Karen Elizabeth Mate

Karen Mate is a part-time lecturer in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy (SBSP) at the University of Newcastle. Over the past three years she has taught and coordinated several first year undergraduate subjects in the areas of human physiology, biochemistry, and biomolecular analysis, and is also coordinator of the Peer Assisted Study program for SBSP. Her research interests are in the area of reproductive physiology and more recently, the diagnosis and management of dementia.

Publications

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...
Language Support for First Year Human Physiology and Biology
Karen Elizabeth Mate, John Cameron Rodger, Brett Andrew Lidbury. © 2012. 31 pages.
This chapter examines student performance in Human Physiology and Biology in response to a number of interactive language-focused and career-oriented interventions that were...