Michael Guy Gardiner

Michael Gardiner is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania, Hobart. Prior to commencing this current role, he obtained B.Sc. (Hons) and Ph.D. degrees from Griffith University. He then undertook postdoctoral research at Monash University, the Technical University of Munich, and the University of Sydney. His research is in the area of synthetic and catalytic applications of organometallic chemistry. He teaches into a range of undergraduate and postgraduate units covering a number of chemical sub-disciplines. He has been the first year chemistry coordinator since 2006 and has led the program through a number of administrative and teaching based changes in that time.

Publications

Sustainable Language Support Practices in Science Education: Technologies and Solutions
Sustainable Language Support Practices in Science Education: Technologies and Solutions
Felicia Zhang, Brett Andrew Lidbury, Alice Marion Richardson, Brian Francis Yates, Michael Guy Gardiner, Adam James Bridgeman, Jurgen Schulte, John Cameron Rodger, Karen Elizabeth Mate. © 2012. 266 pages.
The effective communication of science through language, including reading, writing, listening, speaking, and visual representation, is an essential part of scientific learning...
First Year Chemistry Language Support at the University of Tasmania
First Year Chemistry Language Support at the University of Tasmania
Brian Francis Yates, Michael Guy Gardiner. © 2012. 40 pages.
A number of in-class and post-lecture learning strategies are described that have recently been incorporated into the first year chemistry program at the University of Tasmania...