Dr Calvin Smith
BA (Hons I) (Qld), GCE (Higher Education) (Qld), PhD (Qld)
Senior Lecturer
Contact details for Dr Calvin Smith
Academic profile and research expertise
Calvin Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Griffith University. His research focuses on the evaluation of teaching, courses, programs and university environments; staff development for enhancing teaching quality and scholarship; the evaluation of learning environments for quality improvement and assurance purposes; and the relationships between learning environments and student learning outcomes, both discipline-specific and generic. Presently he is developing a measurement model for the evaluation of work-integrated-learning curricula. His teaching responsibilities include Research Higher Degree supervisor training and he is developing an outcomes-focused framework to inform Research Higher Degree supervision practice.
He is also a co-investigator with colleagues from two other Australian universities, on a National Carrick-funded investigation examining the approaches taken across the higher education sector to the integration and assessment of generic graduate capabilities.
Professional development and postgraduate supervision
Specific list of current academic staff professional development responsibilities and Research Higher Degree supervision
Professional development for academic staff
- Coordinator, Research Higher Degree supervision workshop suite
- Project Leader, Work-Integrated Learning staff development workshop suite (9 workshops)
- GIHE Group Contact for Griffith Business School: Projects include -
- preparation for AACSB accreditation;
- review of assessment policy, strategy and approach and supporting staff development project;
- Academic staff workshops: Managing Supervisory Process; Outcomes-focused Research Higher Degree supervision; Work-integrated learning – Introduction, curriculum design, quality assurance and evaluation.
Research higher degree supervision
- Self-directed learning behaviours of new teachers (Associate Supervisor)
- Hellene Demonsthenos (PhD) Interactions in hypnotherapy sessions (Associate Supervisor)
- Carol-Joy Patrick (Masters Higher Education) Work-integrated learning Curriculum Development (Principal Supervisor)
- Matt Hitchcock (Masters Higher Education) Learning communities for Music Technology Students (Associate Supervisor)
Current and recent projects
Development Grants and Internally-Funded Projects
- Development of a University-wide staff development program and resource web site for staff designing, delivering and managing WIL within curricula.(PDF 516K) Source: Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) amount $94,600.
- Embedding research-based learning in curricula through public scholarship at Griffith ($40,000)
Externally-Funded Projects in Higher Education
Service to the Academic Community
Committee Memberships
University
- Research and Postgraduate Studies Committee
- GAET Awards selection panel – Masters coursework and honours/Research Higher Degree supervision (member 2008, chair, 2007, member 2006)
- > GAET Awards selection panel - Work-integrated Learning (chair, 2008).
Group
- Griffith Business School Curriculum learning and teaching committee
Working Parties
- Research Higher Degree supervision accreditation and quality assurance working party (2007)
- Review of award criteria for the GAET Award for Postgraduate supervision (2006)
- Review of the Learning Development Unit – Griffith Business School (2006)
- Review of Griffith generic skills policy (2008) - Co-chair