- Assistant Professor
Degrees
- B.Sc Education, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, 2005
- MA in Science and Education, University of Leeds, UK, 2007
- PhD in Science Education, The University of Melbourne, Australia, 2018
Teaching areas in SHBIE:
- Secondary science education
- Physics education
- Curriculum development in science education
- Science teachers and their practices
- Thematic study in science education
Interests, expertise and current research areas
Dr Hardimah’s interest continues from her doctoral study which was on teachers’ professional and personal development and identity formation through the dynamics of their social interactions during their teacher training as well as during school and classroom teaching. She is also interested in both teachers’ and students’ conceptual understanding in learning scientific concepts and how these effect their understanding and interest in science teaching and learning.
Interested in supervising students in the following areas
- Students’ learning and teachers’ teaching in science classrooms
- Teaching approaches in science education
- Teachers’ professional and personal development
Sample publications and other links
Ahmad, J., Ishak, A, Samsudin, M., Meylani, V. & Said, H. (2019). Pre-service Science Teachers in International Teaching Practicum: Reflection of the Experience. Jurnal Pendidikan IPA Indonesia. 8(3), 308-316.
Johari, M., & Said, H. (2018). Investigating the pre-service and in-service science teachers’ conceptions of ‘a teacher’ at the beginning of their initial teacher training program. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 1108.012056
Leong, S., Said, H., Shahrill, M., & Perera, J. (2016). Using lesson study to enhance meaningful understanding on the topic of pressure. International Journal of Environmental and Science Education. 11(15), 8425-8437.
Cheong, I., Johari, M., Said, H., & Treagust, D. (2014). What do you know about alternative energy? Development and use of a diagnostic instrument for upper secondary school science. International Journal of Science Education.
Said, H. (2013). Teaching Newton’s Third Law. In C. Redman (Ed.) Successful Science Education Practices: Exploring what, why and how they worked, (pp.167-182). Nova Science Publisher.
Baimba, A., Brown, D., & Said, H. (2008). The mismatch between science teachers’ beliefs and classroom practice. Journal of Applied Research in Education.
Further details
Dr Hardimah is a member of UBD International and Comparative Education Research Group (ICE) led by Prof Phan Le Ha which aims to build educational research dialogues and projects in the context of internationalisation and mobilities of people (http://ice.ubd.edu.bn).
She is also co-editing a SHBIE book project under editors in-charge Prof Phan Le Ha and Prof Keith Wood.
She is a member of Science Literacy Standards Committee in collaboration with Curriculum Development Department, Ministry of Education, Brunei.
From 2015 to 2016, she was a member for Ministry of Education’s Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) under the group of PISA Research and Evaluation (PREVA).