Group members
Our group members have expertise in a variety of research areas.
Please see their individual profiles for research interests and supervision experience.
Staff
Students
HDR students work on a range of research projects across the areas of language, literacies and learning.
Student projects
| Project Title | Student | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| A focus on literacy development in primary schools in the Solomon Islands: engaging parents to support children’s English reading development, (Masters’ research) | Casper Hillary Meiya | Dr Sarah Ohi (Principal Supervisor) |
| An investigation of educator-child relationships and wellbeing of under 3-year-olds (PhD, Education) | Nicole Downes | A/Prof Louise Paatsch (Associate Supervisor) |
| Assessment as a gift | Andrew Eyers | |
| Children’s play: an analysis of involvement in dramatic play, (PhD, Education) | Natalie Elizabeth Robertson | A/Prof Louise Paatsch (Associate Supervisor) |
| Critical literacy in an Indonesian EFL setting: sustaining professional learning, (PhD, Education) | Gin Gin Gustine | Dr Kirsten Hutchison (Principal Supervisor) |
| Intercultural subjectivities of the everyday: A study of Australian school kids, (PhD, Education) | Brandi Nichole Fox | A/Prof Anne Cloonan (Associate Supervisor) |
| It don't mean a thing' 'literary' language in senior secondary classrooms, (PhD, Education) | Paul Joseph Duck | Dr Glenn Auld (Principal Supervisor) |
| Literacy in and for the 21st century | Damian Lyons | Dr Glenn Auld (Associate Supervisor) |
| Students with vision impairments in higher education, a UAE case study (PhD, Education) | Muna Mohamed Al Hammadi | A/Prof Anne Cloonan (Associate Supervisor), A/Prof Louise Paatsch (Associate Supervisor) |
| Teachers’ aides training and professional learning in mainstream secondary schools | Dianne Gibson | A/Prof Louise Paatsch (Associate Supervisor) |
| Teacher professional practice and an ethic of care: an everyday problematic | Lisa Breen | Dr Glenn Auld (Associate Supervisor) |
| The complexities of language in education policies in the Pacific: the Kiribati context, Master's research project | P. Ingram | Dr Sarah Ohi |
| The role of play in teaching English as a foreign language in early childhood settings in Indonesia, PhD | D. Mulia | Dr Sarah Ohi, Dr Anne-Marie Morrissey and Dr Liz Rouse |
| The role of the writer in creating narrative-driven digital educational games (PhD, Education) | Luke Conrad Jackson | A/Prof Joanne O’Mara (Executive Supervisor) |
| Virtual worlds as pedagogical places: experiences of higher education staff | Leah Irene Irving | A/Prof Anne Cloonan (Associate Supervisor) |
Research projects
Graduate Teacher Conferences: Design, Implementation and Evaluation
2019
Research team: A/Prof Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Prof Christine Ure, A/Prof Andrea Gallant, Dr Matthew Thomas, Dr Emma Rowe, Mr Ray Messer, Dr Sarah Ohi, A/Prof Amanda Mooney, Dr Julie Arnold, Dr Gaelene Hope-Rowe, Dr Peter O'Keefe, Mrs Kate Harvie, Mrs Jacqui Peters, Mrs Katrina Broadhead, Mrs Karen Chaur, Mrs Kate Moncrieff, Dr Kellie Sanders
2019: $77,881
2018: $182, 564
Development and delivery of the Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship Pilot Program
2018
Research team: Catherine Beavis, M Grossman, A Keddie, T Cinque, L Pangrazio, and M Vergani
Funding: $66,755
Researching the everyday digital in children’s lives
2017
Research team: J Sefton-Green, Catherine Beavis, Anne Cloonan and Kirsten Hutchison
Funding: Norm Curry Bequest
Building early language and literacy
2016
Research team: A Nolan, Louise Paatsch, B Raban
Funding: $19,675
Transition: Improved Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes (Survey)
2015
Research team: B Doig and Joanne O'Mara
Funding: $50,95
Creative, critical, digital: connecting home and school literacies
2014–16
Research team: Anne Cloonan, Kirsten Hutchison, Louise Paatsch
Funding: Catholic Education Melbourne, $114 000
Doing diversity
2013–2015
Research team: C Halse, F Mansouri, R Arber, C Arrowsmith, C Charles, Anne Cloonan, N Densen, J Moss, Sarah Ohi, J O’Mara, Y Paradis, N Priest
Funding: ARC Linkage Project, $630 000
Leading Indigenous Cultural Inclusion Module
2014
Research team: Glenn Auld in collaboration with the Bastow Institute of Educational Leadership (Bastow) and the Koorie Unit of the Learning
Funding: $120,000
The Literacy and Numeracy Strategy, Literature Review
2013
Research team: A Kostogriz, C Vale, Glenn Auld, D Blake, L Bragg, Sarah Ohi, T Ollis, Joanne O’Mara, Louise Paatsch, G Williams
Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games
2012–2015
Research team: Professor Catherine Beavis, Professor Clare Bradford, Associate Professor Joanne O'Mara and Dr Christopher Walsh.
Funding: ARC Linkage research project 2012–2015
Serious play: using digital games in school to promote literacy and learning in the twenty-first century
2012–2014
Research team: Catherine Beavis, M Dezuanni, J O’Mara, S Prestidge, L Rowan, C Wyatt-Smith, J Zagami and Y San Chee
Funding: $122,500
A techno-historical trail of Peek Whuurong historical sites created by local students
Research team: J Lynch and Terri Redpath
Funding: $28,529
Funding and awards
School of Education Teaching Award
2017
For Sustained Excellence in Teaching 2015–2017
Recipient: Dr Sarah Ohi
Vice-Chancellor's Prizes and Awards for Outstanding Contributions
2017
For providing highly supportive Cloud learning through strategic partnerships and premium digital resources, effectively preparing students for placement.
Recipients: Maria Nicholas, Denise Simons, Rebecca Claire, Lisa Bell, Rosemarie Garner, Stephen Newnham and Glenn Mcnolty
Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence
2016
Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, Faculty of Arts and Education
Recipient: Maria Nicholas
HDR publication prize
'Affordances of using multiple videoed events to construct a rich understanding of adult–child book readings', International Journal of Research & Method in Education
Researcher: Maria Nicholas (2016, online first version)
Contact us
For more information about language, literacies and learning research, please contact Sarah Ohi.
Dr Sarah Ohi
Senior Lecturer in Education (Language and Literacy Education)
Email Sarah Ohi
+61 3 9244 3747