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This is my home page and starting point to various links.

My particular research interests are in the development of Critical Reasoning skills in undergraduates and I also contribute regularly to Public Understanding of Science events. I also have an interest in web-based resources for learning and teaching.

If you would like to get in touch please click on the following link to send me an e-mail plg@st-and.ac.uk If you do this please include your email address in the body of the message otherwise I may not know how to get back to you.

I'm Principal Teaching Fellow in the School of Psychology here at the University of St. Andrews.

I currently teach, as well as being Module Controller, for PS1901, PS3031(Conceptual and Historical Issues) and am course controller for PS2091 and PS3092 on our Evening Degree programme. I also contribute to our research methods modules in third year having previously run them and give occasional classes to our first year course. I have six second year tutorial groups, four review essay students and eight Masters students attend PS5231. I am second supervisor to a final year Ph.D student.

Applied Quantitative Methods Network - I'm no longer directly involved in this project but it is definitely worth checking out if you are in academia or in policy making.

Administrative duties:

Psychology "Space" School Organiser (2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)

Deputy Director of Teaching (2004 - 2006)
National Science Week Steering Group (St. Andrews), 2004 - current

Sutton Trust Summer School Organiser (2002 - current)
School WebCT Advisor (2002 - 2009)
Member of the Judging Panel for the St Andrews Learning and Teaching: Innovation, Review and Enhancement Unit Student Learning Essay Competition. (2002 - 2005)
University Working Party on Managed Learning Environments (2002)
Reading Party Organiser (1999, 2001, 2004, 2012)

School visits co-ordination and Visiting Day presentations (2001 - 2005, 2007 - current)
National Science Week Open Day Organiser and School of Psychology co-ordinator (2000 - current).

School Mentoring Scheme Co-ordinator (1999 - 2009)

Staff Council (1992- current)
Staff-Student Consultative Committee (1993 -current)
LTSN School Contact (1992 - current) and then Higher Education Academy Liaison.

Grants:

Gardner, P.L. (2012) National Science Festival. £500. British Science Association

Gardner, P.L. (2012) National Science and Engineering Week. £300. University of St Andrews

Gardner, P.L. et al., (2010) £21,485. A consortium bid with Dundee Science Centre, Adam Smith College, Carnegie College, GeoHeritage Fife, and awarded by Fife Council. A further £10K was attracted by Fife Council from from the Scottish Government Science Engagement Grant scheme and another £7K from Community Grants. This funded the Fife Science Festival 2010-2011.

Gardner, P.L., et al.,. (2009) £11,700. SusTrans (Scotland)

Darwin 200 Roadshow. (2009) £8000, Scottish Government, Science Engagement Grant.

Gardner, P.L. et al., (2009) £1000, School Liaison, University of St. Andrews. To support Darwin Roadshow.

Gardner, P.L. et al., (2009) £2000, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews. To support Darwin Roadshow.

ESRC Grant for £1,343,164.53 to develop an “Advanced Quantitative Methods Network” in Scotland (2009-2011).

Principal Investigator: Professor Susan McVie University of Edinburgh.

Co-investgators: Professor L. Paterson, Dr A. Thompson, Dr C. Iannelli , Dr A. Glendinning, Prof. V. Gayle, Mr P. Gardner, Dr M. Shephard, Dr S. Tagg , Dr R Raeside, Professor G. Pryce, Dr G. Hay, Dr A. Geddes.

Gardner, P.L. (2009) Fife Science Festival £370. British Science Association.

Gardner, P.L. (2008) Darwin Day. £280. British Association for the Advancement of Science.

Gardner, P.L. & McGuigan, N. (2005) Enhancing Professional Skills Development for Psychology Students. £1700 awarded by the Strategic Enhancement of Learning Fund, St. Andrews University.

Humphris,G., Gardner, P.L., & Von Wagner, C. (2004). Reflection-on-action: a project to facilitate large group collaborative learning in the context of communication skills training. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University.

