based education, numeracy, mathematical thinking, mathematics education in developing countries and psychometrics. In 1994 was made a Life Member of The Mathematical Association of Western Australia.
Research focuses on social and cognitive interaction and learning in different educational contexts.
Her interests include developing research that utilises both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. Lecturer in Professional Development. He teaches and coordinates units of study in the primary, and tertiary and adult teacher education programmes. Research interests include social studies education, tertiary teaching, and self-directed learning. He is currently involved in a major staff development initiative for university academics which makes use of an action learning methodology.