Rebecca Cooper
Biographic Data
| ID | 3684850 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Cooper |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Cooper |
| SIGNATURE | COOPER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2421-7488 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Trajectories of psychotic‐like experiences in youth and associations with lifestyle factors
BACKGROUND: Persistent and/or distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) during adolescence are associated with poorer subsequent psychiatric outcomes. Modifiable lifestyle factors (such as sleep quality or regular exercise) may improve mental health outcomes; however, it is unknown how lifestyle factors are linked to trajectories of PLEs. METHODS: Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (N = 10,075, age 9-10 years at …
Creating effective co-design processes for supporting pre-service teachers on school placement as part of a university-school partnership
Advocated for rich, mutually beneficial programs beyond transactional exchanges. • Emphasized shared knowledge between schools and universities in each context. • Highlighted co-designed, context-oriented pre-placement preparation for PST success. • Identified mindset shifts for schools & universities to foster collaborative growth. • Recognized funding as a catalyst for deeper partnerships & innovative program design. Quality relationships and p…
Career transitions in teacher education
Career transitions are often studied from the perspective of changing from one career to the next. Missing from this definition, however, is that transitions can take place within a career. In the case of teacher education and academia, these transitions are often seen as well laid out with an accepted view of ‘success’ and those taking an alternate path being viewed as ‘less successful’. In this self-study, three teacher educators at different s…
Addressing teacher shortages in an international context
Bubbles, Seekers, and Servers
Quantitative studies of contemporary Jewry have primarily focused on Jewish identity, examining the categories that differentiate Jewish self-conceptions, and their implications for belief, behavior, and belonging. In contrast, qualitative studies have deepened this understanding by exploring the process of identity construction. However, significant gaps remain in our knowledge about how identity is understood, particularly regarding how young p…
Investigating the Pregnancy and Post-Partum Health Experiences of Women Living with HIV
There have been life-changing developments in the treatment and care for people living with HIV. However, even in the U = U (undetectable = untransmittable) era, traditional concerns about breastfeeding, risk of transmission to the infant and stigma continue to shape the postpartum experience of WLWH. As these impact on their emotional and psychological wellbeing, support in these areas needs to be prioritised
Remote Possibilities
Psychological and sociological studies have reported that highly religious people have better mental health overall, which was also confirmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little investigation has been undertaken to understand the actual enablers of religious coping that contextualize these mental health results. Australian pulpit rabbis were invited to submit sermons delivered on the eve of the first Sabbath of the pandemic. These sermons were c…
Ready, or not? Graduate teachers’ perceptions of their classroom readiness through a capstone assessment task
Since the TEMAG Review we, as teacher educators in initial teacher education (ITE), have seen a gradual yet perceptible shift in the way pre-service teachers demonstrate their “classroom readiness.” In the past readiness was connected to preparing evidence for a job interview. Now, classroom readiness is determined by a pre-service teacher’s ability to meet the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate level through a capston…
Development of morning–eveningness in adolescence
BACKGROUND: Morning-evening preference is defined as an individual's preference for a morning- or evening-oriented rhythm. Across adolescence, a preference for eveningness becomes more predominant. Although eveningness is cross-sectionally associated with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, few studies have examined developmental changes in eveningness and its potential biological substrates. Here, we investigated the longitudinal re…
Views across the boundary
School and university partnerships are widely promoted as an effective means to support the preparation of pre-service teachers (PSTs). However, these partnerships are rarely conceived with practicing teachers working in a university context as co-teachers with university teacher educators. School-based co-teachers (SBCTs) (practicing teachers who contribute to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) by teaching alongside university-based teacher educato…
STEM professional learning
A novel way to support change and development in a country’s education system is to send teachers abroad on a professional learning program, so that they become immersed in a different culture, language and education system. The focus of this study was to investigate the supports and tensions created during a professional learning and leadership development program, in which teachers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (n = 45) lived in Austra…
Innovative Uses of Visual Technologies in Initial Teacher Education
In Australia, schools and faculties of education are mandated to abide by a policy requiring preservice teachers ( pst s), to complete supervised professional placement ( pe ) in schools. The pe are drawn upon to meet the assessment criteria for degree completion. Two strategies are reported that supported individuals and education institutions to meet policy requirements while in lockdown. First, technology was used to overcome the challenge of …
Understanding teachers’ professional learning needs
Professional learning is a significant focus of discussion in most schools but it is not all that common for these conversations to be informed by teachers’ needs and expectations. Instead, they tend to be driven by external factors, such as accreditation, mandated professional development requirements and policies. Based on an in-depth study of a large number of teachers at one school, this paper begins to unpack the participants’ views about an…
Repositioning Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching Science
The Refined Consensus Model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education
Experiments
Beyond the randomised controlled trial and BMI – evaluation of effectiveness of through-school nutrition and physical activity programmes
Invited Commentary – Evidence has been slow to accumulate that school physical activity and nutrition interventions are effective at slowing the rate of physical growth and reducing the prevalence of obesity in children. This is in part because of the need for randomised controlled trials (RCT) that meet strict quality criteria. In addition, the focus on BMI-for-age criteria to define obesity and overweight, and therefore the outcome of ‘effectiv…
In response to Letter to the Editor
The Telling Tide
The Telling Tide. A documentary film directed by Darcy Wilkins. Produced by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. 2015. 59 minutes. Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfvtrORo7s. Free.Wi...
