Research Output for Joanne O'Mara
Note: The 2012, 2013 publications have not been audited.
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Publications
2012 School of Education
Beavis, Catherine*, O'Mara, Joanne and McNeice, Lisa* (2012) Digital games : literacy in action, in Beavis, Catherine; O'Mara, Joanne and McNeice, Lisa (eds), Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S. A. [A7]
DRO entry for this publication
Beavis, Catherine*, O'Mara, Joanne and McNeice, Lisa* (2012) Literacy learning and computer games : a curriculum challenge for our times, in Beavis, Catherine; O'Mara, Joanne and Neice, Lisa (eds), Digital games : literacy in action, pp. 3-11, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S. A. [B1]
O'Mara, Joanne and Lees, Belinda (2012) Breaking through the fourth wall : invitation from an avatar, in Beavis, Catherine; O'Mara, Joanne and McNeice, Lisa (eds), Digital games : literacy in action, pp. 33-40, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S. A. [B1]
O'Mara, Joanne (2012) Process drama : literacy in 3d, in Green, Bill and Beavis, Catherine (eds), Literacy in 3D : an integrated perspective in theory and practice, pp. 98-113, Australian Council for Educational Research, Camberwell, Vic. [B1]
O'Mara, Joanne and Richards, John* (2012) A blank slate of potential : using GameMaker to create computer games, in Beavis, Catherine; O'Mara, Joanne and McNeice, Lisa (eds), Digital games : literacy in action, pp. 57-64, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S. Aust. [B1]
O'Mara, Joanne (2012) Process drama and digital games as text and action in virtual worlds : developing new literacies in school, Research in drama education : the journal of applied theatre and performance, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 517-534, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon, England [C1]
ERA journal ID: 10148 – Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-84868242390Laidlaw, Linda*, Makovichuk, Lee*, Wong, Suzanna So-Har*, Gellner, Julie*, Sinha, Santwana*, Mykietyshyn, Margaret*, Finlayson, Raelene* and O'mara, Joanne (2012) Space, time, good wine and conversation : emergence of ideas within an unconventional teacher research group., in unknown (ed.), AERA 2012 : Non Satis Scire - to know is not enough : Proceedings of the 2012 American Educational Research Association Meeting, American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C. [E2]
2011 School of Education
Blackmore, Jill, Bateman, Debra, Loughlin, Jill, O'Mara, Joanne and Aranda, George (2011) Research into the connection between built learning spaces and student outcomes, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, East Melbourne, Vic. [A6]
O'Mara, Joanne (2011) As if they could be otherwise...finding spaces for creativity in the enacted curriculum, in Doecke, Brenton; Parr, Graham and Sawyer, Wayne (eds), Creating an Australian curriculum for English : national agendas, local contexts, Phoenix Education Pty. Ltd., Putney, N. S. W. [B1]
O'Mara, Joanne and Laidlaw, Linda* (2011) Living in the iworld : two literacy researchers reflect on the changing texts and literacy practices of childhood, English teaching : practice and critique, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 149-159, University of Waikato : School of Education, Hamilton, New Zealand [C1]
ERA journal ID: 35666 – Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-84055222981Beavis, Catherine* and O'Mara, Joanne (2011) Literacy, learning and computer games : attending to game play, in Unknown (ed.), IFTE 2011 : Much Ado About English : The 10th International Conference for the Teaching of English 2011, International Federation for the Teaching of English, Auckland, N.Z. [E3]
O'Mara, Joanne (2011) How to heal a broken wing : exploring rich, literary picture books through process drama, IFTE 2011 : Much Ado About English : The 10th International Conference for the Teaching of English, The Conference, Auckland, N.Z. [E3]
2010 School of Education
Beavis, Catherine* and O'Mara, Joanne (2010) Computer games – pushing at the boundaries of literacy, Australian journal of language and literacy, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 65-76, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Norwood, S. Aust. [C1.1]
ERA journal ID: 20438 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne and Gutierrez, Amanda (2010) Classroom teachers as co-researchers : the affordances and challenges of collaboration, Australian journal of language and literacy, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 41-54, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Norwood, S. Aust. [C1.1]
ERA journal ID: 20438 – Scopus EID: Not taggedBeavis, Catherine*, Bradford, Clare, Apperley, Thomas, Gutierrez, Amanda*, O'Mara, Joanne and Walsh, Chris (2010) Editorial, Australian journal of language and literacy, vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 5-6, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Norwood, S. Aust. [C4.1]
ERA journal ID: 20438 – Scopus EID: Not tagged2009 School of Education
Bradford, Clare, Beavis, Catherine*, Apperley, Thomas, O'Mara, Joanne and Walsh, Christopher (2009) Literacy in the digital age : learning from computer games, English in education, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 162-175, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, United Kingdom [C1]
ERA journal ID: 39952 – Scopus EID: Not tagged
Citation counts:Thomson - 3
O'Mara Jo (2009) One story at a time, Practically primary, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 20-22, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Norwood, SA [C2]
ERA journal ID: Not matching ERA journal listO'Mara Joanne (2009) Computer games a potential literacy tool, Professional practice, no. 2, pp. 1-2, Victorian Institute of Teaching, Melbourne, Vic. [C3]
ERA journal ID: Not matching ERA journal listMappin, Meg* and O'Mara, Joanne (2009) Everything you see is a reflection of who you are!, EQA magazine, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton South, Vic [M]
2008 School of Education
