Research interests
Digital culture and its impact on English/literacy education and teacher and student learning
Participatory methodologies
Multimodality and English/literacy education
Affiliations
Australian Literacy Educators Association
Australian Teachers of Media
American Educational Research Association
Australian Association for Education in Research
Primary English Teaching Association Australia
Units taught
Units taught and Chaired, Deakin University 2005-2019
ECL210 Multiliterate Learners in Early Years Environments
ECL351 Diversity, Language and Literacy
ECL410 Literacy Teacher-Researchers in New Times
EDX701 Research Design Development and Method
EEL701 Inquiring into Contemporary Literacy Issues and Professional Learning
EEL702 New and Traditional Literacies and Diverse Student Needs
EEO210 Primary Humanities, Societies and Environments
EPL746 Primary Literacy
Awards
Dean's award for Excellence in Teaching
Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Award for Best Instructional Resource
Projects
Lynch, J., Auld, G., Cloonan, A. and O'Mara, J. (2017-20) National Innovation and Science Agenda (NISA) Project: Supporting Implementation of Digital Technologies. Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.
Cloonan, A., Hutchison, K. and Paatsch, L. (2014-15) Creative, Critical, Digital: Connecting Home and School Literacies, Catholic Education Melbourne.
Halse, C., Mansouri, F., Arber, R., Arrowsmith, C., Charles, C., Cloonan, A., Densen, N, Moss, J., Ohi, S., O’Mara, J., Paradis, Y. and Priest, N. (2013-15) Doing Diversity, Australian Research Council.
Doecke, B., Moss, J., Cloonan, A., Lynch, J., O’Mara, J. and Wells, M. (2012) Evaluation of the Professional Learning Flagship Program, Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.
Halse, C., Cloonan, A., Dyer, J., Kostogriz, A. and Toe, D. (2013) The Asia Literate Teacher Asia Education Foundation/Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.
Cloonan, A. (2011) Investigating the Impact of Professional Learning for Teachers and their Students' Learning, Catholic Education Office, Melbourne.
Blackmore, J. Bateman, D., Cloonan, A., Dixon, M. Loughlin, J., O’Mara, J. and Senior, K. (2010-11) Innovative learning environments, Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria/Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Publications
Teacher Agency and the Digital Technologies Curriculum in Disadvantaged Australian Schools
J O’Mara, G Auld, J Lynch, A Cloonan
(2023), Australian Educational Researcher, C1
Teachers' everyday work-for-change: implementing curriculum policy in 'disadvantaged' schools
J Lynch, G Auld, J O’Mara, A Cloonan
(2023), pp. 1-19, Journal of Education Policy, London, Eng., C1
Beyond Student Voice: Navigating Challenges in a Time of Neoliberalism
L Raymond, A Cloonan
(2022), Vol. 29, pp. 1-20, International Journal of Pedagogy and Curriculum, Champaign, Ill., C1
Examining the paradoxes children experience in language and literacy learning
G Auld, J O’Mara, A Cloonan, T Delphine, A Eyers, M Nicholas, S Ohi, L Paatsch, L Pangrazio, J Quick
(2022), pp. 1-16, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Berlin, Germany, C1
Anne Cloonan, Louise Paatsch, Kirsten Hutchison
(2022), Vol. 29, pp. 71-86, The International Journal of Learning in Higher Education, Champaign, Ill., C1
Teacher learning and the everyday digital
N Wood, C Beavis, A Cloonan, K Hutchison, L Pangrazio, J Sefton-Green
(2020), Vol. 47, pp. 183-197, Australian Educational Researcher, C1
Renewing literature circles: pedagogies for curated multimodal responses
Anne Cloonan, Louise Paatsch, Kirsten Hutchison
(2020), Vol. 73, pp. 647-656, The reading teacher, Newark, Del., C1
Reshaping home-school connections in the digital age: Challenges for teachers and parents
K Hutchison, L Paatsch, A Cloonan
(2020), Vol. 17, pp. 167-182, E-Learning and Digital Media, C1
Enabling student co-curation of digital media through teachers' pedagogical research
Anne Cloonan
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 214-223, Australian journal of language and literacy, Norwood, S. Aust., C1
Julianne Lynch, Glenn Auld, Anne Cloonan, Joanne O'Mara, Christopher Speldewinde
(2020), Geelong, Vic., A6
Collaborative teacher research: integrating professional learning and university study
A Cloonan
(2019), Vol. 46, pp. 385-403, Australian educational researcher, Cham, Switzerland, C1-1
L Paatsch, K Hutchison, A Cloonan