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Beyond the randomised controlled trial and BMI – evaluation of effectiveness of through-school nutrition and physical activity programmes
Invited Commentary – Evidence has been slow to accumulate that school physical activity and nutrition interventions are effective at slowing the rate of physical growth and reducing the prevalence of obesity in children. This is in part because of the need for randomised controlled trials (RCT) that meet strict quality criteria. In addition, the focus on BMI-for-age criteria to define obesity and overweight, and therefore the outcome of ‘effectiv…
In response to Letter to the Editor
The Telling Tide
The Telling Tide. A documentary film directed by Darcy Wilkins. Produced by the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program. 2015. 59 minutes. Online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPfvtrORo7s. Free.Wi...
Experiments
Repositioning Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Teachers’ Knowledge for Teaching Science
The Refined Consensus Model of Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Science Education
Understanding teachers’ professional learning needs
Professional learning is a significant focus of discussion in most schools but it is not all that common for these conversations to be informed by teachers’ needs and expectations. Instead, they tend to be driven by external factors, such as accreditation, mandated professional development requirements and policies. Based on an in-depth study of a large number of teachers at one school, this paper begins to unpack the participants’ views about an…
Innovative Uses of Visual Technologies in Initial Teacher Education
In Australia, schools and faculties of education are mandated to abide by a policy requiring preservice teachers ( pst s), to complete supervised professional placement ( pe ) in schools. The pe are drawn upon to meet the assessment criteria for degree completion. Two strategies are reported that supported individuals and education institutions to meet policy requirements while in lockdown. First, technology was used to overcome the challenge of …
Views across the boundary
School and university partnerships are widely promoted as an effective means to support the preparation of pre-service teachers (PSTs). However, these partnerships are rarely conceived with practicing teachers working in a university context as co-teachers with university teacher educators. School-based co-teachers (SBCTs) (practicing teachers who contribute to Initial Teacher Education (ITE) by teaching alongside university-based teacher educato…
STEM professional learning
A novel way to support change and development in a country’s education system is to send teachers abroad on a professional learning program, so that they become immersed in a different culture, language and education system. The focus of this study was to investigate the supports and tensions created during a professional learning and leadership development program, in which teachers from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) (n = 45) lived in Austra…
Ready, or not? Graduate teachers’ perceptions of their classroom readiness through a capstone assessment task
Since the TEMAG Review we, as teacher educators in initial teacher education (ITE), have seen a gradual yet perceptible shift in the way pre-service teachers demonstrate their “classroom readiness.” In the past readiness was connected to preparing evidence for a job interview. Now, classroom readiness is determined by a pre-service teacher’s ability to meet the Australian Professional Standards for Teachers at the Graduate level through a capston…
Development of morning–eveningness in adolescence
BACKGROUND: Morning-evening preference is defined as an individual's preference for a morning- or evening-oriented rhythm. Across adolescence, a preference for eveningness becomes more predominant. Although eveningness is cross-sectionally associated with internalizing and externalizing psychopathology, few studies have examined developmental changes in eveningness and its potential biological substrates. Here, we investigated the longitudinal re…
Investigating the Pregnancy and Post-Partum Health Experiences of Women Living with HIV
There have been life-changing developments in the treatment and care for people living with HIV. However, even in the U = U (undetectable = untransmittable) era, traditional concerns about breastfeeding, risk of transmission to the infant and stigma continue to shape the postpartum experience of WLWH. As these impact on their emotional and psychological wellbeing, support in these areas needs to be prioritised
Remote Possibilities
Psychological and sociological studies have reported that highly religious people have better mental health overall, which was also confirmed during the COVID-19 pandemic. Little investigation has been undertaken to understand the actual enablers of religious coping that contextualize these mental health results. Australian pulpit rabbis were invited to submit sermons delivered on the eve of the first Sabbath of the pandemic. These sermons were c…
Creating effective co-design processes for supporting pre-service teachers on school placement as part of a university-school partnership
Advocated for rich, mutually beneficial programs beyond transactional exchanges. • Emphasized shared knowledge between schools and universities in each context. • Highlighted co-designed, context-oriented pre-placement preparation for PST success. • Identified mindset shifts for schools & universities to foster collaborative growth. • Recognized funding as a catalyst for deeper partnerships & innovative program design. Quality relationships and p…
Career transitions in teacher education
Career transitions are often studied from the perspective of changing from one career to the next. Missing from this definition, however, is that transitions can take place within a career. In the case of teacher education and academia, these transitions are often seen as well laid out with an accepted view of ‘success’ and those taking an alternate path being viewed as ‘less successful’. In this self-study, three teacher educators at different s…
Addressing teacher shortages in an international context
Bubbles, Seekers, and Servers
Quantitative studies of contemporary Jewry have primarily focused on Jewish identity, examining the categories that differentiate Jewish self-conceptions, and their implications for belief, behavior, and belonging. In contrast, qualitative studies have deepened this understanding by exploring the process of identity construction. However, significant gaps remain in our knowledge about how identity is understood, particularly regarding how young p…
Trajectories of psychotic‐like experiences in youth and associations with lifestyle factors
BACKGROUND: Persistent and/or distressing psychotic-like experiences (PLEs) during adolescence are associated with poorer subsequent psychiatric outcomes. Modifiable lifestyle factors (such as sleep quality or regular exercise) may improve mental health outcomes; however, it is unknown how lifestyle factors are linked to trajectories of PLEs. METHODS: Using data from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study (N = 10,075, age 9-10 years at …
Psychology (13 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Pedagogy (10 works) · Mathematics education (9 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (7 works) · Collaborative Teaching and Inclusion (6 works) · Medical education (6 works) · Teacher education (4 works)