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Penny Van Bergen is an Associate Professor in Educational Psychology in the Department of Educational Studies. She is also Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Human Sciences, and Director of the Centre for Children’s Learning in a Social World.
Research Interests
Penny’s primary area of research focuses on how children and adolescents develop memory and emotion skills in conversations with others. Her current research focuses on how parents, families, and educators reminisce with children and adolescents about the past, how children and adolescents use emotion and perspective-taking skills in their own remembering, and how group-work in schools and universities may facilitate learning.
Penny's secondary area of research considers child and adolescent relationships with teachers, parents, and peers, and she is particularly interested in mapping the kinds of social interactions that best facilitate learning and development. Her work has been featured in several media outlets (e.g. The Conversation, The Sun Herald, The Sydney Morning Herald, Sunrise, and the US-based “Parents” magazine).
Penny supervises Higher Degree Research students whose projects lie within her areas of research specialisation. Please email penny.vanbergen@mq.edu.au to discuss potential topics and opportunities.
Teaching and scholarship
Penny teaches in the undergraduate primary and secondary teaching degree programs at Macquarie. Underpinning her teaching is a strong commitment to creating undergraduate research opportunities for education students.
Penny has been awarded several teaching awards including:
- Vice Chancellor's Award for Teaching Excellence (2018)
- Faculty of Human Sciences Dean’s Award for Teaching Excellence (2017)
- Australian Psychological Society Early Career Teaching Award (2013)
- Vice Chancellor’s Citation for Programs that Enhance Student Learning (2013)
- Faculty of Human Sciences Dean’s Award for Programs that Enhance Student Learning (2013)
- Australian Government Office of Learning and Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2012)
- Vice Chancellor’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2011)
- Faculty of Human Sciences Dean’s Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2011)
- UniJobs Lecturer of the Year – Top 20 Australia-wide (2010)
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Projects
Elaborative and emotive reminiscing with young children: An intervention study for early childhood educators
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
Enhancing the benefits of collaboration on children's memory and learning
1/07/18 → …
Project: Research
Thinking together, remembering alone: Does the effectiveness of peer collaboration in schools depend on the task?
1/01/16 → 30/04/17
Project: Research
Scaffolding Memory - Remembering together and alone (Vana Webster)
Barnier, A., Webster, V. & Van Bergen, P.
3/02/14 → 2/02/16
Project: Research
Research Outputs
Characteristics of educators’ talk about decontextualised events
Andrews, R. & Van Bergen, P., Jul 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Australasian Journal of Early Childhood. p. 1-15 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Digital support seeking in adolescent girls: a qualitative study of affordances and limitations
Mackenzie, E., McMaugh, A. & Van Bergen, P., Aug 2020, In : Cyberpsychology. 14, 3, p. 1-24 24 p., 5.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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Enhancing pre-service teachers’ research engagement using flexible and scaffolded online resources
Van Bergen, P., Lane, R. & Guilbert, D., Sep 2020, In : Australian Educational Researcher. 47, 4, p. 629–649 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Memories of positive and negative student–teacher relationships in students with and without disruptive behavior
Van Bergen, P., Graham, L. J. & Sweller, N., 15 Jun 2020, In : School Psychology Review. 49, 2, p. 178-194 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Pedagogical constraints of physical literacy based on cognitive load theory
Dudley, D., Dean, H., Cairney, J. & Van Bergen, P., 2 Sep 2020, In : Prospects.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Prizes
Faculty of Human Sciences Citation for Programs that Enhance Student Learning
Penny Van Bergen (Recipient) & Rod Lane (Recipient), 2013
Prize
Macquarie University Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Programs that Enhance Learning
Penny Van Bergen (Team leader) & Rod Lane (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Teaching award