Books
Rickard, Greg and Geelan, David (2008). Science ways 1. Port Melbourne, Australia: Pearson Education.
Rickard, Greg and Geelan, David (2008). Science ways 3 coursebook. Port Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Pearson Education Australia.
Richard, Greg and Geelan, David (2008). Science ways 2. Port Melbourne, Victoria: Pearson Education.
Geelan, David (2006). Undead theories : constructivism, eclecticism and research in education. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Geelan, David (2004). Weaving narrative nets to capture classrooms : multimethod qualitative approaches for educational research. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
Book Chapters
Geelan, David (2012). Teacher explanations. Second international handbook of science education. (pp. 987-999) edited by Barry J. Fraser, Kenneth Tobin and Campbell McRobbie. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9041-7
Geelan, D. R. (2007). Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Impressionist Tales and Secret Stories of Life in Classrooms. Qualitative Research in Postmodern Times: Exemplars for Science, Mathematics and Technology Educators. (pp. 139-148) edited by P. C. Taylor and J. Wallace. Dordrecht: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4020-5920-9
Geelan, David R. (2005). Using webs of narrative to explore negotiation of meaning and practice. Auto/biography and auto/ethnography: Praxis of research method. (pp. 227-242) edited by W. M. Roth. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Journal Articles
Gowlett, Christina, Keddie, Amanda, Mills, Martin, Renshaw, Peter, Christie, Pam, Geelan, David and Monk, Sue (2014). Using Butler to understand the multiplicity and variability of policy reception. Journal of Education Policy, 30 (2), 149-164. doi: 10.1080/02680939.2014.920924
Mills, Martin, Monk, Sue, Keddie, Amanda, Renshaw, Peter, Christie, Pam, Geelan, David and Gowlett, Christina (2014). Differentiated learning: from policy to classroom. Oxford Review of Education, 40 (3), 331-348. doi: 10.1080/03054985.2014.911725
Monk, Sue, Mills, Martin, Renshaw, Peter, Geelan, David, Keddie, Amanda and Gowlett, Christina (2013). Investigating 'moments' for student agency through a differentiated music curriculum. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 8 (3), 179-193. doi: 10.5172/ijpl.2013.8.3.179
Subhi, Nasrudin and Geelan, David (2012). When Christianity and homosexuality collide: understanding the potential intrapersonal conflict. Journal of Homosexuality, 59 (10), 1382-1402. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2012.724638
Subhi, N., Geelan, D., McMahon, M., Jusoff, Kamaruzaman, Mohamad, S. M., Sarnon, N., Nen, S., Hoesni, S. M., Chong, Sheau Tsuey, Fauziah, I. and Alavi, Khadijah (2011). A better understanding of the potential conflict between Christianity and homosexuality. World Applied Sciences Journal, 12 (SPL ISS.), 13-19.
Geelan, David (2010). Technological and methodological challenges of using classroom video to analyse physics teachers’ explanations. International Journal of Multiple Research Approaches, 4 (3), 225-232. doi: 10.5172/mra.2010.4.3.225
Geelan, David, Mensah, Felicia Moore, Rahm, Jrene and Maulucci, Maria Rivera (2010). Roles, caring and learning to teach science. Cultural studies of science education, 5 (3), 649-663. doi: 10.1007/s11422-009-9247-9
Geelan, David (2009). Science education for global citizenship. Curriculum Leadership, 7 (36).
Geelan, David (2008). Teaching teachers to use technology. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 55 (3), 283-284. doi: 10.1080/10349120802268750
Hirschkorn, M. and Geelan, D. (2008). Bridging the research-practice gap: Research translation and/or research transformation. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 54 (1), 1-13.
Geelan, D. R. (2007). Rumours of theory’s death and resurrection greatly exaggerated: response to Perla & Carifio. Education Review, 10 (2)
Geelan, David, Gilmer, Penny J. and Martin, Sonya N. (2006). Forum: Dialogue about dialogue - cogeneration, research and science education. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 1 (4), 721-744. doi: 10.1007/s11422-006-9032-y
Geelan, D. R. (2006). Assessing what matters. delta-K: Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers' Association, 43 (2), 6.
