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Prof

Joseph Lo Bianco

Honorary
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
social sciences
linguistics
education & educational research
language & linguistics
language policy
australia
education
language education
multicultural education
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Prof

Joseph Lo Bianco

 
Division
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
English as a second language; International English
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Projects

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The experiences of refugee background students and classroom and school practice in primary and secondary schools in Metropolitan Melbourne

2019 - 2022
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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 - 2021
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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 - 2021
Active
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Best Evidence Synthesis Early Childhood Language Program

2018 - 2019
Completed
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SUBCONTRACT WITH AUSTRALIAN COUNCIL FOR EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH (LEX34098)

2019 - 2019
Completed
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Peer Learning of Mandarin and English: an exploration of the possibilities of transnational digital pedagogy in the IB Middle Year's Programme

2014 - 2016
Completed
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LANGUAGES IN URBAN COMMUNITIES - INTEGRATION AND DIVERSITY FOR EUROPE (LUCIDE)

2012 - 2014
Completed
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Intercultural Approaches to Teaching Chinese: A Basis for Pedagogical Innovation

The nation in general will benefit by having a better prepared and more competent population of Chinese teachers, learners and professionals..

2010 - 2013
Completed
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SUSTAINABLE MODELS OF CONTENT AND LANGUAGE INTEGRATED LEARNING IN ASIAN LANGUAGES

2009 - 2010
Completed
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INTERCULTURAL APPROACHES TO TEACHING CHINESE: A BASIS FOR PEDAGOGICAL INNOVATION

2008 - 2008
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

7

Research Contracts

4

Research Grant

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works from 190 for Joseph Lo Bianco.

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Low Print Literacy and Its Representation in Research and Policy

Bart Deygers, Martha Bigelow, Joseph Lo Bianco, Darshini Nadarajan, Massimiliano Tani

Journal article  |  2021  |  LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT QUARTERLY

This paper constitutes an edited transcript of two online panels, conducted with four scholars whose complementary expertise regar..

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The discourse of the edge: marginal advantage, positioning and linguistic entrepreneurship

Joseph Lo Bianco

Journal article  |  2021  |  MULTILINGUA-JOURNAL OF CROSS-CULTURAL AND INTERLANGUAGE COMMUNICATION

This contribution discusses some links between the linguistics and the economics of the spirit of entrepreneurship and entrepreneu..

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Literacy Learning and Language Education: Dominant Language Constellations and Contemporary Multilingualism

J Lo Bianco

Book Chapter  |  2021  |  Educational Linguistics

The DLC concept also allows teachers and researchers to take into account various kinds of impact that multilingualism has on educ..

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Ideologies of sign language and their repercussions in language policy determinations

Joseph Lo Bianco

Journal article  |  2020  |  LANGUAGE & COMMUNICATION

This article discusses ideologies of sign languages and language policy for revitalisation. The first part provides an analysis of..

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Educational Psychology

Katie Wright, Emma Buchanan

Book  |  2020

Learning and teaching is an integrated process, and theory and practice cannot be separated. Educational Psychology 4e incorporate..

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Quo Vadis, DLC?

J Lo Bianco

Book Chapter  |  2020  |  Educational Linguistics

What are the likely future directions of the concept of the Dominant Language Constellation? What is the role of the DLC within mu..

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Introduction: The Dominant Language Constellations: A New Perspective on Multilingualism

J Lo Bianco, L Aronin

Book Chapter  |  2020  |  Educational Linguistics

This volume is devoted to examination of contemporary sociolinguistic practices from the perspective of Dominant Language Constell..

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A Meeting of Concepts and Praxis: Multilingualism, Language Policy and the Dominant Language Constellation

J Lo Bianco

Book Chapter  |  2020  |  Educational Linguistics

This chapter combines discussion of multilingualism and language policy, with the productive power of the Dominant Language Conste..

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Language programming in rural and regional Victoria: Making space for local viewpoints in policy development

Yvette Slaughter, Joseph Lo Bianco, Renata Aliani, Russell Cross, John Hajek

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Review of Applied Linguistics

Despite decades of often ambitious policies in Australia, languages education is still characterized by intermittent commitment to..

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Bilingual Education and Second Language Acquisition in Early Childhood Education: Synthesis of Best Evidence from Research and Practice

Joseph Lo Bianco, E Nicolas, S HANNAN

Report  |  2019

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

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

News

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What is the best way to respond to the Rohingya crisis: boycott, sanctions or engagement?

Anthony Ware, Joseph Lo Bianco, Paul Komesaroff

More than 820,000 Rohingya have now fled Myanmar for Bangladesh, at least 607,000 since August 25. That is more than half the Muslim populat..

November 14, 2017
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Using education to create cohesion from conflict

Joseph Lo Bianco

Social cohesion is one of the most important things in the world. We take it for granted, but I work in some societies where that’s not poss..

December 13, 2016
pursuit Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1998

Member of the Order of Australia

2011

Medal for Outstanding Service to Language Teaching

Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers Associations
2007

College Medal

Australian College of Educators
2003

Centennial Medal

Contribution to Australian Society and to Literacy Policy
2003

Centenary Medal "for service to Australian society & the humanities in literacy planning"
1999

Commendatore for Australian-Italian Cultural Relations

Ordine di Merito della Repubblica Italiana.
1992

Collaboration Award

Goethe Institut/French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1990

Medal

International Literacy Year
2014

Fellow US Heritage Language Alliance (Inaugural)

2014

Fellow Aspen Institute Italia

2002

Charles A Ferguson Fellowship for Excellence in Sociolinguistics (Centre for Applied Linguistics (CAL))

1999

FAHA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

1997

FACE - Fellow of the Australian College of Education

1996

Andrew W Mellon Fellowship

1992

FAICD - Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Honorary

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Research Director

UNICEF Language and Peacebuilding initiative (Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand)

Patron

Victorian School of Languages

Education

Certificato Studi Linguistici e Culturali

Universita degli Studi di Venezia Ca Foscari

Doctor of Philosophy

The Australian National University

Company Directors

University of Sydney

Bachelor of Education

La Trobe University

Links

International Linkages

Council of Europe

France

AusAID (Myanmar)

Myanmar

UNESCO (Australia)

Australia

Beijing Foreign Studies University

China