Rate My Professor Eloise Perini

Eloise Perini is a Lecturer in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University, part of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She has played a significant role in undergraduate psychology education, serving as unit coordinator for multiple core units across several years. These include PSY4111 Psychology foundations: The individual (2024), PSY4151 Personality and social psychology (2023), PSY4122 Psychology 1B (2020), PSY4032 Abnormal psychology (2021), PSY4131 Developmental and biological psychology (2021), PSY4062 Research methods and theory (2021), PSY4170 Neuroscience of cognition and behaviour (2021), and PSY4041 Psychological testing and ethics (2020). Her coordination extends to both on-campus and online offerings, supporting large and diverse student cohorts in foundational, abnormal, developmental, biological, personality, social, research methods, and neuroscience topics in psychology.

Perini's scholarly contributions span innovative pedagogy and earlier psychological research. In 2013, she co-authored 'A blended learning lecture delivery model for large and diverse undergraduate cohorts' in Computers & Education with Wendy A. McKenzie, Vanessa Ilse Rohlf, Samia Rachael Toukhsati, Russell Conduit, and Gordon Drummond Sanson. The study introduced an online personalized learning system for lecture preparation in introductory psychology, paired with face-to-face extensions and diagnostic, formative, and summative quizzes. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that students completing online formative assessments achieved significantly higher summative scores, with even greater gains from repeated use. She also contributed to 'Exploring approaches to professional development for online teachers: A case study of the graduate diploma in psychology' with Leah Braganza, Dragan Ilic, and Matthew E. Mundy, focusing on Monash's fully online Graduate Diploma in Psychology. Earlier publications include 'Tail docking in dogs: a review of the issues' (2003, Australian Veterinary Journal, with Pauleen C. Bennett) and 'Tail docking in dogs: can attitude change be achieved?' (with Bennett), alongside co-authorships on memory formation in chicks and veterinarian attitudes toward animal abuse. Perini compiled study materials for Psychology 1B (PSY1022/PSY4122) and presented on engaging e-learning experiences at MoodleMoot Australia 2016.