Flynn, E. & Gardner, P.L. (2004) The role of explanations in the development of critical thinking skills. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University.

Gardner, P.L. & O'Carroll, R. (2002) Development of an online course in communication skills. £1500 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University.

Gardner, P.L. (2002) Development of an online course in Critical Reasoning. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University.

Reicher, S. & Gardner, P.L. (2002) The Science of the Experiment: Proposal for a video-based teaching module. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University.

Gardner, P.L. (1999) Developing a School Mentoring Scheme. £1177 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University.

External Contribution:

Fife Science Festival (2009) St. Andrews Co-cordinator - with L. Sibbet

Transitions Access Project (2008 - current) Scottish Wider Access Partnership

The Open Association (2007) - The psychology of everyday life (One-day workshop)

The Open Association (2006) - The psychology of everyday life (One-day workshop)

BPS Undergraduate Conference (Scotland, 2006) - Organiser.

Campbell, M. (Content Author) & Gardner, P.L. (Course Designer) (2002) National Induction Materials. Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability.

LTSN Subject Specialist (2000-2002) Research Methods and Statistics.
LTSN Mini-project holder (2001) Increasing inter-university student collaboration
Co-Convenor (2002-2003) National Committee for The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland)
Web designer and administrator (2002 - 2004) The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland)
Science and Engineering Ambassador with SETPOINT Scotland (2002 - 2005)
Open University Summer School Tutor (1992 - 2004)
Workshop leader for European Health Psychology 2001 Conference, St. Andrews.
ELT Orientation Week Guest Speaker (2002 - )
The School to University Transition in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Sept. 2004
External Consultancy:

"The development of a risk assessment approach to occupational stress in NHS staff". Member of Advisory Committee. 2003-2004
"Research and Scholarship in Museums and Galleries in the United Kingdom", with Dr. R. Prescott, Scottish Institute of Maritime Studies, 1998.
"Stress and Well-being in Fife Fire Service", with Dr. P. Blackburn, Edinburgh University, 1998.
"Causes and predictors of intubation and extubation of neonates", with Mrs. J. Bain, Ninewells Hospital, 1997.
Esteem Measures:

Invited speaker at the British Psychological Society Flagship Christmas Lectures (Watford Colosseum, (2011)

Invitation to speak at the British Psychological Society Flagship Christmas Lectures (Kensington, 201 - snowed off!0)

Invited speaker atthe British Psychological Society Flagship Edinburgh Lectures (Dynamic Earth, 2009)

Certificate of Recognition (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) The European DANA Alliance for the Brain

Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Conferences. Presented by Prof. Richard Gregory FRS on behalf of the Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland. (2004)

Institute of IT Skills Certificate in Online Learning (2002)

Elected Honorary President of the Students' Association (2000)

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2009)

Chairperson of British Science Association, St. Andrews Branch (2005 - current).

Regular reviewer of books and book proposals for Pearson's Publishing, Wiley Publishing, and Sage Publishing (2000 - current).

Publications:

Gardner, P.L.(2012) Public Engagement of Science, Higher Education Academy Newsletter.

Gardner, P.L. & Mon-Williams, M. (2001) Vertical gaze angle: absolute height-in-scene information for the programming of prehension. Experimental Brain Research, 136, pp. 379-385

Gardner, P.L. & Gilchrist, K. (2001) Psychology: Mind, Brain and Culture. Book review.Psychology Learning and Teaching (The Journal of LTSN Psychology). 1(1), pp52-53.

Gardner, P.L. (1996) Software review, Journey, Psychology Software News, 6(2), pp.47-50.

Gardner, P.L. (1994) Invited Book Review, Metapsychology: missing links in behavior, mind and science, Psychologia , (Internet Journal of Psychology).

Gardner, P.L. (1994) Software review, Animal Learning, Psychology Software News, 5(1), pp.18-19.

