Languages and Literacies Education Academic Group

Co-Designing 'Well-Learning' Pedagogy in Tasmanian Schools

2027 - 2027

Challenging Masculinities: Male-Identifying Teachers’ Gender-Just Pedagogical Practices in Australia

2026 - 2027

Beyond the Monolingual Lens: Advancing Linguistically Responsive Phonics in Early Reading Instruction

2026 - 2026

Strengthening Mentoring Conversations Through Evidence-Based Feedback Practices

2026 - 2026

Starting Young: Early Years Languages Learning in Australia

This project aims to investigate early year’s language programs in Australian schools. The project will explore and analyse successful progr..

2019 - 2026

Scholarly Works

Scholarly Works by research group members

Displaying 10 scholarly works from 760 for the research group.

12 Understanding the Pedagogical Challenges in Online Learning for EAL Students

Gary Bonar, Anne Keary, Yvette Slaughter, Tanya Davies

Book Chapter | 2026

Romanization of Vietnamese

Joseph Lo Bianco

Journal article | 2026

Abstract Writing about East Asian language planning, Gottlieb and Chen (2001) point out that script reform and c..

Role of Deliberation in Language Policy and Planning

Joseph Lo Bianco

Journal article | 2026

Abstract In an early phase of modern language planning and policy analysis there was a major focus on the idea o..

The politics and pedagogy of teaching literacy in the state of Victoria, Australia

L Gawne

Journal article | 2026 | Educational Research for Policy and Practice

This education policy analysis reviews the state of Victoria, Australia’s position on the teaching and learning of literacy. This ..

How do educators leverage diverse languages in language studies within Australian higher education? A comparison of content- and language-focused courses

Mobina Sahraee Juybari

Journal article | 2026 | Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development

This study investigates how educators leverage diverse languages within the structural divide between content- and language-focuse..

Language Policy and Planning: Overview

Joseph Lo Bianco

Book Chapter | 2026

Abstract The overview for the Language Policy and Planning section of T..

Crystallizing Postdigital Feminist Dialogue in/for/through Learning Environments: Advancing Gender-Inclusive Educational Citizenship

E Heidari, M Janfada

Journal article | 2026 | Postdigital Science and Education

Crystallized within postdigital feminist scholarship, this conceptual study strengthens feminist dialogue on learning environments..

Postdigital English education: a productive narrative for resisting neoliberal logics

Alex Bacalja

Journal article | 2026 | English in Education

Open access

This paper situates itself within debates surrounding the impact of neoliberalism on English education and proposes postdigital En..

Reading how to be male

Troy Potter

Media | 2026

The Development of L2 Selves Among Chinese Early Adolescent Learners of English in Student‐ and Teacher‐Centred Contexts: A Person‐in‐Context Relational View

Xiao Hu, Mairin Hennebry‐Leung

Journal article | 2026 | International Journal of Applied Linguistics

ABSTRACT In language education, student‐centred instruction is often promoted as beneficial for learners. Howeve..

News

News by research group members

Displaying 10 news articles from 14 for the research group.

Male teachers can challenge misogyny in schools every day, not just on International Women’s Day

Troy Potter, Michael Kehler

International Women’s Day is an important day for everyone, regardless of gender, to raise awareness about gender inequality. This includes..

March 5, 2026

Leave notes, play games, go shopping: how to boost your child’s multilingual skills these holidays

Julie Choi

About 5.7 million Australians speak a language other than English at home. Most multilingual children spend their school days speaking Engl..

December 16, 2025

While ChatGPT can help, Australian students must remember to think for themselves

Emily Frawley

2025’s Year 12 students are the first group in history to have gone through their final years of high school with widespread access to Gene..

September 15, 2025

Why collaborative mentoring for teachers is key to great education

Jeana Kriewaldt, Nicky Dulfer, Edith Nicolas

Australia’s education system is grappling with a serious challenge. The Australian Federal Government has warned that secondary teacher dem..

July 23, 2025

Episode 2: Strengthening multiculturalism in a time of conflict

Jon Faine, Karen Farqhuarson, Joseph Lo Bianco, Ghassan Hage

Australia’s modern history of multiculturalism, especially after the Second World War, has been held up as one of the success stories of Au..

September 26, 2024

5 books for kids and teens that positively portray trans and gender-diverse lives

Troy Potter

International Transgender Day of Visibility is an opportunity to celebrate trans and gender-diverse people – and to raise awareness of the ..

March 30, 2023

'Nostalgic' classics, or edgy contemporary texts? What books are kids reading in Australian schools – and does it matter?

Alex Bacalja

Debates about what books students should be reading in high school reach a crescendo at the start of each school year. As parents make t..

January 29, 2023

Remote learning is even harder when English isn't students' first language. Schools told us their priorities for supporting them

Gary Bonar, Anne Keary, Tanya Davies, Yvette Slaughter

The COVID-19 pandemic has left large numbers of students, teachers and families grappling with the challenges of remote learning. Remote le..

September 7, 2021

Teen summer reads: how to escape to another world after a year stuck in this one

Troy Potter

This article is part of three-part series on summer reads for young people after a very unique year. As this tumultuous year comes to a..

December 21, 2020

Australian literature’s great silence

Alexander Bacalja, Lauren Bliss

The Black Lives Matter protests have drawn attention to issues of race in Australia. Statues honouring divisive historical figures have bee..

October 5, 2020