Fields of Research

Teacher education and professional development of educators
Special education and disability
Primary education
Social theory
Other education
Education assessment and evaluation
Gender relations
Higher education

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in education
Other education and training
Families and family services
Learner and learning
Gender aspects in education
International organisations

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

'This is a job for Hazmat Guy!': global media cultures and children's everyday lives; International Handbook of Research on Children’s Literacy, Learning, and Culture
(Re)scripting barbie postphenomenology and everyday artefacts; Phenomenology of Youth Cultures and Globalization
A feel for the game: strategic deployments of masculinity; Critical Pedagogy Networker
A feel for the game: strategic deployments of masculinity; Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Conference
Aligning school reform and teacher education reform in the middle years: an Aaustralian case study; Teaching Education
An argument for assemblage theory: integrated spaces, mobility and polycentricity; Children’s Virtual Play Worlds. Culture, Learning, and Participation
Barbies and chimps: text and childhoods in virtual worlds; Virtual Literacies: Interactive Spaces for Children and Young People
Beyond the middle - what the research tells us; Beyond the Middle Conference
Bourdieu’s sociological frame: introduction and implications for literacy teaching; Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Conference
Computer games and literacy; Computers in Education Group of South Australia (CEGSA)
Conclusion: Leaving Hong Kong; Digital Literacies: Social Learning and Classroom Practices
Critical citizenry; Rediscovering Teaching Series
Cultural Studies and Transdisciplinarity in Education; Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.
Digital childhood and youth: new texts, new literacies; Discourse
Digital cultures and contemporary kids; Middle Years of Schooling Annual Conference
Digital cultures, play, creativity: trapped underground.jpg; Play, Creativity and Digital Cultures
Digital literacies and early adolescents; New Literacies Conference
Digital literacies and social inclusion; Literacy and Social Inclusion: Closing the Gap
Digital literacies and the uncanny; United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) International Conference
Digital literacies, identity and participation; Hong Kong Institute of Education Seminar
Digital literacies: Social Learning and Classroom Practices; Sage Publications Ltd.
Digital media and identity; New Literacies Conference
Digital technologies and participation; CANH National Conference
Digital technologies and the nature of literacy; Digital Literacies Conference
Digital technologies, play and civic participation; ESRC Digital cultures and play Seminar Series
Digital technologies, youth cultures; Phi Delta Kappa
Digital texts and new childhoods; Digital Generations Conference
Digital texts, youth, literacy; Town & Gown
Early adolescents, schooling and digital cultures; Australian Middle Years of Schooling Association Conference
Education futures: transforming teacher education (re-framing teacher education for the middle years); Australian Curriculum Studies Association (ACSA) Conference - Education Futures and New Citizenships
Educational issues in the shift to IT based literate practices in Australian homes; The American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting - What We Know and How We Know It
Emergent home literacies: a challenge for educators; Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
Emergent literacies and schooling; International Learning Conference
Emergent texts and literacies; ESRC Seminar Series - Pedagogy and Curriculum: Multidisciplinary perspectives
Everyday family spaces: systemic symbolic violence; Internet Journal of Language, Culture and Society
Everyday family spaces: Systemis symbolic violence; Language, Society and Culture
Fairytales in ICT: a cautionary tale; 24th HERDSA (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia) Annual Conference: Learning Partnerships
Final report: lifelong learning in the middle years of schooling
Finding sustainable spaces for young people in middle schooling: an historical and theoretical inquiry into adolescence
Flexible Delivery for Changing Student Demographics: The UTAS Experience; ASET-HERDSA Conference 2000
Flexible delivery for changing student demographics: the UTas experience; 23th HERDSA (Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia) Annual Conference: Flexible Learning for a Flexible Society
Food, youth and education; Cambridge Journal of Education
Four resources model; Literate Futures Conference
Four resources model and whole school literacy planning; Literate Futures Conference
From blog to bebo and beyond: text, risk, participation; Journal of Research in Reading
From the editors: au revoir and thank you; Discourse
From Wikipedia to the humble classroom wiki: why we should pay attention to wikis; Digital Literacies: Social Learning and Classroom Practices
Generation Z: Zombies, Popular Culture and Educating Youth; Springer Singapore
Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice; The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Language and Literacy
Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice; Raising Standards in Literacy
Globalization, family and nation state: reframing 'family' in new times; Discourse: Studies in The Cultural Politics of Education
Gothic literacies; 1st International Conference on Popular Culture in Asia
Hazmat Guy: an object ethnography; The 47th UKLA (United Kingdom Literacy Association) International Conference,