Conference Presentations:

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2012). Lecture 1: There is more to seeing than meets the eye.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2011). Lecture 1: Love and Attraction. Lecture 2: To see or not to see, that is perception.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2010). Lecture 1: Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder?. Lecture 2: To see or not to see; that is perception.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2009). Lecture 1: Attractiveness. Lecture 2: To see or not to see, that is perception.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2008). Lecture 1: Attractiveness. Lecture 2: To see or not to see, that is perception.

Research Futures Conference (St. Andrews, 2007): Public understanding of science.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2007). Lecture 1: Love and Attraction. Lecture 2: Perception: there is more to seeing than meets the eye.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2006). Lecture 1: Memory. Lecture 2: Cognition: Are parrots as clever as A level students.

The Higher Education Academy Forum (2005) Keynote Speaker: "Good teaching is rewarding"

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2005). Lecture 1: Love and Attraction. Lecture 2: Perception: there is more to seeing than meets the eye.

The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland), 2005. Social Psychology, Individual Differences and Group Dynamics.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2004). Lecture 1: Biological bases of human behaviour. Lecture 2: Memory in the real world.

Open University Psychology Society (2004). Exploring Psychology.

The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland), 2003. A review of admission's policies in the UK with respect to Higher Psychology.

Open University Psychology Society (Ireland), 2003. Cognitive Psychology: Memory, Perception, Problem Solving and Language.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2003). Perception: There is more to seeing than meets the eye.

The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland), 2002. To see or not to see, that is perception.

Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2002). Cognition and Autism.

Staff Development

November, 2008. Educating our Scientists of Tomorrow. Science and the Parliament.

August, 2008. Recruitment and Selection Legislation.

November, 2004. Enhancing Employability

July, 2004. Diversity training.

June, 2004. HE Challenges for the 21st Century: Putting the student at the centre of learning.

January, 2004. An Introduction to webCT

June, 2003. Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) Networking Project

