Dr. Ruth Arber |
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| Position | Senior Lecturer | |
| ruth.arber@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Education | |
| Phone | +61 3 924 43933 | |
| Campus | Burwood | |
| Location | N 3.27 | |
| Role and profile |
Senior Lecturer in Education (TESOL) Coordinator Masters of Education (TESOL) Coordinator Internationalisation, Inclusivity and Knowledge Work ERG |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
My interest in socio-cultural and critical theory and to a social justice approach underpin my strong commitment to teaching practice. Teaching units for which I am responsible include: Masters units EXE 749 Internationalising the Curriculum ECL 751 Pedagogy in the Globalised Language Classroom ECL 755 Language teaching Practice in Context as well as EXE781 Education Research Methodology |
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| Research interests | My research experience and interests has three strands. The first extends my interest in identity and difference in education, its implications for understanding how discourses of race and ethnicity are played out in schools and its consequences for critical and inclusive education. The second applies to my more recent application of this work for the study of internationalization and cosmopolitanism in schools and education systems which are becoming increasingly globalised. The third brings together my long experience as a teacher of English as a second and foreign language and is concerned with the implementation of good teaching practice in diverse contexts worldwide. | |
| Current research projects |
2012 - 2015 ARC Linkage Grant Halse, Prof Christine ; Mansouri, Prof Fethi ; Arrowsmith, A/Prof Colin A; Moss, A/Prof Julianne ; Arber, Dr Ruth E; Denson, Dr Nida ; Priest, Dr Naomi; Webster, Dr Robert S Webster Intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools 2009- 2013 ARC Linkage Grant Prof JA Blackmore; Dr RE Arber; Prof LE Farrell; Prof MT Devlin Investigating mismatches between Australian international graduate destinations and skill shortages Investigating mismatches between Australian international graduate destinations and skill shortages 2012 DRG Ruth arber, Athena Vongalies macrow The global educator: The implications of teacher mobility on teacher education, professionalism and practice. 2012 small grant – the manifestion of religious identity and relationships in Australian educational institutions 2009 ARC Linkage Grant A Prof Alex Kostogriz, Dr R, Arber. Dr Z. Golebiowski ‘Supporting the English academic literacy of international students: A case study of TESOL program in an Australian University’ A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, Dr Ruth Arber, Dr Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Simone White & Dr Joanne O’Mara (Mentor: Professor Diane Mayer) The professional practice of beginning teachers: What counts as effective teaching in disadvantaged schools Professor Jill Blackmore, Professor Di Mayer; Assoc Professor Alex Kostogriz; Dr Ruth Arber; Dr Athena Vongalis-Macrow; Dr Richard Johnson; Dr Andrea Gallant; Dr Dawn Joseph; Dr Jennifer Angwin) Internationalisation, Inclusivity and Knowledge Work 2008 Research development fund With Rod MacClean Career change and intercultural English and ESL teachers With Jill Blackmore Social-cultural impacts of fee-paying International students in Australian secondary schools and their implications for curriculum, policy and practice 2007 Deakin University – Central Research Grant (CRG) Received with Jill Blackmore Central Research Grant (CRG) Impact of internationalization on secondary schooling and teachers 2005 Deakin University – Just missed out Central Research Grant (CRG) Received Deakin University Central Research Grant (CRG) International students in local Victorian government schools 2003-4 Deakin University - Research Initiative Grant (RIG) – Changing school communities: International students in government |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
2012 - 15 Assoc. Editor TESOL in Context 2012 – Co-Convener 2012 TASA Sociology of Education symposium "Disrupting inequality: What has and what can Sociology of Education do to make a difference?". 2009 Committee Member Victorian Association for Teachers of Multicultural Education (VATME) 2003/4 Secretary, Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 2004 Melbourne Conference Committee 2003 Reviews Editor, TESOL in Context, Journal of Australian Council of TESOL Associations 1995 – 2000 Committee Member, Victorian Association for Teachers of Multicultural Education (VATME) 1996/2001 Convener Critical literacy discussion group Faculty of Education, Monash University 1998/2000 Chair, Education Research Community of Staff and Students (ERCSS) |
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| Awards |
2003 Monash Education Alumni Award (Doctoral) 1996/2000 Australian Postgraduate Award |
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| Qualifications | B. Ec (Mon) 1974, Dip Ed (Mon) 1976, B. Ed (TESOL) (La Trobe) 1985, M.Ed (La Trobe) 1993, Ph. D (Monash) 2003. | |
| Memberships |
2003/12 Joint Educational Systems and Tertiary Institutions ESL Forum (JETsiel) 1986/12 Victorian Association of Teachers of Multicultural Education (VICTESOL) 1986/108 Australian Council of TESOL Associations (ACTA) 2004/12 Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE) 1986/12 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 1986/12 American Education Research Association (AERA) 2002/12 Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society (ANCZIES) |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Additional URLs | Google books: Arber, Ruth (2008) An-other identity: Race, ethnicity and education in dangerous times | |
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22nd April 2013