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Dr Sara Hammer

Name :	Dr Sara Hammer
Position :	Senior Lecturer (Learning and Teaching Support)
Section :	Pro Vice-Chancellor (Learning, Teaching and Quality) Learning and Teaching Support
Office :	Y349
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2641
Extension :	2641
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BA(Hons) QUT GCertHigherEd Griffith PhD QUT

Professional Memberships

Member, Higher Education Research & Development (HERDSA)

Research Interests

Graduate attributes or skills, employability, critical thinking, students with a disability.

Recent Research Outcomes

Three most recent :

Hammer, S., & Green, W. 2011, ‘Critical thinking in a first year management unit: the relationship between disciplinary learning, academic literacy and learning progression, Higher Education Research and Development Journal (Special Edition) vol.30, no.3, 305-315.

Hammer, S., Werth, S., Dunn, P., Lawson, K. & d’Abadie, D. 2011, ‘Expectations of ability and dis-ability at university: the fine art of managing lives, perceptions and curricula’, Beyond Binaries in Education Research, W. Midgley, M. A Tylor, P.A. Danaher & A. Maunder (Eds.): New York, Routledge

Oliver, B., Whelan, B., Hunt, L., Hammer, S. 2011, ‘Accounting graduates and capabilities that count: perceptions of graduates, employers and Accounting academics in four Australian universities’, Journal of Teaching and Learning for Graduate Employability, vol. 1, no.2, 2-27.

Most notable :

Hammer, S., & Green, W. 2011, ‘Critical thinking in a first year management unit: the relationship between disciplinary learning, academic literacy and learning progression, Higher Education Research and Development Journal (Special Edition) vol.30, no.3, 305-315.

Star, C. & Hammer, S. 2008, 'Teaching generic skills: eroding the higher purpose of universities, or an opportunity for renewal?' Oxford Review of Education,vol.34,no.2,1-15

Green, W., Hammer, S. & Star, C, 2009, refereed journal article, Facing up to the challenge: why is it so hard to develop graduate attributes? Higher Education Research and Development, Vol 28, No. 1, 7-29.

Hammer, S. 2007, Best practice in criterion-referenced assessment? International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, Vol. 3, No. 1, 50-58.

Teaching Experience

Tertiary : 13 years
Other : 4 years

Administrative Responsibilities

Program coordinator, Learning Innovation Teaching Enhancement teams.