Name:Dr' Glenn Auld

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Name Dr. Glenn Auld Qualifications B.Sc, Dip
Ed, M Ed, PhD Location Peninsula
A345 Telephone [phone] Email glenn.a
uld_at_education.monash.edu.au CURRENT RESEARCH
FOCUS Literacy practices and literacy
events changing technological literacies Indigenou
s Australian Education Critical
literacies Critical research methodologies Linguis
tic human rights KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S),
RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR HYPOTHESES Literacy
practices of Indigenous children speaking a
minority language mediated on new
technologies. METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH
(ES)/PREFERENCES Qualitative Ethnographic CURREN
T GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES Creating
spaces for critical reflection The development
of an approach to facilitate critical, guided
reflection among students in off-campus learning
environments Review of teaching writing at
Mahogany Rise Primary School RECENT
PUBLICATIONS Auld, G. (2006). Factors to consider
when planning to present a digital thesis. Paper
presented at the 2005 annual conference of the
Australian Association for Research in Education,
27 November - 1 December, 2005, University of
Western Sydney, Parramatta. Auld, G. (2005). A
middle approach to literacy in a Minority
Indigenous Australian language context. Paper
presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the
Australian Association for Research in Education,
28th November to 2nd December, 2004, Melbourne,
Australia. Auld, G. (2002). Why should I present
a thesis on Computer Assisted Ndjbbana on DVD ?
Paper presented at the 2002 annual conference of
the Australian Association for Research in
Education, 1-5 December, 2002, University of
Queensland, Brisbane. Auld, G. (2002). The role
of the computer in learning Ndjbbana. Language
Learning and Technology, 6(2), 41-58. Retrieved
May 3, 2002 from the World Wide Web
http//llt.msu.edu/vol6num2/auld/default.html Auld
, G. (2002). Computer Assisted Ndjbbana,
Practically Primary, 7(3), 20-23. Auld, G.
(2002). What Can We Say About 112,000 Taps on a
Ndjebbana Touch Screen? Australian Journal of
Indigenous Education, 30(1), 1-7. TEACHING Curric
ulum studies primary English Early childhood
literacy Curriculum studies primary English
2 Language and literacy in primary
contexts Enabling literacy and numeracy

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• Name Rosemary Bennett
• Qualifications
• Location Peninsula A430
• Telephone [phone]
• Email Rosemary.bennett_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Early childhood beginnings in creative
  development, with particular reference to
  movement and dance and the expressive arts.
• The pedagogical implications of creative
  methodologies.
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• PhD topic in progress Moving through early
  childhood A socio-cultural perspective on
  creativity and development 0-5 years.
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH(ES)/PREFERENCES
• Qualitative research methods Narrative inquiry,
  socio-cultural/historical framework,
  auto-ethnography, case study.
• CURRENT GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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• Name Mindy Blaise
• Qualifications
• Location Peninsula A4
• Telephone [phone]Email mindy.blaise_at_
  education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
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• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• My core research interests include exploring the
  possibilities and limitations of using
  alternative theoretical frameworks for conducting
  research with children and teachers
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH(ES)/PREFERENCES
• Using qualitative methods
• Case study designs
• Conducting collaborative and classroom based
  inquiries.
• Alternative theoretical frameworks, such as
  feminist poststructuralism and queer theory
• CURRENT GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• Exploring Post-developmental Pedagogies in Early
  Childhood A Case Study of How 7 Early Childhood
  Teachers are Transforming Practice

