EmPr Brenton Doecke

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Emeritus Professor

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Faculty of Arts and Education

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Office of the Exec Dean A&E

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2023

Multiple Englishes: multiple ways of being in the world (A conversational inquiry)

B Doecke, S Mirhosseini

(2023), Vol. 57, pp. 76-90, English in Education, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2022

Narratives, insights and next steps for questions of literary knowledge and English teaching

L Davies, B Doecke, P Mead, W Sawyer, L Yates

(2022), pp. 212-236, Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identities, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Autobiographies of the question

B Doecke, L Davies, P Mead, W Sawyer, L Yates

(2022), pp. 15-35, Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identities, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Literary sociability: Making meaning in English classrooms

B Doecke, P Mead

(2022), pp. 131-143, Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identities, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Crossing institutional boundaries: Negotiating a professional identity as an English teacher

B Doecke, P Mead

(2022), pp. 197-211, Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identities, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Shifting relationships between subject and discipline: English in Australia

B Doecke, P Mead

(2022), pp. 74-89, Literary Knowing and the Making of English Teachers: The Role of Literature in Shaping English Teachers' Professional Knowledge and Identities, B1

book chapter

'The Best Way to Approach Any Text'?

B Doecke

(2022), Vol. 29, pp. 89-100, Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, C1

journal article

Literary knowing and the making of English teachers: The role of literature in shaping English teachers' professional knowledge and identities

Larissa McLean Davies, Brenton Doecke, Philip Mead, Wayne Sawyer, Lyn Yates

(2022), London, Eng., A7

edited book
2021

Marxism and a Literary Education

B Doecke

(2021), Vol. 28, pp. 133-147, Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2020

Who Me? Hailing Individuals as Subjects: Standardized Literacy Testing as an Instrument of Neoliberal Ideology

Brenton Doecke, John Yandell, Zamzam Abdi, Brenton Doecke

(2020), pp. 3-22, The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Missing Something: A Review Essay on Joseph North's Literary Criticism: A Concise Political History

B Doecke

(2020), Vol. 27, pp. 333-348, Changing English: Studies in Culture and Education, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Contingencies of Meaning Making: English Teaching and Literary Sociability

Philip Mead, Brenton Doecke, Larissa McLean Davies

(2020), Vol. 35, pp. 1-20, Australian Literary Studies, Wollongong, N.S.W., C1

journal article
2019

Language and experience: re-reading growth through english

B Doecke, John Yandell

(2019), pp. 159-171, The future of English teaching worldwide : celebrating 50 years from the Dartmouth Conference, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

The English literature classroom as a site of ideological contestation

B Doecke, J Yandell

(2019), pp. 35-52, Worldwide English Language Education Today, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Literary sociability: a transnational perspective

C Mello, B Doecke, L McLean Davies, L Buzacott

(2019), Vol. 53, pp. 175-189, English in education, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

School English, literature and the knowledge-base question

L Yates, L Davies, L Buzacott, B Doecke, P Mead, W Sawyer

(2019), Vol. 30, pp. 51-68, Curriculum Journal, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Rewriting the History of Subject English through the Lens of 'Literary Sociability'

Brenton Doecke

(2019), Vol. 26, pp. 339-356, Changing English, London, Eng., C1

journal article
2018

Blowing and blundering in space: English in the Australian Curriculum

B Doecke, Larissa McLean Davies, Wayne Sawyer

(2018), pp. 33-42, The Australian Curriculum: promises, problems and possibilities, Deakin West, A.C.T., B1

book chapter

English and the knowledge question

B Doecke, P Mead

(2018), Vol. 26, pp. 249-264, Pedagogy, culture and society, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Stepping inside an english classroom: investigating the everyday experiences of an english teacher

L Breen, B Illesca, B Doecke

(2018), Vol. 25, pp. 252-263, Changing english: studies in culture and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Graeme Withers and Margaret Gill, assessing text response: the 1990 pilot CAT: a review for teachers, Carlton: Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Board (VCAB)

B Doecke

(2018), Vol. 53, pp. 94-98, English in Australia, Kensington Gardens, S. Aust., C1

journal article
2017

Telling tales: the value of storytelling for early career teachers

A Allard, B Doecke

(2017), Vol. 25, pp. 279-291, Pedagogy, culture and society, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

What kind of 'knowledge' is English? (re-reading the Newbolt Report)

B Doecke

(2017), Vol. 24, pp. 230-245, Changing English, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article
2016

Storytelling for ordinary, practical purposes (Walter Benjamin's 'The Storyteller')

Í Pereira, B Doecke

(2016), Vol. 24, pp. 537-549, Pedagogy, culture and society, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