		This is my home page and starting point to various links. My particular research interests are in the development of Critical Reasoning skills in undergraduates and I also contribute regularly to Public Understanding of Science events. I also have an interest in web-based resources for learning and teaching. If you would like to get in touch please click on the following link to send me an e-mail plg@st-and.ac.uk If you do this please include your email address in the body of the message otherwise I may not know how to get back to you.
		I'm Principal Teaching Fellow in the School of Psychology here at the University of St. Andrews. I currently teach, as well as being Module Controller, for PS1901, PS3031(Conceptual and Historical Issues) and am course controller for PS2091 and PS3092 on our Evening Degree programme. I also contribute to our research methods modules in third year having previously run them and give occasional classes to our first year course. I have six second year tutorial groups, four review essay students and eight Masters students attend PS5231. I am second supervisor to a final year Ph.D student. Applied Quantitative Methods Network - I'm no longer directly involved in this project but it is definitely worth checking out if you are in academia or in policy making. Administrative duties: Psychology "Space" School Organiser (2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012) Deputy Director of Teaching (2004 - 2006) National Science Week Steering Group (St. Andrews), 2004 - current Sutton Trust Summer School Organiser (2002 - current) School WebCT Advisor (2002 - 2009) Member of the Judging Panel for the St Andrews Learning and Teaching: Innovation, Review and Enhancement Unit Student Learning Essay Competition. (2002 - 2005) University Working Party on Managed Learning Environments (2002) Reading Party Organiser (1999, 2001, 2004, 2012) School visits co-ordination and Visiting Day presentations (2001 - 2005, 2007 - current) National Science Week Open Day Organiser and School of Psychology co-ordinator (2000 - current). School Mentoring Scheme Co-ordinator (1999 - 2009) Staff Council (1992- current) Staff-Student Consultative Committee (1993 -current) LTSN School Contact (1992 - current) and then Higher Education Academy Liaison. Grants: Gardner, P.L. (2012) National Science Festival. £500. British Science Association Gardner, P.L. (2012) National Science and Engineering Week. £300. University of St Andrews Gardner, P.L. et al., (2010) £21,485. A consortium bid with Dundee Science Centre, Adam Smith College, Carnegie College, GeoHeritage Fife, and awarded by Fife Council. A further £10K was attracted by Fife Council from from the Scottish Government Science Engagement Grant scheme and another £7K from Community Grants. This funded the Fife Science Festival 2010-2011. Gardner, P.L., et al.,. (2009) £11,700. SusTrans (Scotland) Darwin 200 Roadshow. (2009) £8000, Scottish Government, Science Engagement Grant. Gardner, P.L. et al., (2009) £1000, School Liaison, University of St. Andrews. To support Darwin Roadshow. Gardner, P.L. et al., (2009) £2000, School of Psychology, University of St. Andrews. To support Darwin Roadshow. ESRC Grant for £1,343,164.53 to develop an “Advanced Quantitative Methods Network” in Scotland (2009-2011). Principal Investigator: Professor Susan McVie University of Edinburgh. Co-investgators: Professor L. Paterson, Dr A. Thompson, Dr C. Iannelli , Dr A. Glendinning, Prof. V. Gayle, Mr P. Gardner, Dr M. Shephard, Dr S. Tagg , Dr R Raeside, Professor G. Pryce, Dr G. Hay, Dr A. Geddes. Gardner, P.L. (2009) Fife Science Festival £370. British Science Association. Gardner, P.L. (2008) Darwin Day. £280. British Association for the Advancement of Science. Gardner, P.L. & McGuigan, N. (2005) Enhancing Professional Skills Development for Psychology Students. £1700 awarded by the Strategic Enhancement of Learning Fund, St. Andrews University. Humphris,G., Gardner, P.L., & Von Wagner, C. (2004). Reflection-on-action: a project to facilitate large group collaborative learning in the context of communication skills training. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University. Flynn, E. & Gardner, P.L. (2004) The role of explanations in the development of critical thinking skills. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University. Gardner, P.L. & O'Carroll, R. (2002) Development of an online course in communication skills. £1500 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University. Gardner, P.L. (2002) Development of an online course in Critical Reasoning. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University. Reicher, S. & Gardner, P.L. (2002) The Science of the Experiment: Proposal for a video-based teaching module. £2000 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University. Gardner, P.L. (1999) Developing a School Mentoring Scheme. £1177 awarded by the Funding Initiatives in Learning, Teaching and Assessment, St. Andrews University. External Contribution: Fife Science Festival (2009) St. Andrews Co-cordinator - with L. Sibbet Transitions Access Project (2008 - current) Scottish Wider Access Partnership The Open Association (2007) - The psychology of everyday life (One-day workshop) The Open Association (2006) - The psychology of everyday life (One-day workshop) BPS Undergraduate Conference (Scotland, 2006) - Organiser. Campbell, M. (Content Author) & Gardner, P.L. (Course Designer) (2002) National Induction Materials. Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability. LTSN Subject Specialist (2000-2002) Research Methods and Statistics. LTSN Mini-project holder (2001) Increasing inter-university student collaboration Co-Convenor (2002-2003) National Committee for The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland) Web designer and administrator (2002 - 2004) The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland) Science and Engineering Ambassador with SETPOINT Scotland (2002 - 2005) Open University Summer School Tutor (1992 - 2004) Workshop leader for European Health Psychology 2001 Conference, St. Andrews. ELT Orientation Week Guest Speaker (2002 - ) The School to University Transition in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths. Sept. 2004 External Consultancy: "The development of a risk assessment approach to occupational stress in NHS staff". Member of Advisory Committee. 2003-2004 "Research and Scholarship in Museums and Galleries in the United Kingdom", with Dr. R. Prescott, Scottish Institute of Maritime Studies, 1998. "Stress and Well-being in Fife Fire Service", with Dr. P. Blackburn, Edinburgh University, 1998. "Causes and predictors of intubation and extubation of neonates", with Mrs. J. Bain, Ninewells Hospital, 1997. Esteem Measures: Invited speaker at the British Psychological Society Flagship Christmas Lectures (Watford Colosseum, (2011) Invitation to speak at the British Psychological Society Flagship Christmas Lectures (Kensington, 201 - snowed off!0) Invited speaker atthe British Psychological Society Flagship Edinburgh Lectures (Dynamic Earth, 2009) Certificate of Recognition (2006, 2007, 2008, 2010) The European DANA Alliance for the Brain Special Award for Outstanding Contribution to Conferences. Presented by Prof. Richard Gregory FRS on behalf of the Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland. (2004) Institute of IT Skills Certificate in Online Learning (2002) Elected Honorary President of the Students' Association (2000) Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2009) Chairperson of British Science Association, St. Andrews Branch (2005 - current). Regular reviewer of books and book proposals for Pearson's Publishing, Wiley Publishing, and Sage Publishing (2000 - current). Publications: Gardner, P.L.(2012) Public Engagement of Science, Higher Education Academy Newsletter. Gardner, P.L. & Mon-Williams, M. (2001) Vertical gaze angle: absolute height-in-scene information for the programming of prehension. Experimental Brain Research, 136, pp. 379-385 Gardner, P.L. & Gilchrist, K. (2001) Psychology: Mind, Brain and Culture. Book review.Psychology Learning and Teaching (The Journal of LTSN Psychology). 1(1), pp52-53. Gardner, P.L. (1996) Software review, Journey, Psychology Software News, 6(2), pp.47-50. Gardner, P.L. (1994) Invited Book Review, Metapsychology: missing links in behavior, mind and science, Psychologia , (Internet Journal of Psychology). Gardner, P.L. (1994) Software review, Animal Learning, Psychology Software News, 5(1), pp.18-19. Conference Presentations: Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2012). Lecture 1: There is more to seeing than meets the eye. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2011). Lecture 1: Love and Attraction. Lecture 2: To see or not to see, that is perception. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2010). Lecture 1: Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder?. Lecture 2: To see or not to see; that is perception. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2009). Lecture 1: Attractiveness. Lecture 2: To see or not to see, that is perception. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2008). Lecture 1: Attractiveness. Lecture 2: To see or not to see, that is perception. Research Futures Conference (St. Andrews, 2007): Public understanding of science. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2007). Lecture 1: Love and Attraction. Lecture 2: Perception: there is more to seeing than meets the eye. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2006). Lecture 1: Memory. Lecture 2: Cognition: Are parrots as clever as A level students. The Higher Education Academy Forum (2005) Keynote Speaker: "Good teaching is rewarding" Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2005). Lecture 1: Love and Attraction. Lecture 2: Perception: there is more to seeing than meets the eye. The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland), 2005. Social Psychology, Individual Differences and Group Dynamics. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2004). Lecture 1: Biological bases of human behaviour. Lecture 2: Memory in the real world. Open University Psychology Society (2004). Exploring Psychology. The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland), 2003. A review of admission's policies in the UK with respect to Higher Psychology. Open University Psychology Society (Ireland), 2003. Cognitive Psychology: Memory, Perception, Problem Solving and Language. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2003). Perception: There is more to seeing than meets the eye. The Association for the Teaching of Psychology (Scotland), 2002. To see or not to see, that is perception. Association of Psychology Teachers in Ireland (2002). Cognition and Autism. Staff Development November, 2008. Educating our Scientists of Tomorrow. Science and the Parliament. August, 2008. Recruitment and Selection Legislation. November, 2004. Enhancing Employability July, 2004. Diversity training. June, 2004. HE Challenges for the 21st Century: Putting the student at the centre of learning. January, 2004. An Introduction to webCT June, 2003. Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS) Networking Project