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• Name Geraldine Burke
• Qualifications BA - Fine Arts (R.M.I.T.) Grad
  Dip - Art Craft (Melb), MA (Research) - Art
  Design ( Monash)Currently undertaking a PhD by
  Project - (R.M.I.T.)
• Location Peninsula A210
• Telephone [phone]
• Email Geraldine.Burke_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Current research explores the concept of
  immersive art pedagogy through my evolving
  practice as critical educator, researcher and
  artist. First developed as an intuitive way of
  working within art contexts, I now revisit this
  approach through an emerging theoretical
  framework that responds to various arts based
  contexts. As an approach to art learning,
  teaching and practice immersive art pedagogy aims
  to foster confidence in ones creative expression
  as well as simultaneous concept development
  across the areas of creativity, pedagogy,
  discipline knowledge and local knowledge and is
  viewed through socio cultural and critically
  social ways of knowing.
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEMS, QUESTIONS AND INTEREST
  AREAS
• Immersive art pedagogy
• Creative connections to place and identity
• Contexts for learning in, through and about the
  arts
• Art experiences in early childhood and primary
  settings
• Art and Playful intentions
• Art and Science
• Methodological preferences
• I am currently exploring creativity theory,
  socio-cultural ways of knowing and critical
  pedagogy. These perspectives inform the way I
  approach arts based methods and narrative
  enquiry.

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• Geraldine Burke (cont.)
• Burke, G. (2005) Invited Speaker, Community
  Feedback Session, Creative Junction Warburton
  Arts Centre, Victoria.
• Burke, G. Malone, K, (2005) Nature, Art, Play
  Utilizing the environment as a space to create
  play and connect with nature. Paper presented at
  the Two Fires Arts and Activism Conference,
  Canberra, Australia.
• Burke, G., and Malone, K, (2005) Nature, Art and
  Play, Two Fires Arts and Activism Festival
  workshops
• TEACHING
• EDF 3102 Primary Art/Music (Art component)
• EDF 1514 Visual Arts in Early Childhood
  (Singapore and Melbourne campus)
• EDF 2122 Studio arts Painting/Sculpture
  (Education)
• EDF 3304Studio arts- Mixed media (Education)
• EDF 2126 Studio arts-Three dimensional
  studies(Education)
• EDF 2905 Studio arts-Two dimensional
  studies(Education)
• EDF 3122 Studio arts-Digital art (Education)
• EDF 4218 Designing and producing illustrated
  children's books(Education)

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• Name Peter DeVries
• Qualifications PhD (Griffith), M Ed (Griffith),
  Grad Dip Tch (QUT), BA(hons)(UQ)
• Location Peninsula A4
• Telephone [phone]
• Email peter.devries_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Role of parents in young childrens musical
  development
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• Music education and learning (early childhood and
  primary) Teacher autobiography
• Alternative representation of research
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH(ES)/PREFERENCES
• Phenomenology
• Self study
• Case study
• CURRENT GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES

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• Name Dr Suzy Edwards
• Qualifications Ass Dip (Arts) B. Ed(Hons) PhD
• Location Peninsula A3 26
• Telephone [phone]
• Email susan.edwards_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Early childhood curriculum
• Sociocultural and developmental theories in early
  childhood education
• Teacher understandings of curriculum
• Information and Communication Technologies in
  Education
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• How do teachers use and interpret the various
  theoretical frameworks available to them in their
  work with young children?
• How are contemporary theories in early childhood
  education appropriated and utilised by the
  profession to inform practice?
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Action research
• Qualitative

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• SUZY EDWARDS (cont.)
• Edwards, S. (2005). The Reasoning Behind the
  Scene Why do early childhood educators use
  computers in their classrooms? Australian Journal
  of Early Childhood, 30(4), 25-33.
• Edwards, S. (2005). Talking about a Revolution
  Paradigmatic Change in Early Childhood Education
  from a Developmental to Sociocultural Theory and
  Beyond. Melbourne Studies in Education, 46(1),
  1-12.
• Edwards, S. (2005). Why I Hated Socio-cultural
  Theory Confessions of a reformed
  congitive-developmentalist. Pedagogy, Culture and
  Society, 13(2), 133-141.
• Edwards, S., Hammer, M. (2005). Teacher
  Education and Problem Based Learning Exploring
  the Issues and Identifying the Benefits. Paper
  presented at the AARE International Education
  Research Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
• Edwards, S., Kennedy, A. (2005). Editorial.
  Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood
  Education, 12(2), v-vi.
• Edwards, S., Kennedy, A. (2005). Editorial.
  Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood
  Education, 12(1), v-vii.
• Hammer, M., Edwards, S. (2004). "I will never
  forget Laura's story" Problem Based Learning in
  Early Childhood and Primary Teacher Education.
  Paper presented at the 2004 Australian Research
  in Early Childhood Edication Conference, Monash
  University, Peninsula Campus.
• Nuttall, J., Edwards, S. (2004). Theory,
  Context and Practice. Exploring the curriculum
  decision-making of early childhood teachers.
  Early Childhood Folio(8), 14-18.
• Edwards, S. (2004). Book Review. Contemporary
  Issues in Early Childhood, 5(3), 417-419.
• Edwards, S. (2004). Editorial. Journal of
  Australian Research in Early Childhood Education,
  11(2), i-iv.
• Edwards, S. (2004). Teacher perceptions of
  curriculum metaphoric descriptions of DAP.
  Journal of Australian Research in Early Childhood
  Education, 11(2), 88-98.
• TEACHING
• Child development 1
• Child development 2
• Child development principles
• Issues in child development