O'Mara, J. (2008) Reading and writing ourselves into the twenty-first century, in Anderson, Michael; Hughes, John and Manuel, Jacqueline (eds), Drama and english teaching : imagination, action, and engagement, pp. 149-159, Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, Vic. [B1.1]
Apperley, Thomas, Beavis, Catherine, Bradford, Clare, O'Mara, Joanne and Walsh, Chris (2008) Researching kids and computer games : games, game play and literacy in the twenty first century, in Unknown (ed.), Presentation to The [Player] Conference 2008, pp. 4-27, The Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark [E1.1]
Beavis, Catherine, Bradford, Clare, O'Mara, Joanne and Walsh, Chris (2008) Research methodologies in creative practice : literacy in the digital age of the twenty first century - learning from computer games, in Unknown (ed.), AARE 2008 : Changing climates : education for sustainable futures : Proceedings of the 2008 Australian Association for Research in Education conference, pp. 1-9, Australian Association for Research in Education, Coldstream, Vic. [E1.1]
2007 School of Education
O'Toole, John* and O'Mara, Joanne (2007) Proteus, the giant at the door : drama and theater in the curriculum, International handbook of research in arts education, pp. 203-218, Springer, Dordrecht , Netherlands [B1.1]
2006 School of Education
Beavis, Catherine and O'Mara, Joanne (2006) Preparing English teachers for a changing world, in Doecke, Brenton; Howie, Mark and Sawyer, Wayne (eds), Only connect : English teaching, schooling and community, pp. 349-355, Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S. Α. [B1]
O'Mara, Joanne (2006) Capturing the ephemeral : reflection-in-action as research, NJ (Drama Australia journal), vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 41-50, Drama Australia - The National Association for Drama Education, Brisbane, Qld. [C1]
ERA journal ID: 34510 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne (2006) Becoming l(IT)erate : pre-service English teachers and ICTs, English in Australia, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 44-47, Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Melbourne, Vic. [C1]
ERA journal ID: 20439 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne (2006) Research matters, English in Australia, vol. 41, no. 2, p. 9, Heinemann Educational on behalf of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English, Melbourne, Vic. [C2]
ERA journal ID: 20439 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne (2006) Putting pre-service teachers first, in Rennie J. (ed.), Voices, vibes, visions, pp. 1-9, Darwin, N.T., Charles Darwin University [E1]
2004 School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education
O'Mara, Joanne (2004) At Sunny Bay: building students' repertoire of literacy practices through process drama, in Healy, Annah and Honan, Eileen (eds), Text next : new resources for literacy learning, pp. 119-136, Primary English Teaching Association, Sydney, N.S.W. [B1]
Beavis, Catherine and O'Mara, Joanne (2004) A checklist for English teachers, EQ Australia, vol. Taking English, pp. 14-15, Curriculum Corporation, Melbourne, Vic. [C3]
ERA journal ID: Not matching ERA journal listO'Mara, Joanne (2004) A ticket to the zoo, Practically primary : giving voice to literacy, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 7-9, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Carlton, Vic. [C3]
ERA journal ID: Not matching ERA journal list2003 School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education
O'Mara, Joanne (2003) Repositioning drama to centre stage: drama, English, text and literacy, N J Drama Australia Journal, vol. 27, no. 2, pp. 17-26, Drama Australia - The National Association for Drama Education, Brisbane, Qld. [C1]
ERA journal ID: 34510 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne (2003) Poetry as a starting point for drama: learning to tolerate ambiguity, Literacy learning: the middle years, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 73-79, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Norwood, S. Aust. [C3]
ERA journal ID: 20334 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne (2003) Drama as text : reading dramatic literacies, in Bartlett, K. (eds), Thinking fwd : IFTE 2003, 5 - 8 July, Melbourne, Australia : transforming literacies, changing English, elsewheres of potential, p. 1, IFTE, North Carlton, Vic. [E3]
2002 School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education
Raphael, Jo and O'Mara, Joanne (2002) A challenge, a threat and a promise: drama as professional development for teacher educators, Melbourne Studies in Education, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 77-87, Melbourne University Publishing, Carlton, Vic. [C1]
ERA journal ID: 20125 – Scopus EID: Not taggedO'Mara, Joanne (2002) Understanding the complexity of social issues through process drama, Talking points, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 27-30, National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, Ill. [C3]
ERA journal ID: Not matching ERA journal list
Grants and Consultancies
All years
Research Income - National Competitive Grants
Beavis, C, Bradford, C, O'Mara, J and Walsh, C. Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games. , ARC Collaborative - Linkage - Projects (Round 1) [T]
- 2010: $52,596
- 2009: $-27,695
- 2008: $41,626
- 2007: $65,295
- 2011: $-10,000
- 2010: $25,000
- 2008: $30,000
- 2007: $30,000
Research Income - Other Public Sector Funding
Blackmore, J, Dixon, M, O'Mara, J, Loughlin, J, Bateman, D, Cloonan, A, Senior, K, Bamforth, J, Aranda, G, le Cudennec, R and McCulloch, K. Innovative Learning Environments Research Study [U]
- 2011: $143,524
- 2010: $54,000
Blackmore, J, Bateman, D, O'Mara, J and Loughlin, J. Review of the literature on the connections between physical learning spaces and student learning outcomes [U]
- 2010: $30,844
Higher Degree by Research Completions supervised by Joanne O'Mara
2012
Margaret Milne
Doctor of Philosophy, Thesis entitled: Doing Without School! Spaces becomes places: adolescent identity and engagement.
School of Education
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- * Not a member of Deakin University at time of output.
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