What I 'know': Literary studies and the teaching of English

B Doecke

(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 292-308, Changing English: studies in culture and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Lost (and found) in translation: learning from German language educators

B Doecke

(2016), Vol. 23, pp. 202-208, Changing English: studies in culture and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article
2015

Intertextuality and subversion

B Doecke, D McClenaghan

(2015), pp. 29-44, MasterClass in english education: transforming teaching and learning, London, Eng., B1

book chapter

Stories: a common currency

G Parr, B Doecke, S Bulfin

(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 135-141, Changing english: studies in culture and education, London, Eng., C1

journal article

Studying the effectiveness of teacher education: final report

D Mayer, A Allard, R Bates, M Dixon, B Doecke, J Kline, A Kostogriz, J Moss, L Rowan, B Walker-Gibbs, S White, P Hodder

(2015), Geelong, Vic., A6

research report/technical paper
2014

Stepping from the known to the unknown: rethinking creativity in English classrooms

B Doecke, G Parr, W Sawyer

(2014), pp. 3-16, Language and creativity in contemporary English classrooms, Sydney, N. S. W., B1

book chapter

Small songs of life: creativity in English classrooms

B Doecke

(2014), pp. 35-52, Language and creativity in contemporary English classrooms, Sydney, N. S. W., B1

book chapter

Engaging with tensions

Glenn Auld, Glenn Auld, Brenton Doecke, Brenton Doecke, Rachel MacGilp, Rachel MacGilp

(2014), pp. 19-36, Becoming a Teacher of Language and Literacy, B1

book chapter

Professional knowledge and standards-based reforms: Learning from the experiences of early career teachers

A Allard, B Doecke

(2014), Vol. 13, pp. 39-54, English teaching: practice and critique, Hamilton, New Zealand, C1

journal article

Longitudinal Teacher Education Workforce Study [LTEWS] final report. November 2013

D Mayer, B Doecke, P Ho, J Kline, A Kostogriz, J Moss, S North, B Walker-Gibbs

(2014), Canberra, ACT, A6

research report/technical paper

Becoming a teacher of language and literacy

B Doecke, G Auld, M Wells

(2014), Port Melbourne, Vic., A7

edited book
2013

Reading the local and global: teaching literature in secondary schools in Australia

L McLean Davies, B Doecke, P Mead

(2013), Vol. 20, pp. 224-240, Changing English: studies in culture and education, Abingdon, Eng., C1

journal article

Beginning again: a response to Rosen and Christie

B Doecke, L Breen

(2013), Vol. 20, pp. 292-305, Changing English: studies in culture and education, Abingdon, England, C1

journal article

The ethical practice of teaching literacy : accountability or responsibility

A Kostogriz, B Doecke

(2013), Vol. 36, pp. 90-98, Australian journal of language and literacy, Adelaide, S. A., C1

journal article

Storytelling and professional learning

B Doecke

(2013), Vol. 48, pp. 11-21, English in Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, C1

journal article

Evaluation of the national partnership (teacher quality, supply and retention) initiatives for the Victorian school workforce

B Doecke, M Wells, J Kline, B Walker-Gibbs, C Campbell, L Hobbs, W Kortman, B Doig, G Auld, P Hubber, R Tytler, B Preston, M Long

(2013), [Geelong, Vic.], A6

research report/technical paper
2012

Writing and professional learning : a 'dialogic interaction'

G Parr, B Doecke

(2012), pp. 158-175, Teacher learning that matters : international perspectives, New York, NY, B1

book chapter

Literary praxis : engaging with texts in classroom settings

B Doecke, P van de Ven

(2012), Vol. 12, pp. 85-105, L1-Educational studies in language and literature, Amsterdam , The Netherlands, C1

journal article

Language, experience and professional learning (what Walter Benjamin can teach us)

B Doecke, I Pereira

(2012), Vol. 19, pp. 269-281, Changing english : studies in culture and education, Oxon, England, C1

journal article
2011

Confronting practice. Classroom investigations into language and learning

B Doecke, D McClenaghan

(2011), Putney, N.S.W., A1

book

Opening their teaching up to scrutiny

P van de Ven, B Doecke

(2011), pp. 3-8, Literary praxis : a conversational inquiry into the teaching of literature, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, B1

book chapter

A conversational inquiry

P van de Ven, B Doecke

(2011), pp. 9-20, Literary Praxis : a conversational inquiry into the teaching of literature, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, B1

book chapter

Literary praxis : a concluding essay

P van de Ven, B Doecke

(2011), pp. 219-225, Literary praxis : a conversational inquiry into the teaching of literature, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, B1

book chapter

Classrooms, creativity and everyday life : a continuing inquiry

B Doecke, D McClenaghan

(2011), pp. 35-53, Creating an Australian curriculum for English : national agendas, local contexts, Putney, NSW, B1

book chapter

Introduction : Creating an Australian curriculum for English : national agendas, local contexts