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• Name Dr. Julie Edwards
• Qualifications Dip. Teach Prim., SCV
  (Frankston), B.A., M.Ed., PhD (Melb).
• Location Peninsula A342
• Telephone [phone]
• Email Julie.edwards_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• History of Educational Ideas- culture and
  society, conservative to socialist paradigms
  particularly in the English context social
  justice, access and excellence/elitist and
  egalitarian issues in relation to cultural
  transmission comparative education, curriculum
  and assessment issues in Studies of Society and
  Environment (primary curriculum) the
  internationalization of education, the study of
  in secondary schools and higher education
  international education
• .
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• CURRENT GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• Edwards, J. Seah W.T., Flying in, flying out
  Offshore Teaching in Higher Education ,
  Australian Journal of Education ACER (in press)
• Edwards, J., Edwards, R., B.lythe, M. and Quinn,
  J. Cricket Pitches and Latin Mottos How British
  International Schools Market themselves,
  International Journal of Teaching, University of
  Granada, Teaching and Learning Conference,
  Granada, Spain, July 2005 (in press)Edwards, J.,
  Seah, W.T., Flying In and Out Research into
  offshore teaching in higher education in the new
  economy, Innovation and Enterprise Book College
  Years Nanyang Technological University,
  Singapore. (In press)
• Edwards, J. (2006). 'It must be a two-way
  street' Researching the process of
  internationalising the curriculum in Victorian
  Schools. Paper presented at the SEAA 2006,
  Brisbane, Australia.

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• Name Dr. Beverley Jane
• Qualifications PhD(Monash), MEd (La Trobe), BEd
  (La Trobe), BTheol (MCD), TSTC (STC)
• Location Peninsula A410
• Telephone [phone]
• Email Beverley.jane_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Grandparents' role in fostering curiosity and a
  sense of wonder in early childhood
• Spirituality and values in science education
• Mentoring
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• Spirituality and science education as shared
  praxis (MTheol thesis)
• Creativity in technology education
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Qualitative methods case study, grounded theory
  and phenomenography.
• Socio-cultural historical perspective in science
  education

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• Name Dr Jocelyn (Joce) Nuttall
• Qualifications PhD (Victoria, NZ), MEd
  (Canterbury), BEd (Otago), DipTch(Primary),
  DipTch(ECE Equiv.)
• Location Peninsula A2.13
• Telephone [phone]
• Email joce.nuttall_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Teachers' lives, careers, and decision-making
• Teacher education and professional learning
• Early childhood curriculum and policy
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• What makes teachers tick, both as individuals
  and in groups? In particular, how do they make
  classroom decisions about the curriculum?
• What are the respective roles of theory, beliefs,
  and life experience in early childhood teachers
  practice?
• How might we design innovative, meaningful, and
  effective approaches to teacher education, both
  pre-service and in-service?
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Approaches based on sociocultural and activity
  theory, symbolic interactionism, and/or
  narrativity.

