Rate My Professor Natasha Rappa

Associate Professor Natasha Rappa serves in the School of Education at Murdoch University, specializing in educational technology. She holds a PhD from the University of Sheffield and has progressed in her career at Murdoch University from lecturer to senior lecturer prior to her promotion to associate professor. Rappa's research interests encompass educational technology, teacher education, and disciplinary literacy, reflected in her Google Scholar profile with over 1,304 citations.

Her key publications demonstrate her contributions to advancing pedagogy and technology integration in education. These include "Critical questioning with generative AI: Developing AI literacy in secondary education" (Thinking Skills and Creativity, 2026, co-authored with Kok-Sing Tang, Grant Cooper, and Jonathan Edwards); "A dialogic approach to transform teaching, learning & assessment with multimodal literacies" (2024, with Kok-Sing Tang, Grant Cooper, Martin Cooper, Craig Sims, and Karen Nonis); "Simulation platforms in initial teacher education: A design-based research approach to formative feedback and scaffolding using SimLab" (Computers & Education, 2022, with Susan Ledger, Emily Ericson, and Anthony Clarke); "Pre-service teachers' reflections on their challenging practicum experiences during COVID-19: A reflexive thematic analysis" (Teacher Development, 2023); and "Resilience interventions using interactive technology: A scoping review" (Interactive Learning Environments, 2020). Rappa has supervised doctoral theses such as "Exploring school adaptations to the challenges of contemporary remote learning" (2022) and "Rethinking the Australian Curriculum through a Systems Thinking lens" (2021). She received the Vice Chancellor's Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning and recognition in Murdoch University's Vice Chancellor's awards for early career research. Her scholarship influences teacher preparation through simulation-based practicums and AI-enhanced critical thinking.