B Doecke, G Parr, W Sawyer

(2011), pp. 1-3, Creating an Australian curriculum for English : national agendas, local contexts, Putney, NSW, B1

book chapter

National imaginings and classroom conversations : past and present debates about teaching Australian literature

B Doecke, L Mclean Davies, P Mead

(2011), pp. 1-15, Teaching Australian literature : from classroom conversations to national imaginings, Kent Town, S. Aust., B1

book chapter

Teaching small 'I' literature : lessons from English in Australia

B Doecke, D McClenaghan, L Petris

(2011), pp. 266-292, Teaching Australian literature : from classroom conversations to national imaginings, Kent Town, S. Aust., B1

book chapter

The national mapping of teacher professional learning project : a multi-dimensional space?

B Doecke, G Parr

(2011), Vol. 46, pp. 9-19, English in Australia, Melbourne, Vic., C1

journal article

Standards-based accountability : reification, responsibility and the ethical subject

A Kostogriz, B Doecke

(2011), Vol. 22, pp. 397-412, Teaching education, Abingdon, England, C1

journal article

Evaluation of the Yachad Accelerated Learning Program (YALP) : Final report

B Doecke, B Doig, S Groves, M Wells

(2011), Melbourne, Vic, A6-1

research report/technical paper
2010

Multiliteracies : resources for meaning-making in the secondary english classroom

D McClenaghan, B Doecke

(2010), pp. 224-238, Multiliteracies in motion : current theory and practice, London, England, B1-1

book chapter

Multiliteracies : resources for meaning-making in the secondary english classroom

D McClenaghan, B Doecke

(2010), pp. 224-238, Multiliteracies in motion : current theory and practice, New York, N.Y., B1-1

book chapter

Seeing 'things' differently : recognition, ethics, praxis

B Doecke, A Kostogriz, B Illesca

(2010), Vol. 9, pp. 81-98, English teaching : practice and critique, Waikato, N.Z., C1

journal article
2009

Reconceptualising experience

B Doecke, D McClenaghan

(2009), pp. 127-137, Charged with meaning : re-viewing English, Melbourne, Vic., B1-1

book chapter

The content of students' writing

D McClenaghan, B Doecke

(2009), pp. 374-386, The SAGE handbook of writing development, London, England, B1-1

book chapter

Process writing : confessions

B Doecke, D McClenaghan

(2009), pp. 243-250, Charged with meaning : re-viewing English, Melbourne, Vic., B1-1

book chapter

'Crude thinking' or reclaiming our 'story-telling rights' : Harold Rosen's essays on narrative

B Doecke, G Parr

(2009), Vol. 16, pp. 63-76, Changing english : an international journal of english teaching, Oxon, England, C1-1

journal article

The literature classroom : spaces for dialogue

B Doecke, P Gill, B Illesca, P Van De Ven

(2009), Vol. 9, pp. 5-33, L1-educational studies in language and literature, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

The making of literature : a continuing conversation

N Bellis, G Parr, B Doecke

(2009), Vol. 16, pp. 165-179, Changing English, Abingdon, England, C1-1

journal article
2008

Becoming a professional (and other dissident acts)

B Doecke, A Kostogriz

(2008), Vol. 8, pp. 63-84, L1-educational studies in language and literature, Dordrecht, Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

English and its others : towards an ethics of transculturation

A Kostogriz, B Doecke

(2008), Vol. 15, pp. 259-274, Changing English, Abingdon, England, C1-1

journal article

Hunger artists : literacy, testing & accountability

B Illesca, B Doecke

(2008), Vol. 43, pp. 13-25, English in Australia, Norwood, S. A., C1-1

journal article

Becoming a professional (and other dissident acts): Language and literacy teaching in an age of neoliberal reform

B Doecke, A Kostogriz

(2008), Vol. 8, pp. 63-84, L1 Educational Studies in Language and Literature, C1-1

journal article

National mapping of teacher professional learning project : final report

B Doecke, G Parr, S North, T Gale, M Long, J Mitchell, J Rennie, J Williams

(2008), [Canberra, A.C.T.], A6-1

research report/technical paper
2007

Fieldwork: a context space for professional learning

J Nuttall, B Doecke, A Berry, B Illesca, J Mitchell

(2007), pp. 37-52, Dimensions of Professional Learning: Professionalism, Practice and Identity, Rotterdam, Netherlands, B1-1

book chapter

Knowing practice in English teaching? Research challenges in representing the professional practice of English teachers