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• Name Jill Robbins
• Qualifications MEd Studs BA (Calif) DipMKTC
• Location Peninsula A323
• Telephone [phone]
• Email jill.robbins_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Young children's thinking Sociocultural theory
  and its application to research and teaching
  Sociocultural Perspectives on Early Childhood
  Education Young children's understanding of
  natural phenomena Interviewing children Early
  childhood science Mathematics in preschool
  Issues in early childhood education.
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES.
• How can sociocultural/cultural theory inform
  research practices with young children
  especially in relation to data generation and
  data analysis?
• What are young childrens conceptualisations of
  the environment? How do these arise?
• How can attention to contexts, collaboration and
  cultural tools assist in determining young
  childrens thinking about their environment?
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Use of sociocultural theory to inform data
  generation and analysis in research with children
• Interpretive approaches
• Conversing with children

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• Jill Robbins (cont)
• Fleer, M., Robbins, J. (2004). Yeah what they
  teach you at Uni, it's just rubbish the
  participatory appropriation of new cultural tools
  as early childhood student teachers move from a
  developmental to a sociocultural framework for
  observing and planning. Journal of Australian
  Research in Early Childhood Education, 11(1),
  47-62.
• Jane, B., Robbins, J. (2004). Block play as a
  potential for learning innovation in technology
  education in early childhood classrooms. Paper
  presented at the 3rd Biennial International
  Conference on Technology Education Research,
  Surfers Paradise, Australia.
• Jane, B., Robbins, J. (2004). Intergenerational
  Science Grandparents encouraging children's
  curiosity. Every Child, 10(4), 8-9.
• Robbins, J. (2004). Book Review. Australian
  Educational Researcher, 31(3), 113-114.
• Robbins, J., Fleer, M. (2004, 12-13 July 2004).
  Learning the Landscape A sociocultural analysis
  of family enactments of literacy and numeracy
  within the official script of middle class early
  childhood discourse. Paper presented at the
  International Society for Cultural and Activity
  Resesearch Regional Conference, Wollongong, NSW.
• TEACHING
• Early childhood mathematics, science and
  technology
• Foundations of early childhood education
• Early childhood teaching studies 6
• Perspectives of early childhood education
• The teacher as a researcher

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• Name Dr Geoff Romeo
• Qualifications Dip. Teach. (Prim), B.Ed., B.A.,
  M.Ed.St., Ph.D
• Location Peninsula A320
• Telephone [phone]
• Email geoff.romeo_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Primary Education, Learning Technologies,
  Curriculum, Action Research, Technology in
  Education,
• eLearning, Online Learning, Information and
  Communication Technology in Education, Computers
  in Education
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• What is the role of technology in education?
• Why does technology matter?
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Design based research, action research, case
  study, qualitative methods
• CURRENT RESEARCH/GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• An international study of the efficacy of
  Australian fieldwork for US student teachers
  Culture and context

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• Geoff Romeo (Cont)
• TEACHING
• Teaching studies A
• Early childhood teaching studies 1
• Learning technologies classroom publishing
• Learning technologies databases and multimedia
• Computers in education
• Evaluation and development of educational
  software
• Fieldwork placement I
• Fieldwork placement II
• Teaching studies D
• Teaching studies C
• Professional experience 1

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• Name Dr Glenn Russell
• Qualifications B.A, B.Ed., M.Ed Stud.,(Monash)
  Grad. Dip. Ed Tech, (SCV Toorak),G. Cert Higher
  Ed, Ph.D (Griffith) MACE, ACCE Associate.
• Location Peninsula A325
• Telephone [phone]
• Email glenn.russell_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Computers and Education Cyberspace Virtual
  Schools Learning Technology Cyberphobia
  Hypertext and digital literacies Teacher
  Training and Information Technology Ethical
  Implications of Computer-based technologies,
  Globalisation and ICTE, ICTE and Transformation
  of School Education
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• See current research focus above in particular
  I am interested in the ethical challenges of ICTE
  in education the ways in which globalization and
  ICTE affect pedagogies in education, and ways
  that ICTE can improve school education
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Primarily qualitative and case study
  methodologies
• CURRENT RESEARCH/GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• Finger, G., Jamieson-Proctor, H, Russell G, and
  Russell, N. (2006, in press) Transforming
  Learning with ICTs - Make IT Happen!. Pearsons
  Australia