How we live now: “I don’t think there’s such a thing as being offline”; Teachers College Record
I write, therefore I am: texts in the city; Visual Communication
Interethnic families: a qualitative research project; Inaugural University of Queensland Family Centre Conference
Interethnic families: the development trajectory of a major study; Australian Educational Researcher
Introduction: Contentious technologies; Digital Literacies: Social Learning and Classroom Practices
It’s changed my life: iPhone and postphenomenology; 5th International Invitational Roundtable on Discourse Analysis
Key themes and the future: reflections on the middle years of schooling; New Horizons in Education
Knowledge, creativity and communication: new forms of literacy
Language, discourse and popular culture; Children's Ways of Knowing: Learning through Experience
Literacy and bourdieu's sociological theory; Difference, Silence and Cultural Practice: Readings in the Textual Politics of Literacy Education
Literacy and bourdieu's sociological theory: a reframing; Language and Education
Literacy and identity; Literacy
Literacy lite in BarbieGirls; ESRC Seminar Series Conference Children’s and Young People’s Literacies in Virtual Online Spaces.
Literacy practices in a participatory culture; Australian Literacy Educators' Association Annual Conference
Literacy, identity and culture in a increasingly digital world; Public Libraries of South Australia Annual Conference
Literacy-lite in BarbieGirls^TM; British Journal of Sociology of Education
Mid-term review: the middle years of schooling; Curriculum Perspectives
Middle years : responding to the challenge; Educare News
Middle years in South Australia
Middle years of schooling - possibilities and potential; Middle Years of Schooling Association (MYSA) Annual Conference
Middle years of schooling in new times: implications for teacher education; Middle Years of Schooling Association (MYSA) Conference
Middle years of schooling: current perspectives; Education Queensland
Moving Out and Moving On: School Closure and Transition Experiences of Students, Teachers and Parents; Australian Association for Research in Education
New digital technologies: implications for educators; Adult Learning Association
New literacies: implications for educators; Education Queensland
New literacy identities and the uncanny; 12th International Learning Conference
New textual landscapes, information and early literacy; Popular Culture, New Media and Digital Literacy in Early Childhood
New times: New families; Kluwer Academic Press
Prologue; Everyday Youth Literacies: Critical Perspectives for New Times
Race matters; Journal of Intercultural Studies
Reading 2.0; United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) International Conference
Reading, homes, and families: from postmodern to modern?; On Reading Books to Children
Reconceptualizing the possible narratives of adolescence; Australian Educational Researcher
Rescripting, modifying, and mediating artifacts: Bratz dolls and diasporic Iranian girls in Australia; Dolls Studies: The Many Meanings of Girls' Toys and Play
Research and reform; Canterbury Principal’s Association Conference
Rethinking Middle Years: Early Adolescents, Schooling and Digital Culture; Allen & Unwin
School closure and transition
Single parent families go to school; American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting - Accountability for Educational Quality: Shared Responsibility
Student Cultural Diversity: Understanding and Meeting the Challenge
Technologies and childhood; Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
Textbooks and early childhood literacy; Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy
Textbooks and early childhood literacy; The SAGE Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy
Texts and literacies of the Shi Junrui; British Journal of Sociology of Education
The 'trouble' is; Troubling Practice
The blogging mind: thoughts on childhood, technology and literacy; The 41st United Kingdom Literacy Association (UKLA) International Conference
The changing landscape of literacies: big data algorithms; Digital Culture & Education
The contemporary Gothic: literacy and childhood in unsettled times; Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
The middle phase of schooling and lifelong learning: meanings, connections and current practice; The Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) International Conference
The middle years of schooling: a way forward
The uncanny, digital texts and literacy; Language and Education
The ‘Next People’: and the zombies shall inherit the earth; Generation Z: Zombies, Popular Culture and Educating Youth
Two special papers in this issue of Discourse; Discourse
Txting: the end of civilization (again)?; Cambridge Journal of Education
Vernacular creativity in urban textual landscapes; The Routledge Handbook of Language and Creativity
Virtual worlds and children; 2nd International Conference for Popular Culture
Web 3.0 and literacies; Gift of Knowledge Lecture
Zombies, youth and education; The 50th UKLA (United Kingdom Literacy Association) International Conference
‘I'm Dylan and I'm not going to say my last name': some thoughts on childhood, text and new technologies; British Educational Research Journal
‘It’s changed my life’: iPhone as technological artefact; Discourse and Digital Practices: Doing discourse analysis in the digital age
‘I’m in a bad mood. Let’s go shopping’: interactive dolls, consumer culture and a ‘Glocalized’ model of literacy; Journal of Early Childhood Literacy
‘There’s no going back’. Roxie’s IPhone®: an object ethnography; Language & Literacy

Research Projects

Australia-ASEAN Academics Forum: Online Education during COVID-19 and Beyond; Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT)

Research Candidate Supervision