Peter Tranent
I have been teaching-intensive academic at the University of Tasmania since 2000. From 2006 to 2012, I was the 1st year co-ordinator for Psychology. I've supervised 18 Psychology Honours students, 2 Graduate Diploma of Rehabilitation Counselling students and 1 Psychology Masters student. In 2001 I was part of a team that won an Award for Teaching Excellence, for the project “Psychology Online for remote Campus and Distance Students”. In 2013 and 2014 I received UTAS Teaching Merit certificates. At the end of 2015 I will complete a Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education.
Currently I teach Psychology A (KHA111) and B (KHA112), which are both cross-campus introductory units and Social Psychology (KHA207), Cognitive Psychology (KHA253) and Individual Differences (KHA253). I am a member of the Psychology Learning and Teaching Committee and the Psychology representative on the Arts Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee. I have extensive experience in setting up and running large cross-campus units and web based support, and a blend of face to face and online interaction.
In 2007-2008, I headed a team that conducted a Consultancy for WISE employment looking at clients understanding of their rights and obligations. I have collaborated with researchers with Social Work backgrounds to publish papers on the understanding 'counsellors' have of the ethics and legalities of dealing with clients' disclosure of theft and on young gamblers' construction of identity. I'm currently working on experimental papers dealing with the decision making under conditions of cognitive threat as part of a program to complete a PhD by publication.
Currently I teach Psychology A (KHA111) and B (KHA112), which are both cross-campus introductory units and Social Psychology (KHA207), Cognitive Psychology (KHA253) and Individual Differences (KHA253). I am a member of the Psychology Learning and Teaching Committee and the Psychology representative on the Arts Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee. I have extensive experience in setting up and running large cross-campus units and web based support, and a blend of face to face and online interaction.
In 2007-2008, I headed a team that conducted a Consultancy for WISE employment looking at clients understanding of their rights and obligations. I have collaborated with researchers with Social Work backgrounds to publish papers on the understanding 'counsellors' have of the ethics and legalities of dealing with clients' disclosure of theft and on young gamblers' construction of identity. I'm currently working on experimental papers dealing with the decision making under conditions of cognitive threat as part of a program to complete a PhD by publication.
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Position
Associate Lecturer Faculty / Division School of Medicine Division of Psychology Telephone +61 3 6324 3293 peter.tranent@utas.edu.au Location University of Tasmania School of Medicine Division of Psychology Locked Bag 1342 Launceston, TAS 7250 |
Qualifications
- BPsych(Hons) Teaching Interests - Developing assessment tasks that build research skills - Design of web based support materials that encourage ongoing interaction with material - Designing learning activities that encourage students to independently research relevant content Fields of Research - Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology - Social and Community Psychology - Developmental Psychology and Ageing Research Impact - Teaching and Instruction Technologies - Employment Patterns and Change - Behaviour and Health |
Journal Publications
In Print
2016
Bantoft, C., Summers, M. J., Tranent, P. J., Palmer, M. A., Cooley, P. D., & Pedersen, S. J. (2016). Effect of standing or walking at a workstation on cognitive function: A randomized counterbalanced trial. Human Factors, 58, 140-149.
Russell, B. A., Summers, M. J., Tranent, P. J., Palmer, M. A., Cooley, P. D., & Pedersen, S. J. (2016). A randomised control trial of the cognitive effects of working in a seated as opposed to a standing position in office workers. Ergonomics, 59, 737-744.
2014
Patford, J., Tranent, P. J., & Gardner, C. (2014). Young adults’ stories of gambling in a research situation: a narrative inquiry. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 13 (2) pp. 225-240.
2013
Boer, O. E., & Tranent, P. J., (2013). Conceptualising the Relationship between Maternal Parenting Style and Adolescent Self-Esteem: A Pragmatic Approach. Journal of Relationships Research, 4 (5) pp. 1-7.
Patford, J. & Tranent, P. J., (2013). With due consideration: Australian human service practitioners' understandings of confidentiality and disclosure obligations in regard to cases concerning gambling-related theft. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 11 (1) pp. 31-49.
In Print
2016
Bantoft, C., Summers, M. J., Tranent, P. J., Palmer, M. A., Cooley, P. D., & Pedersen, S. J. (2016). Effect of standing or walking at a workstation on cognitive function: A randomized counterbalanced trial. Human Factors, 58, 140-149.
Russell, B. A., Summers, M. J., Tranent, P. J., Palmer, M. A., Cooley, P. D., & Pedersen, S. J. (2016). A randomised control trial of the cognitive effects of working in a seated as opposed to a standing position in office workers. Ergonomics, 59, 737-744.
2014
Patford, J., Tranent, P. J., & Gardner, C. (2014). Young adults’ stories of gambling in a research situation: a narrative inquiry. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 13 (2) pp. 225-240.
2013
Boer, O. E., & Tranent, P. J., (2013). Conceptualising the Relationship between Maternal Parenting Style and Adolescent Self-Esteem: A Pragmatic Approach. Journal of Relationships Research, 4 (5) pp. 1-7.
Patford, J. & Tranent, P. J., (2013). With due consideration: Australian human service practitioners' understandings of confidentiality and disclosure obligations in regard to cases concerning gambling-related theft. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 11 (1) pp. 31-49.