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Dr. Alberto Bellocchi (PhD. Education, Queensland University of Technology [QUT] ; BSc Honours [Biochemistry] James Cook University; Bachelor of Education, James Cook University). Researcher (teaching/learning science, emotion, social interaction, [sociology of emotion]), Science educator, Teacher educator.

Alberto Bellocchi is an Italian born, Australian educational researcher and educator. His original studies were in Science completing a Science Degree with Double Majors in Biochemistry and Chemistry. He completed an Honours thesis in Biochemistry focusing on the identification of tridacnin, a lectin, on the surface of Tridacna gigas, giant clam, haemocytes. Shortly after completing his Honours degree, he studied an Education degree and worked as a high-school science and chemistry teacher. During his teaching career, he completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree in Science Education. The focus of his doctoral thesis was on classroom discourse when chemistry students engage in writing analogies for explaining chemical concepts. The thesis received two awards including the QUT Outstanding Thesis Award and the QUT Faculty of Education Outstanding Thesis Award. His theoretical contribution involved the development of the merged discourse construct to account for the ways in which chemistry students used hybrid language practices as they collaboratively constructed analogies (see Bellocchi & Ritchie, 2011). In 2010, Dr. Bellocchi began his new research programme, in collaboration with his colleagues Prof. Stephen M. Ritchie and Prof. Kenneth G. Tobin, that focuses on the role of emotions in teaching and learning science. This work has been informed predominantly by sociological theoretical frameworks of emotion (Turner, 2007) and social interaction (Collins, 2004; 2010). Much of the work (e.g., Bellocchi, Ritchie, Tobin, Sandhu, & Sandhu, 2013; Bellocchi, Ritchie, Tobin, King, Sandhu & henderson, 2014) may be characterised as being multi-theoretical and multi-method in terms of research design. Publications relevant to his work are available on the links below. Other research foci include context-based science education, assessment in science education, and higher education teaching and learning.

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Twitter handle: @A_Bellocchi

Blog: http://theeducationaleye.wordpress.com

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