Faculty of Arts and Education

School of Education


   Dr. Louise Paatsch

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Position Senior Lecturer
Email louise.paatsch@deakin.edu.au
Area School of Education
Phone +61 3 522 71457
Campus Geelong
Location ic3.204
Role and profile Lecturer in Language & Literacy Education (BEd Primary)
Bachelor of Education (Primary) - Course coordinator (Geelong)
Teaching responsibilities ECL 210 Language & Literacy: The Early Years
ECL 310 Developing Language & Literacy: The Middle Years
Research interests Development of pragmatic skills in school-aged children with hearing loss and their age-matched peers.
Teaching questions which facilitate the development of pre-school children's spoken language skills.
Home literacy practices of young children in pre-school and first year of school.
Language outcomes for school-aged children with hearing loss.
The role of teacher aides working in inclusive settings.
Current research projects Young Learners' Project (ARC Linkage - The University of Melbourne and Australian Scholarship Group).
Children with Hearing Impairment in Victoria Outcome Study (The Centre for Community & Child Health, Royal Children's Hospital and The University of Melbourne).
Conversational Skills of school-aged children with hearing loss.
Awards 2009 - Commendation for Excellence in Teaching - Deakin University
2002 - Editor's Award - American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA)
Blamey, P. J., Sarant, J. Z., Paatsch, L. E, Barry, J. G., Bow, C. P., Wales, R. J., Wright, M., Psarros, C., Rattigan, K. & Tooher, R. (2001). Relationships among speech perception, production, language, hearing loss, and age in children with impaired hearing. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research 44, 264-285.
Qualifications Doctor of Philosophy
Master of Education
Graduate Diploma in Special Education (Hearing Impaired)
Diploma of Teaching (Primary)
Memberships The Australian Association of Teachers of the Deaf (AATD)
Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
eLit (formerly PETA)
Education Network Australia (EDNA)
Conferences International Conference of Educators of the Deaf (ICED)
Australian & New Zealand Conference for Educators of the Deaf (ANZCED)
Australian Research in Early Childhood Education (ARECE)
Asia Pacific Conference on Deafness (APCD)
American Speech & Hearing Association (ASHA)
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22nd April 2013