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• Glenn Russell (cont)
• Finger, G and Russell, G. (2005). ICTs and
  Teacher Education Digital Portfolios Digital
  Storytelling, Reflection and Deep Learning.
  Conference Paper presented at Australian Teacher
  Education Association Conference, Queensland
  Australia 6-9 July 2005.
• Russell, G. (2005). Emerging Technologies and
  ICTE. Paper presented at Actively Interactive -
  2005 Annual Conference, ICTEV Annual Conference,
  21 May, 2005.
• Russell, G. (2004). The Advantages and
  Disadvantages of Virtual Schools. ICT in
  Education,7 (1), 6-8.
• Russell, G. (2004) Virtual Schools A Critique of
  Two Models Paper presented at ACEC 2004
  Australian Computers in Education Conference
  Adelaide 5-8 July 2004
• Finger, G., and Russell, G. (2004). Teacher
  Education in an Online World. Paper presented at
  ACEC 2004 Australian Computers in Education
  Conference Adelaide 5-8 July 2004
• Russell, G. (2004). The Distancing Dilemma in
  Distance Education. International Journal of
  Instructional Technology and Distance Learning
  (Online), February - available
  http//www.itdl.org/journal/Feb_04/article03.htm
• Russell, G (2004). Virtual Schools A critical
  View. In C. Cavanaugh (Ed) Development and
  Management of Virtual Schools Issues and Trends.
  Hershey Ideas Group.
• TEACHING
• Computer essentials
• The impact of computer technology on education
  and society
• Curriculum studies primary English 1
• Learning technologies databases and multimedia
• Communicating with new technologies
• Computer project development

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• Name Dr. Holli Tonyan
• Qualifications BA (Psychology), MA
  (Psychological Studies in Education), PhD
  (Psychological Studies in Education)
• Location Peninsula A343
• Telephone [phone]
• Email Holli.Tonyan_at_Education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Playful interactions with teachers and parents.
  What are common characteristics of playful
  interactions that emerge from ongoing activity in
  day-to-day life? One project involves analysis
  of archived video files capturing interactions at
  home whereas the other project involves following
  children aged 2-3 for a day in the life at
  child care.
• Ways in which sociocultural approaches to
  learning and development can inform my own
  teaching practice. In this project, Glenn Auld
  and I have been developing a new CD-Rom to
  support students studying in off-campus modes.
  Drawing from sociocultural approaches to learning
  and development, particularly Rogoffs concept of
  guided participation, we explored ways of
  digitising a study guide to the unit reading
  materials. We designed a CD-Rom with excerpts
  from texts and multimedia (video) examples as
  well as prompts for critical reflection. We are
  currently drafting a set of manuscript in which
  we outline the theoretical informants for our
  decisions and reflections about evidence about
  the strengths and limitations of the new
  technological tool.
• Daily transitions between home and centres for
  infants and toddlers. How is the commonly
  stressful time socially mediated? How do
  different immediate stakeholders
  (parents/guardians, child care professionals,
  children) negotiate the many different interests
  both immediate and driven by the larger contexts
  of which they are a part (e.g., parent/guardian
  workplace, professional organizations around
  early childhood, government agencies/regulators,
  etc) that intersect in these daily practices?
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES
• The ways in which emotions and interactions
  influence and are influenced by social partners,
  particularly those with whom we have
  relationships. Broadly speaking, I am interested
  in
• Social and emotional development, including
  emotion regulation, or the ways in which
  individuals modulate their emotions in order to
  engage with their environment and others
• Relationships (with friends, parents, and
  teachers) as contexts for learning and
  development
• What Rogoff calls the cultural nature of human
  development or the ways in which the goals of
  and trajectories for development vary across
  cultural communities
• The ways in which distress and play are socially
  mediated.
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES

