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James Davis: Bachelor of Commerce, University of NSW; Bachelor of Nursing (Honours), Queensland University of Technology; Graduate Diploma of Education, QUT; PhD Candidate (Education), QUT; Fellow, Australian Institute of Management. Researcher in science education, philosophy & sociology of science, analogical reasoning, emotion, social interaction, ethnomethodology, discourse analysis.

James Davis is an educational researcher and educator. James' interest in science education has evolved from his studies in nursing and contributions to clinical health research with the Department of Neurology, Royal Brisbane Hospital. He developed an interest in the philosophy and sociology of science through his Honours degree where he completed a thesis entitled 'The Technology of Holism: An Analysis of the Therapeutic Gaze of Nursing'. This study used historical and empirical (observations/interviews) data sources to conduct a discourse analysis of the notion of "holism" in nursing theory and practice. The methodology for this was informed by the works of Michel Foucault, specifically 'The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception', 'Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison' and 'Technologies of the Self'.

In recent years James has been teaching in a secondary school, Years 9 to 12, across the subjects of biology, science and mathematics. Concurrent with this work he has been completing a PhD degree in education. His PhD is an exploration of emotions in analogical reasoning in the situated social context of science classrooms. This study uses a methodology informed by ethnomethodology (Garfinkel, 1967). It is anticipated that this study will challenge current ontological and epistemological approaches to analogical reasoning in science education and contribute to the development of pedagogical strategies by taking student learning perspectives into account. James' current research is being conducted under the supervision of Dr Alberto Bellocchi (QUT) and Prof. Stephen Ritchie (Murdoch University).

References: Garfinkel, H. (1967). Studies in Ethnomethodology. Cambridge: Polity Press.