Dr Pamela Van Oploo

BSc (Hons), PhD (Science and Technology)
Lecturer, Philosophy and Religious Education

Email: pamela.van.oploo@nd.edu.au

  • Biography

    Pamela Van Oploo is a lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, Sydney who has a background in earth and environmental science, having completed a Bachelor of Science and Mathematics (Hons) and a PhD in Science and Technology. She is currently completing a second doctorate on the educational philosophy of St Thomas Aquinas.

  • Teaching Areas

    • Philosophy
    • Religious education
    • Core curriculum

  • Research Expertise and Supervision

    • Thomistic Philosophy
    • Philosophy of education
    • Religious education - Biblical Theology, Sacramental Theology, Church History and doctrinal development, RE teaching methods.

  • Books

    The Sacrament of Holy Communion Teacher's Manual, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW, 2023.

    The Sacrament of Holy Communion Craft book, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW, 2023.

    The Sacrament of Holy Communion Student Workbook, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW, 2023.

    The Sacrament of Confirmation Teacher's Manual, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW,  forthcoming 2024.

    The Sacrament of Confirmation Student Workbook, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW,  forthcoming 2024.

    The Sacrament of Confirmation Craft book, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW,  forthcoming 2024.

    The Sacrament of Reconciliation Teacher's Manual, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW,  forthcoming 2024.

    The Sacrament of Reconciliation Student Workbook, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW,  forthcoming 2024.

    The Sacrament of Reconciliation Craft book, SALT Approach Series by Anne Marie Irwin and Pamela van Oploo, SALT Publications, Parramatta, NSW,  forthcoming 2024.

  • Book Chapters

    van Oploo, Pamela. "St Thomas Aquinas on the Primacy of the Divine Teacher in the Person of the Holy Spirit — some pedagogical implications." In Pneumatology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium, edited by Kevin Wagner, Peter J. McGregor, and M. Isabell Naumann. Eugene, OR: Pickwick, forthcoming 2024.

  • Conference Papers

    van Oploo, Pamela. "God THE teacher in the Person of the Holy Spirit, according to the thought of St Thomas Aquinas; some pedagogical considerations.' Paper presented at Pneumatology at the Beginning of the Third Millennium Conference, University of Notre Dame, Australia. Sydney, July 2022.

  • In the Media

    Several religious pedagogy you-tube clips.

  • Community Engagement

    Professional development courses for Sydney Catholic Schools and the Congragation for the Doctrine of Faith, Sydney.

    Consultant for the SALT teaching approach involved in implenting new pedagogical approaches to teaching RE in schools and in parish settings including the development of Sunday school programs and RE pre-school programs based on the Church's liturgical year.

    Parish liturgical coordinator and choir mistress.