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Prof

Russell Cross

Professor In Additional Languages Edu
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Sociocultural Theory
Activity theory
Vygotsky
Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL)
Teacher Education
Languages Education
Teacher Knowledge and Practice
Bilingual Education
Language Curriculum and Pedagogy
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Russell Cross

 
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Melbourne Graduate School of Education
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Russell Cross' research groups

  • Languages and Literacies Education Academic Group

    The Languages and Literacies Academic Group brings together academics in languages and literacies from a range of education focussed contexts, including the early years, primary, secondary and tertiary settings, and into adulthood.

Projects

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SOCIAL JUSTICE DISPOSITIONS INFORMING TEACHERS' PEDAGOGY IN ADVANTAGED AND DISADVANTAGED SECONDARY SCHOOLS

This project studies the different perspectives that teachers have towards social justice and how these differently influence their teaching..

2013 - 2016
Completed
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RESEARCH AND EVALUATION OF THE TRIAL OF CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING (CLIL) APPROACH TO TEACHING AND LEARNING LANGUAGES

2012 - 2012
Completed
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SUSTAINABLE MODELS OF CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING IN ASIAN LANGUAGES

2009 - 2010
Completed
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Literacy and teaching English outside of the mainstream.

2008 - 2008
Completed

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Project Types

2

Internal Research Grant

1

Research Contracts

1

Research Grant

Scholarly Works

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Plurilingualism and language and literacy education

Russell Cross, Jacqueline D'warte, Yvette Slaughter

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERACY

In this paper, we discuss the place of plurilingualism in Language and Literacy Education. The article problematises English-only,..

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Looking towards plurilingual futures for literacy assessment

J Choi, R Cross, LML Davies, S Ollerhead, M Barnes

Journal article  |  2022  |  Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

This paper furthers the understanding of literacy being developed through this Special Issue by bringing a pluralistic, complex ac..

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Globalizing Teacher Education Through English as a Medium of Instruction: A Vygotskian Perspective

Thi Kim Anh Dang, Russell Cross

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Standardized Testing as a Gatekeeping Mechanism for Teacher Quality

Melissa Barnes, Russell Cross

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Correction to: Creative in finding creativity in the curriculum: the CLIL second language classroom (The Australian Educational Researcher, (2012), 39, 4, (431-445), 10.1007/s13384-012-0074-8)

R Cross

Journal article  |  2021  |  Australian Educational Researcher

The article “Creative in finding creativity in the curriculum: the CLIL second language classroom”, written by Russell Cross was o..

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'Quality' at a cost: the politics of teacher education policy in Australia

Melissa Barnes, Russell Cross

Journal article  |  2021  |  CRITICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION

Amid this global landscape for education and policy, this paper focuses on the subject of teacher quality through the lens of teac..

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Teacher education policy to improve teacher quality: Substantive reform or just another hurdle?

Melissa Barnes, Russell Cross

Journal article  |  2020  |  TEACHERS AND TEACHING

Mounting criticism suggests that the recent introduction of a ‘gatekeeping’ test to improve the quality of teachers in Australia—t..

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Challenging the monolingual mindset: Understanding plurilingual pedagogies in English as an Additional Language (EAL) classrooms

Yvette Slaughter, Russell Cross

Journal article  |  2020  |  LANGUAGE TEACHING RESEARCH

Current theories of bilingualism argue that the language practices of bilinguals are drawn from a single linguistic repertoire, an..

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Plurilingualism in the Content and Language Integrated Classroom

Margaret Gearon, Russell Cross

Book Chapter  |  2020

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CLIL in Multilingual and English-Background Contexts

Kim Bower, Russell Cross, Do Coyle

Book Chapter  |  2020

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Keyword Analysis

Curriculum and Pedagogy
Teaching and Curriculum
Education Systems
Communication
Schools and Learning Environments
Specialist Studies in Education
Learner and Learning
Linguistics
Education Policy, Sociology and Philosophy
Other Education and Training

News

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Why we need to review how we test for teacher quality

Melissa Barnes, Russell Cross

With Australia falling further in the latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) rankings, new debates have emerged about..

April 22, 2018
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Credentials

Positions

Professor In Additional Languages Edu

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Member

Australian Association for Research in Education

Member

Applied Linguistics Association of Australia

Member

Australian Council of TESOL Associations

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

Monash University

Bachelor of Education (first class honors)

Central Queensland University

Bachelor of Teaching (LOTE) with distinction

Central Queensland University

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