(2019), Vol. 44, pp. 61-76, Australian Journal of Teacher Education, C1
Promoting teachers' agency and creative teaching through research
A Cloonan, K Hutchison, L Paatsch
(2019), Vol. 18, pp. 218-232, English teaching: practice and critique, Bingley, Eng., C1
Julianne Lynch, Glenn Auld, Anne Cloonan, Joanne O'Mara, Christopher Speldewinde
(2019), Sydney, N.S.W., A6
Anne Cloonan
(2019), pp. 1-7, Leveraging Educational AERA 2019 : Leveraging education research in a post-truth era: multimodal narratives to democratize evidence : Proceedings of the 2019 AERA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ont., E1
Mobilizing students' creative, critical text development through multimodal pedagogies
A Cloonan, Louise Paatsch, Kirsten Hutchison
(2018), pp. 1-14, The international journal of literacies, Champaign, Ill., C1
An analysis of the use of autobiographical narrative for teachers' intercultural learning
A Cloonan, B Fox, S Ohi, C Halse
(2017), Vol. 28, pp. 131-144, Teaching education, London, Eng., C1
Strangely familiar: teacher-researchers rethinking literacy pedagogies in digital environments
K Hutchison, L Paatsch, A Cloonan
(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 11-29, International journal of literacies, Champaign, IL., C1
Renewing assessment practices: literacy teaching and learning in digital environments
A Cloonan, K Hutchison, L Paatsch
(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 13-28, International journal of assessment and evaluation, Champaign, Ill., C1
The feasibility of implementing cross-curricular studies of Asia
A Cloonan
(2015), pp. 133-150, Asia Literate Schooling in the Asian Century, London, Eng., B1
Integrating by design: multimodality, 21st century skills and subject area knowledge
A Cloonan
(2015), pp. 97-114, A pedagogy of multiliteracies learning by design, New York, N.Y., B1
Teacher agency and participation in professional learning for new literacies
A Cloonan
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 15-28, The international journal of adult, community and professional learning, Champaign, Ill., C1
L Paatsch, A Cloonan, K Hutchison
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 63-79, International journal of literacies, Champaign, Illinois, C1
Creative, critical, digital : connecting home and school literacies
A Cloonan, K Hutchison, L Paatsch
(2015), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Doing diversity: intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools
C Halse, F Mansouri, J Moss, Y Paradies, J O'Mara, R Arber, N Denson, C Arrowsmith, N Priest, C Charles, A Cloonan, B Fox, C Hartung, C Mahoney, S Ohi, G Ovenden, G Shaw, L Wright
(2015), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Teachers researching their teaching: learning through practitioner inquiry
A Cloonan, L Paatsch, M Wells
(2014), pp. 37-62, Becoming a Teacher of Language and Literacy, Port Melbourne, Vic., B1
Teacher and student agency in contemporary literacy classrooms
K Hutchison, A Cloonan, L Paatsch
(2014), pp. 157-176, Becoming a teacher of language and literacy, Port Melbourne, Vic., B1
Supporting intercultural engagement in literacy education
A Cloonan, J O’Mara, S Ohi
(2014), pp. 83-98, Becoming a teacher of language and literacy, Port Melbourne, Vic., B1
A Cloonan, K Hutchison, L Paatsch
(2014), Vol. 11, pp. 582-592, E-learning and digital media, London, England, C1
Collaborative literacy learning communities (CLLC) : case studies
A Cloonan
(2013), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Asia literacy and the Australian teaching workforce
C Halse, A Cloonan, J Dyer, A Kostogriz, D Toe, M Weinmann
(2013), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Multimodal literacies : new approaches and traditional concerns in the suburban classroom
A Cloonan
(2012), pp. 166-189, Teaching literacies in the middle years : pedagogies and diversity, South Melbourne, Vic., B1
Impact of professional learning on teachers and their students
A Cloonan
(2012), [Melbourne, Vic.], A6
Reimagining poetry : innovative literacies, national agendas and digital landscapes
A Cloonan, K Hutchison, L Paatsch
(2011), pp. 81-98, Creating an Australian curriculum for English : national agendas, local contexts, Putney, NSW, B1
Creating multimodal metalanguage with teachers
A Cloonan
(2011), Vol. 10, pp. 23-40, English teaching : practice and critique, Hamilton, N. Z., C1
Developing teacher-researchers: a practice-based Masters of Education
