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Mrs Carol Puddicombe

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5012
Email: c.puddicombe@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML16.150  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0312-5306

Carol is a Lecturer at the School of Education and is the Design & Technology Secondary Education Co-ordinator.

Current teaching

  • Oversees the Design & Technology education specialisation

Background

Carol has had an extensive career in the Technologies area. She worked in the ICT industry from 1987 - 2000 in London, Sydney and Ottawa. She completed her Dip. Ed. in Technology education in 2001. In 2004 she became Head of Technologies in an independant boys secondary school which she held until 2019. In that period Carol completed a MA, a MEd and began her PhD journey. She has worked extensively on a contract basis for the Schools Curriculum and Standards Authority in a number of roles including Chief Examiner for ATAR examinations. Carol has been working with Design & Technology Pre-Service Teachers since 2019 and encourages them to embrace the curriculum.

Awards and recognition

  • 2005 & 2006 - Finalist Telstra Business Women awards
  • 2006 - present - Who's who of Australian Women

Research areas and interests

  • Design & Technology education
  • Gender and diversity within Design & Technology education

Qualifications

  • Master of Arts, Macquarie University, 2011.
  • Graduate Diploma of Education(Secondary), Edith Cowan University, 2001.
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Australia, 1988.
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