B Doecke, B Green, A Kostogriz, J Reid, W Sawyer

(2007), Vol. 6, pp. 4-21, English teaching : practice and critique, Hamilton, N.Z., C1-1

journal article

Encounters with 'strangers' : towards dialogical ethics in English language education

A Kostogriz, B Doecke

(2007), Vol. 4, pp. 1-24, Critical inquiry in language studies, Philadelphia, Pa., C1-1

journal article
2006

Teacher quality : beyond the rhetoric

B Doecke

(2006), pp. 195-208, Only connect- : English teaching, schooling and community, Kent Town, S. A., B1-1

book chapter

The present moment

B Doecke, M Howie, W Sawyer

(2006), pp. 1-3, Only connect- : English teaching, schooling and community, Kent Town, S. A., B1-1

book chapter

Starting points

B Doecke, M Howie, W Sawyer

(2006), pp. 4-24, Only connect- : English teaching, schooling and community, Kent Town, S. A., B1-1

book chapter

Keywords in the Australian context

B Doecke, M Howie, W Sawyer

(2006), Vol. 5, pp. 137-160, English teaching : practice and critique, Hamilton, New Zealand, C1-1

journal article

Beyond externalizing and finalizing definitions : standards for teachers of english language and literacy in Australia (STELLA)

B Doecke

(2006), Vol. 40, pp. 36-50, English in education, Oxford, England, C1-1

journal article
2005

Writing : a common project

B Doecke, G Parr

(2005), pp. 1-16, Writing = learning, Kent Town, S. A., B1-1

book chapter

Engaging in valued activities : popular culture in the english classroom

B Doecke, D McClenaghan

(2005), pp. 247-260, Writing = learning, Kent Town, S. A., B1-1

book chapter

Popular culture : a resource for writing in secondary English classrooms

D McClenaghan, B Doecke

(2005), pp. 121-130, Effective learning and teaching of writing : a handbook of writing in education, New York, N.Y., B1-1

book chapter

Teacher education and critical inquiry : the use of activity theory in exploring alternative understandings of language and literacy

B Doecke, A Kostogriz

(2005), Vol. 30, pp. 15-26, Australian journal of teacher education, Katoomba, NSW, C1-1

journal article

Professional standards : maintaining a critical stance

B Doecke

(2005), pp. 26-34, English in Australia, Norwood, S. A., C1-1

journal article
2004

Educating the educator : an autobiographical essay

B Doecke

(2004), pp. 9-18, English in Australia, Norwood, S. A., C1-1

journal article

Explaining ourselves (to ourselves) : english teachers, professional identity and change

B Doecke, T Locke, A Petrosky

(2004), pp. 103-112, English in Australia, Norwood, S. A., C1-1

journal article

Heteroglossia : a space for developing critical language awareness?

B Doecke, A Kostogriz, C Charles

(2004), Vol. 3, pp. 29-42, English teaching : practice and critique, Hamilton, New Zealand, C1-1

journal article

Professional identity and educational reform: Confronting my habitual practices as a teacher educator

B Doecke

(2004), Vol. 20, pp. 203-215, Teaching and Teacher Education, C1-1

journal article

Accomplished story telling: English teachers write about their professional lives (the standards for teachers of English language and literacy in Australia project)

B Doecke

(2004), Vol. 10, pp. 291-305, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, C1-1

journal article

Heteroglossia : a space for developing critical language awareness?

J Brown, C Charles, B Doecke, A Kostogriz

(2004), pp. 1-13, AARE 2004 : Doing the public good : positioning educational research ; AARE 2004 International Education Research conference proceedings, Melbourne, Victoria, E1-1

conference

Heteroglossic spaces : interrogating academic literacies in teacher education

B Doecke, A Kostogriz

(2004), pp. 167-176, ATEA 2004 : Making spaces : regenerating the profession : proceedings of the 2004 ATEA conference 2004, Bathurst, NSW, E1-1

conference
2003

Teacher education and critical inquiry : the use of activity theory in exploring alternative understandings of language and literacy

B Doecke, A Kostogriz

(2003), pp. 1-18, NZARE/AARE 2003 : Educational research, risks and dilemmas : New Zealand Association for Research in Education and the Australian Association for Research in Education, Auckland, New Zealand, E1-1

conference
2001

Public and personal domains : professional standards for teachers of English in Australia