A Cloonan
(2011), pp. 1-17, ICDE 2011 : Expanding horizons - new approaches to ODL : Proceedings of the 24th ICDE World Conference on Open and Distance Education 2011, Bali, Indonesia, E1-1
A multiliteracies perspective on the new literacies
M Kalantzis, B Cope, A Cloonan
(2010), pp. 61-87, New literacies : multiple perspectives on research and practice, New York, NY, B1
Technologies in literacy learning : a case study
A Cloonan
(2010), Vol. 7, pp. 248-257, E-learning and digital media, Oxford, England, C1
The changing face of literacy policy in Victoria
A Cloonan
(2009), pp. 1-19, AARE 2008 : Changing climates : education for sustainable futures, Brisbane, Qld., E1
Filming for professional learning : collaborations in innovation
A Cloonan
(2009), pp. 1-17, ATEA 2009 : The Annual Conference of the Australian Teacher Education Association : Teacher education crossing borders : cultures, contexts, communities and curriculum, Albury, New South Wales, E1
Multimodality pedagogies : a multiliteracies approach
A Cloonan
(2008), Vol. 15, pp. 159-168, International journal of learning, Altona, Vic., C1
A Cloonan
(2008), pp. 1-21, AARE 2008 : Changing climates : education for sustainable futures, Brisbane, Qld., E1
A Cloonan
(2005), pp. 217-230, Learning by design, Melbourne, Vic., B1
Injecting early years teaching with a strong dose of multiliteracies
A Cloonan
(2005), pp. 1-16, Pleasure, passion, provocation: pleasurable learning, passionate teaching, provocative debates, Broadbeach, Qld., E1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Other Public Sector Funding
Evaluating student use of technology in a one-to-one computing program
Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, Dr Kirsten Hutchison, Prof Louise Paatsch
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- 2010: $12,000
Innovative Learning Environments Research Study
Prof Jill Blackmore, A/Prof Mary Dixon, A/Prof Joanne O'Mara, Dr Jill Loughlin, Dr Debra Bateman, Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, Dr Kim Senior, Dr Jill Bamforth, Dr George Aranda, Mr Rod Le Cudennec, Ms Kate McCulloch
DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development
- 2011: $143,524
- 2010: $54,000
Evaluation of NISA project: Supporting implementation of Digital Technologies Curriculum
A/Prof Julianne Lynch, A/Prof Joanne O'Mara, Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, A/Prof Glenn Auld
Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority
- 2020: $47,835
- 2019: $22,500
- 2018: $22,500
- 2017: $5,000
Industry and Other Funding
Collaborative Literacy Learning Community Research
Hon Prof Anne Cloonan
Catholic Education Office Melbourne
- 2014: $10,000
- 2013: $10,000
- 2011: $50,099
Evaluation of the Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change
Prof Brenton Doecke, Prof Julianne Moss, Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, A/Prof Julianne Lynch, A/Prof Joanne O'Mara
Aust Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
- 2012: $47,117
Asia Literacy Project
Adj/Prof Christine Halse, Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, Prof Dianne Toe, Ms Julie Dyer, A/Prof Michiko Weinmann
Aust Institute for Teaching and School Leadership
- 2013: $107,750
- 2012: $107,750
Creative, Critical, Digital: Connecting Home and School Literacies
Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, Dr Kirsten Hutchison, Prof Louise Paatsch
Catholic Education Office Melbourne
- 2016: $8,545
- 2015: $30,363
- 2014: $63,636
Supervisions
Michael Varecka
Thesis entitled: Multimodal pedagogies and music students' audio meaning-making
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Kay McCullough
Thesis entitled: Interculturality in an Elite Australian Girls¿ School
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Brandi Nichole Fox
Thesis entitled: Intercultural subjectivities of the everyday: A study of Australian school kids
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Leah Irene Irving
Thesis entitled: Virtual Worlds as Pedagogical Places: experiences of higher education staff
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Muna Mohamed Al Hammadi
Thesis entitled: Students with Vision Impairments in Higher Education, A UAE Case Study
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education
Dirk Wellham
Thesis entitled: The Relationship between Academic Achievement and Co-curricular Involvement
Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education