Sam Fowler

Dr. Sam Fowler is a Lecturer in STEM Education at UniSA Education Futures, University of South Australia, based at the Mawson Lakes Campus. He serves as a Research Degree Supervisor and maintains an active research profile focused on educational technology, self-regulated learning, and spatial reasoning development in educational contexts.

Dr. Fowler's research interests center on STEM education, educational technology, self-regulated learning, spatial reasoning, mathematics education, teacher professional development, and educational design research. His work particularly examines how technologically enhanced learning environments influence teaching practices and student engagement with STEM subjects, with a focus on how physical learning spaces shape knowledge construction.

His recent publications demonstrate a strong emphasis on self-regulated learning interventions in South Australian primary schools, teacher epistemic cognition in professional development contexts, and the potential of technology-enhanced environments to develop spatial reasoning skills. His research employs diverse methodologies including design-based research, pragmatic clustered randomized control trials, and qualitative approaches to understand educational phenomena in authentic settings.

Dr. Fowler's scholarly contributions reflect a commitment to bridging educational theory and practice, particularly in developing sustainable models for professional development and educational innovation that can be scaled across educational systems. His work often involves collaboration with South Australian Department for Education and other university researchers to address pressing challenges in contemporary education.