Books
Garrick, Barbara, Pendergast, Donna and Geelan, David (2016). Theorising personalised education: Electronically mediated higher education. Springer Singapore. doi: 10.1007/978-981-10-2700-0
Ferrett, Tricia A., Geelan, David R., Schlegel, Whitney M. and Stewart, Joanne L. (2013). Connected science: Strategies for integrative learning in college. Indiana University Press.
Rickard, Greg and Geelan, David (2008). Science ways 3 coursebook. Port Melbourne, Vic., Australia: Pearson Education Australia.
Rickard, Greg and Geelan, David (2008). Science ways 1. Port Melbourne, Australia: Pearson Education.
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. doi: 10.1163/9789087903640
Geelan, David (2004). Weaving narrative nets to capture classrooms : multimethod qualitative approaches for educational research. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic.
Book Chapters
Geelan, David, Nichols, Kim and McDonald, Christine V. (2022). Complexity and simplicity: framing the work. Complexity and simplicity in science education. (pp. 1-8) edited by David Geelan, Kim Nichols and Christine V. McDonald. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-79084-4_1
Geelan, David and Nichols, Kim (2022). Complexity and simplicity: looking back and looking forward. Complexity and simplicity in science education. (pp. 213-216) Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-79084-4_12
Geelan, David (2018). Science education: Educating the citizens of the future. The Palgrave Handbook of Global Citizenship and Education. (pp. 507-521) Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1057/978-1-137-59733-5_32
Geelan, David R. and Fan, Xinxin (2014). Teachers using interactive simulations to Scaffold Inquiry Instruction in physical science education. Science teachers’ use of visual representations. (pp. 249-270) edited by Billie Eilam and John K. Gilbert. Basel, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-06526-7_11
Geelan, David R. (2013). Linking integrated middle-school science with literacy in Australian teacher education. Connected Science: Strategies for Integrative Learning in College. (pp. 79-88) Indiana University Press.
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, David (2010). Science, technology, and understanding teaching the teachers of citizens of the future. Citizenship across the curriculum. (pp. 147-164) Bloomington, IN, United States: Indiana University Press.
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.
Geelan, David, Larochelle, Marie and Lemke, Jay L. (2005). The laws of science. Dilemmas of Science Teaching: Perspectives on Problems of Practice. (pp. 22-35) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9780203996294-7
Journal Articles
Sortwell, Andrew, Trimble, Kevin, Ferraz, Ricardo, Geelan, David R., Hine, Gregory, Ramirez-Campillo, Rodrigo, Carter-Thuiller, Bastian, Gkintoni, Evgenia and Xuan, Qianying (2024). A systematic review of meta-analyses on the impact of formative assessment on K-12 students’ learning: toward sustainable quality education. Sustainability, 16 (17) 7826, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/su16177826
Sanjeev, R., Jagannadham, V. and Geelan, D. (2023). Cyclopentadiene: explaining its deviation from the correlation of pKa versus number of nitrogen atoms of the pyrrole to pentazole series and its closeness to the correlation of pKa versus number of phosphorous atoms of the phosphole to pentaphosphole serie. Russian Journal of General Chemistry, 93 (1), 116-119. doi: 10.1134/s1070363223010164
Bartels, Hauke, Geelan, David and Kulgemeyer, Christoph (2019). Developing an approach to the performance-oriented testing of science teachers’ action-related competencies. International Journal of Science Education, 41 (14), 2024-2048. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2019.1658241
Cabello, Valeria M., Salinas Barrios, Ivan and Geelan, David (2019). Practitioner learning in the intersections between science and language. Research in Science Education, 49 (4), 949-957. doi: 10.1007/s11165-019-09866-0
Fan, Xinxin, Geelan, David and Gillies, Robyn (2018). Evaluating a novel instructional sequence for conceptual change in physics using interactive simulations. Education Sciences, 8 (1) 29, 29-48. doi: 10.3390/educsci8010029
Geelan, David, Prain, Vaughan and Hasse, Cathrine (2015). A dialogue regarding "The material co-construction of hard science fiction and physics". Cultural Studies of Science Education, 10 (4), 941-949. doi: 10.1007/s11422-015-9717-1
Geelan, David R. (2015). While Heisenberg is not looking: the strength of ‘weak measurements’ in educational research. Australian Educational Researcher, 42 (3) 169, 395-404. doi: 10.1007/s13384-015-0169-0
Geelan, David, Christie, Pam, Mills, Martin, Keddie, Amanda, Renshaw, Peter and Monk, Sue (2015). Lessons from Alison: a narrative study of differentiation in classroom teaching. International Journal of Pedagogies and Learning, 10 (1), 13-23. doi: 10.1080/22040552.2015.1084673
Geelan, David R. (2015). Open forums for teaching in an open online world. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 25 (1), 28-38. doi: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2015.066545
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
Geelan, David (2013). Teacher Explanation of Physics Concepts: A Video Study. Research in Science Education, 43 (5), 1751-1762. doi: 10.1007/s11165-012-9336-8
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. doi: 10.1021/ed078p1107.4
Geelan, David (2001). Feyerabend revisited: Epistemological anarchy and disciplined eclecticism in educational research. Australian Educational Researcher, 28 (1), 129-146. doi: 10.1007/bf03219747
Geelan, David R. (1997). Weaving narrative nets to capture school science classrooms. Research in Science Education, 27 (4), 553-563. doi: 10.1007/bf02461480
Geelan, David R. (1997). Epistemological Anarchy and the Many Forms of Constructivism. Science and Education, 6 (1-2), 15-28. doi: 10.1023/a:1017991331853
Conference Papers
Geelan, David R. and Fan, Xinxin (2014). A novel instructional sequence for interactive simulations (ISIS): Developing conceptual understanding in physics education in China within a context of curricular reform. 2014 International Conference of Educational Innovation through Technology (EITT), Brisbane, Australia, 27-29 October 2014. Washington DC United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/EITT.2014.41
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 (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, 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).
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, 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.
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.