Geelan, David, Wildy, Helen, Louden, William and Wallace, John (2004). Teaching for understanding and/or teaching for the examination in high school physics. International Journal of Science Education, 26 (4), 447-462. doi: 10.1080/0950069032000097398
Geelan, David (2003). Teacher expertise and explanatory frameworks in a successful physics classroom. Australian Science Teachers Journal, 49 (3), 22-32.
Geelan, David. R. (2003). "Actually, it's not quite like that: How should we develop a plan for teaching chemistry?". Alberta Science Education Journal, 36 (1), 38-44.
Bodner, George, Klobuchar, Michael and Geelan, David (2001). The many forms of constructivism. Journal of Chemical Education, 78 (8), 1107-1107.
Geelan, David (2001). Feyerabend revisited: Epistemological anarchy and disciplined eclecticism in educational research. Australian Educational Researcher, 28 (1), 129-146.
Conference Papers
Subhi, N., Geelan, D., Nen, S., Fauziah, I., Mohamad, M. S., Lukman, Z. M., Alavi, K., Hoesni, S. M. and Rusyda, H. M. (2011). Sexual identity and sexual fluidity among gay men and lesbians. Social and Psychological Well-Being Workshop, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia, 3-5 May, 2011. Serdang, Selangor Malaysia: Universiti Pertanian Malaysia Press, Universiti Putra Malaysia.
Mukherjee, Michelle, Fogarty, Ian and Geelan, David (2011). Order of instruction effects – do they make a difference when teaching senior chemistry with computer based visualizations?. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, 27 June - 1 July 2011. Chesapeake, VA, U.S.A.: AACE.
Geelan, David R. and Mukherjee,Michelle M. (2011). But does it work? Effectiveness of scientific visualisations in high school chemistry and physics instruction. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2011, Lisbon, Portugal, 27 June - 1 July 2011. Chesapeake, VA, U.S.A.: AACE.
Geelan, David and Mukherjee, Michelle (2010). Measuring the effectiveness of computer-based scientific visualisations for conceptual development in Australian chemistry classrooms. GLearn 2010: Global Learn Asia Pacific 2010. Global Conference on Learning and Technology, Penang, Malaysia, 17 May 2010. AACE International.
Geelan, David and Mukherjee, Michelle (2009). One approach to finding evidence for the effectiveness of scientific visualisations in high school physics and chemistry education. ED-MEDIA 2009: World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A., 22-26 June 2009. Chesapeake, VA, U.S.A.: AACE (Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education).
Geelan, David (2009). Explaining topics in physics: An international video study. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications (EDMEDIA) 2009, Honolulu, HI, USA, 22 June 2009. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Geelan, D., Fiege, K. and Peacock, K. (2004). Learning together, virtually present: Teacher professional development in the RACOL project. ED-MEDIA 2004 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Lugano, Switzerland, 21-26 Jun 2004. Norfolk, VA: AACE.
Fiege, Karen, Peacock, Kim and Geelan, David (2004). Professional Development: A Rural School District's Experience with Videoconferencing. Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2004, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 1–6 Mar 2004. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
Geelan, David (2003). Video Analysis of Physics Teachers' Explanatory Frameworks. ED-MEDIA 2003 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 23-28 Jun 2003. Chesapeake, VA, USA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
Geelan, David (2003). The Death of Theory in Educational Research. The First Conference on Complexity Science, Edmonton, Canada, 16–18 Oct 2003. Online: Complexity and Education.
Geelan, D. (2003). Canadian Stories of Distant Cases: Audiographics Teaching and Learning of High School Physics in the RACOL Project. ED-MEDIA 2003 - World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 23-28 Jun 2003. Chesapeake, VA: AACE.