Researching Practices Across and Within Diverse Educational Sites- New Book
Griffith Institute for Educational Research member Associated Professor Sue Whatman recently led a team of authors in a book called ‘… Read More
Health and Well-Being in the Middle Grades: Research for Effective Middle Level Education- New Book
Griffith Institute for Educational Research members Associate Professor Katherine Main and Associate Professor Sue Whatman published a book titled “… Read More
How to publish- Tips from PhD candidates
Publishing research findings is part of academic life and it is the same for those just starting out their journey as a PhD candidate. Doctoral… Read More
Meet Dr Elizabeth Wheeley
Dr Elizabeth Wheeley kindly agreed to talk to us about her background, research interests, and her current research projects. Elizabeth has been a Griffith member having… Read More
Supporting, guiding and enacting learning across working life
On Thursday, February 9th, a group of Griffith Researchers also associated with Adult Learning Australia, presented their research in a hybrid seminar called… Read More
Doctoral students’ collaborative practices in developing writer identities
Finding and developing meaningful connection with others is an essential part of our human journey. Community is important not only on a personal level but also influences our professional lives. However, the human element of educational research tends to get lost in negotiating the protocols of the academic institution. Two GIER doctoral students are breaking this mould, with their compelling auto-ethnography publication “Doctoral students’ collaborative practices in developing writer identities.” Read More
New publication on the strategic use of languages to raise children bilingually
Areej Yousef is a Higher Degree Research candidate and research assistant with GIER, in the area of bilingualism and bilingual education, settlement, belonging and identity construction among migrants and refugees. Recently, she has had her second article from her Master of Education and Professional Studies published. Read More
Knowing who you are: Heritage language, identity, and safe space in a bilingual kindergarten
Dr Kerry Taylor-Leech (from GIER) and Eseta Tualaulelei (from USQ) have been featured in a special issue of the journal TESOL in Context Vol. 30 No. 1: Languages in Early Childhood Education containing their article 'Knowing who you are: Heritage language, identity, and safe space in a bilingual kindergarten'. Read More
Principal leadership for parent engagement in disadvantaged schools: New book
GIER member Dr Linda Willis has co-authored a new book, Principal leadership for parent engagement in disadvantaged schools: What qualities and strategies distinguish effective principals? Read More
“Punching above their weight”: NAPLAN metaphors
How are economically disadvantaged communities and schools portrayed in news stories about school results in the National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) assessments? In one case, a news story used the metaphor, ‘punching well above their weight’, when referring to the NAPLAN results of ‘disadvantaged’ schools. This metaphor represents schools in locations of poverty as performing poorly on NAPLAN by implying that any NAPLAN success is unusual or an exceptional variance. Recent research by Dr Aspa Baroutsis has investigated the use of metaphors in news stories about the NAPLAN performance of schools in locations of poverty in the Australian print media over the last 10 years. Read More