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• Holli Tonyan (Cont)
• CURRENT RESEARCH/GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• Tonyan, H. A. (2004-2006).Children's early social
  lives Exploring the sociocultural contexts of
  children's social and emotional development among
  Mexican-immigrant families in Los Angeles. With
  financial support from the Faculty of Education,
  Monash University.
• Tonyan, H. A., and Auld, G. (2005-2006).Creating
  spaces for critical reflection The development
  of an approach to facilitate critical, guided
  reflection among students in off-campus learning
  environments. With financial support from the
  Enhancing the Monash Experience initiative,
  Center for Learning and Teaching Services.
• Fleer, M., Tonyan, H. A. (2004-2006).
  International study of pedagogy and play 0 to 36
  months   Australian component. With financial
  support from the Faculty of Education, Monash
  University.
• RECENT PUBLICATIONS
• Tonyan, H. A. (in press). Using functionalist and
  sociocultural theories to examine coregulation of
  distress in mother-child interaction. New Zealand
  Research in Early Childhood Education Journal.
• Tonyan, H. (2006). Coregulation of distress
  Examining the interpersonal dimensions of
  mother-child interaction from 14-24 months using
  a functionalist and sociocultural perspective.
  Paper presented at the ARECE 2006, Monash
  University, Peninsula Campus, Melbourne.
• Fleer, M., Tonyan, H., Mantilla, A. C.,
  Rivalland, C. P. (2006). Is 'the play the thing'?
  Play as guided participation across
  cultural-historical conference. Paper presented
  at the Australian Research in Early Childhood
  Education Conference, Monash University,
  Victoria.
• Tonyan, H. (2005). Coregulating distress
  Mother-child interactions around children's
  distress from 14-24 months. International Journal
  of Behavioral Development, 29(5), 433-444.
• TEACHING
• Perspectives on learning
• Cultural studies (Early Childhood)
• Contexts for childhood

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• Name Dr. Wee Tiong Seah
• Qualifications BSc, PGDE Sec (Singapore), MEd,
  PhD (Monash)
• Location Peninsula A323
• Telephone [phone]
• Email WeeTiong.Seah_at_education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• Values in mathematics education
• Intercultural competency and the teacher-learner
  interactions
• Discourse analysis
• Social/political/ethnic aspects of mathematics
  education
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES.
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• Mixed methods approach
• Sociocultural orientation
• CURRENT RESEARCH/GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES

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• Name David Zyngier
• Qualifications BA. M.Ed
• Location Peninsula A338
• Telephone [phone]
• Email David.Zyngier_at_Education.monash.edu.au
• CURRENT RESEARCH FOCUS
• My thesis focuses on pedagogies that engage
  students (how) can these improve outcomes for
  at-risk students? Pedagogues that engage
  students (how) can they be change agents
  (professional activists) amongst their peers? Can
  a Connected or Generative Pedagogy which has at
  its core students' backgrounds and lived
  experiences can improve student educational
  outcomes for all but in particular for those
  nominated as at risk students. The provisional
  title is Engaging Pedagogies and Pedagogues -
  what does student engagement look like in action?
• KEY RESEARCH PROBLEM(S), RESEARCH QUESTIONS OR
  HYPOTHESES.
• How school education can improve student
  outcomes for all but in particular for at risk
  students.
• METHODOLOGICAL APPROACH (ES)/PREFERENCES
• I hold to a critical and post-structural
  orientation to pedagogy that is distinguishable
  by its political commitment to a radical social
  justice (with interests in who benefits and who
  does not by particular social arrangements) and
  its dialectic critical method
• CURRENT RESEARCH/GRANT APPLICATIONS/CONSULTANCIES
• Dusseldorp Skills Forum Case Study The Island
• RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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• David Zyngier (Cont)
• Zyngier, D. (2004). Review Essay. Melbourne
  Studies in Education, 45(1), 116-120
• Zyngier, D. (2004). A tale of two reports or how
  bad news for Australian education is mediated by
  the media. Issues in Educational Research, 14(2),
  194-211.
• Zyngier, D. (2004). What School Kids Want.
  Educare News(148), 29-30.
• TEACHING
• Perspectives on teaching
• Teaching studies A
• Teaching studies B
• Teaching studies C
• Teaching studies D
• Learning and teaching A
• Learning and teaching B