B Doecke

(2001), Vol. 1, pp. 163-177, L1 educational studies in language and literature, Dordrecht , Netherlands, C1-1

journal article

Continuities and discontinuities: The transition from pre-service to first-year teaching

J Loughran, J Brown, B Doecke

(2001), Vol. 7, pp. 7-23, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, C1-1

journal article
2000

Teacher talk: The role of story and anecdote in constructing professional knowledge for beginning teachers

B Doecke, J Brown, J Loughran

(2000), Vol. 16, pp. 335-348, Teaching and Teacher Education, C1-1

journal article
1999

Good dreamsbad dreams: Text selection and censorship in Australia

B Doecke, T Hayes

(1999), Vol. 33, pp. 31-42, English in Education, C1-1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Mandated literacy assessment and the reorganisation of teachers' work

A/Prof Barbara Comber, A/Prof Phillip Cormack, Prof Brenton Doecke, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, Dr Rosemary Kerin, Dr Dorothy Smith, Dr Alison Griffith

ARC - Discovery Projects

  • 2011: $20,326
  • 2010: $24,302

Investigating the effectiveness of teacher education for early career teachers in diverse settings: A longitudinal study

Prof Diane Mayer, Prof Brenton Doecke, A/Prof Mary Dixon, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, A/Prof Andrea Allard, A/Prof Simone White, A/Prof Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Leonie Rowan, Prof Claire Wyatt-Smith, Prof Richard Bates

ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 1, ARC_DUAPAI ARC_Deakin University Australian Postgraduate Award Industry

  • 2014: $112
  • 2013: $37,838
  • 2012: $83,332

Other Public Sector Funding

Investigating the effectiveness of teacher education for early career teachers in diverse settings: A longitudinal study

Prof Diane Mayer, Prof Brenton Doecke, A/Prof Mary Dixon, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, A/Prof Andrea Allard, A/Prof Simone White, A/Prof Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Leonie Rowan, Prof Claire Wyatt-Smith, Prof Richard Bates

Queensland Department of Education and Training, DEECD Research Panel - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Queensland College of Teachers, VicIoT Victorian Institute of Teaching

  • 2013: $144,004
  • 2012: $144,000
  • 2011: $100,000

Formative Evaluation: Workplace Learning Coordinators' Program

A/Prof Damian Blake, Prof Brenton Doecke, Dr Lauri Grace, Dr Shanti Wong

DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

  • 2011: $37,120
  • 2010: $37,120

Evaluation of the Yached Accelerated Learning Program (YALP)

Prof Brenton Doecke, Hon Prof Susie Groves, Dr Muriel Wells, Dr Brian Doig

DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

  • 2011: $89,100

Evaluation of the National Partnerships (Teacher, Quality, Supply and Retention) Initiatives for the Victorian school workforce

Prof Brenton Doecke, Prof Russell Tytler, Adj/Prof Christine Halse, Dr Brian Doig, Prof Julianne Moss, Prof Damian Blake, A/Prof Peter Hubber, Prof Coral Campbell, A/Prof Anne-Marie Morrissey, A/Prof Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Wendy Kortman, Mr Alan Marshall, Ms Barbara Preston, Dr Jodie Kline, A/Prof Glenn Auld, Prof Linda Hobbs

DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

  • 2013: $190,500
  • 2012: $25,500
  • 2011: $52,800

Longitudinal Teacher Workforce Main Study

Prof Brenton Doecke, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, Prof Julianne Moss, A/Prof Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Jodie Kline

DEEWR Tender - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

  • 2013: $282,180
  • 2012: $423,271

Pilot Tech Next Mid-Year intake - selection, recruitment & placement of participants (Phase 1) & course delivery (Phase 2)

Prof Damian Blake, Prof Russell Tytler, Prof Chris Hickey, A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, A/Prof Peter Hubber, Prof Brenton Doecke, Dr Gaye Williams, Dr Gail Chittleborough

DEEWR Tender - Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

  • 2012: $439,514

Industry and Other Funding

Evaluation of the Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change

Prof Brenton Doecke, Prof Julianne Moss, Hon Prof Anne Cloonan, A/Prof Julianne Lynch, Prof Joanne O'Mara

Aust Institute for Teaching and School Leadership

  • 2012: $47,117

Supervisions

Principal Supervisor
2014

Lisa Breen

Thesis entitled: Teacher professional practice and an ethic of care: an everyday problematic

Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education

Associate Supervisor
2012

Margaret Milne

Thesis entitled: Doing Without School! Spaces becomes places: adolescent identity and engagement

Doctor of Philosophy (Education), School of Education