SORTI Publications

Academic Contexts 2008-2012

SORTI members who publish in this area: Doug Absalom, Alan Barcan, Alie Brown, Shen Chen, Paola Favoro, Allyson Holbrook, Kathryn Grushka, Jo May, Neil Morpeth, Greg Preston, Ruth Reynolds, Hing Wa Sit

20010-11

Archer. J., Aisoli-Orake, R., & Chen. S. (2010). Constructing a pedagogical framework for English writing at upper-secondary schools in Papua New Guinea, AARE 2009 Conference Proceedings, Canberra.

Barcan, A. (2010). The new politics of education. Quadrant, 54(9), 84-90.

Chen, S. (2010). 'East, west, which is the best? The adjustment of international students to teaching strategies in host universities. Paper presented at the XIV World Congress of Comparative Education Societies, Istanbul, Turkey.     

Chen, S., & Sit, H. W. (2010a). A comparative study on the responses by international students towards the teaching strategies used in an Australian university. The International Journal of Learning, 16 (9), 495-504. [B]

Chen, S., & Sit, H. W. (2010b). Chinese postgraduate students’ adjustment to the learning environment in an Australian University. Paper presented at the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning International Conference, Enhancing Learning Experiences in Higher Education, 2- 3 Dec, Hong Kong.

Chen, S., & Sit, H.W. (2010c). Deconstructing the theoretical concepts for training teachers of Chinese as a second language. Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies, 28-33. [unranked]

Chen, S., & Sit, H W. (2010d). Teaching strategies for promoting classroom interaction of local and mainland students in higher education in Hong Kong. Paper presented at the Centre for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning International Conference, Enhancing Learning Experiences in Higher Education, 2-3 Dec, Hong Kong.

Chen, S., & Zhang, Y. (2010). New challenges in training teachers of Chinese as a second language. Journal of Chinese Language Studies, 6, 182-193. [unranked]

Lu, L., & Chen S. (2010a). An inspiration from the features of teaching by outstanding teachers in an Australian university, China University Teaching, 3, 85-89. [unranked]

Lu, L., & Chen S. (2010b). The supporting organization of learning and teaching in the university and its experience, Comparative Education Review, 32, 45-50. [A*]

Lu, L., & Chen, S., & Gong F. (2010). The experience and insights on the enhancements of teaching quality in university, Tsinghua Journal of Education, 5, 72-77. [unranked]

Sit, H. W., &, Chen, S. (2010). The teaching strategies used for advanced English studies in English language teacher education, International Journal of Learning, 1, 7 485-500 [B]

2009

Barcan, A. (2009) Halfway to heaven: Teacher training sixty years ago, Australian Quarterly, 81 (3), 25 – 29.

Barcan, A. (2009) Requiem for defunct magazines, Quadrant, November, 65 -74.[not ranked]

Barcan, A. (2009). Three pathways to change in NSW Education 1937-1952. Education Research and Perspectives, 36(2), 45 – 80. [Tier B]

 

Barcan, A. (2009). Wesley Null, Peerless Educator: The life and work of Isaac Leon Kandel (Book Review). History of Education Review, 38(1), 2009, pp. 92-3. [Tier A]

 

Chen, S. & Sit, H-W., (2009). A comparative study on the responses by international students towards the teaching strategies used in an Australian university, The International Journal of Learning, 16 (9), 495 - 504. [Tier B]

Chen, S. (2009). A comparative study on the responses by international students toward the teaching strategies used in Australian Universities. Paper presented at the 6th International Conference on Learning, 1-4 July, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Chen, S. (2009). Chinese language teacher training in multi-cultural environment.  Proceedings of 5th International Research Forum on Teaching Chinese as a Second Language. Beijing: Foreign Language and Teaching Press, pp 34-52.(ISBN 978-7-5600-8439-8)

Chen, S. (2009). Training Teachers of Chinese as a Second Language in Multicultural Setting. In Zhang, B. (Ed.) Chinese Language Education in Multi-cultural environment, Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, pp.34-52.

Grushka, K. (2009). Exploring visual culture through discursive and performative visual art practices in the secondary school context, in Du Preez, A. (Ed.) Taking a Hard Look: Gender and Visual Culture, London, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 3-18.

Grushka, K. (2009). Meaning and Identities: A Visual performative pedagogy for socio-cultural learning. The Curriculum Journal,20 (3), 237- 251.

May, J., Holbrook, A., Brown, A., Preston, G., & Bessant, B. (2009). Claiming a Voice:The First Thirty-Five Years of the Australian Teacher Education Association. Bathurst, NSW: Australian Teacher Education Association, ISBN 9780975232422, pp. 169

Morpeth, N. (2009). Fluidity of the past and the present: Historians and ways of perceiving/understanding - Part 1, Teaching History, 43 (4) 18 - 25.

Reynolds, R., & Lane, S. (2009). Crossing boundaries between cultures and disciplines. Using Geography and Creative Arts to build bridges with community groups in one school. Refereed paper presented at ‘Teacher education crossing borders: Cultures, contexts, communities and curriculum’ the annual conference of the Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA), Albury, 28 June-1 July. Abstract

2008

Barcan, A. (2008). Forty years on: The ghosts of '68, AQ (Australian Quarterly), 80 (3), 31-37

Chen, S. (2008). Chinese research students’ adjustment to Australian learning environment,The International Journal of Learning15(1) 43-49.

Chen, S. (2008). Training teachers of Chinese as a second language in a multicultural setting. Paper presented at the International Research Symposium on Chinese Language Education in Multi-cultural environment. The National Research Centre for Chinese as a Second Language, BLCU and Beijing Normal University, 20 - 21 Dec, Zhuhai, China.

Chen, S. & Wang, J. (2008). Collaboration and confrontation between the East and West: Joint programs between Chinese universities and their Western partners.  Paper presented at the 6th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Education, Hawaii, 5 - 8 January.

Chen, S., & Wa Sit, H. (2008). ESL/EFL Teacher training in a multilingual learning environment. Paper presented at the Association Internationale de Linguistique Appliquée (AILA) 15th World Conference on Applied Linguistics, 24 – 29 August, Essen, Germany.

Chen, S., & Wa Sit, H. (2008). TESOL practicum in two cultures. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Congress, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Critical Dimensions in Applied Linguistics, 4 - 6 July, University of Sydney, NSW.

May, J. (2008). Puberty Blues and the representation of an Australian Comprehensive High School. History of Education Review,37(2), 61-67. [Tier A] Full paper

May, J. (2008). A challenging vision: Eros, agency and gender. Paper presented at The Heartbreak Kid,New Voices, New Visions: Challenging Australian identities and legacies ASA Conference 26-28 Nov, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

May. J. (2008). Father knows best: One woman’s transition from school to work in the late 1940s. Paper presented at Joint ANZHES-(UK) HES Conference, Dec 5-8, University of Sydney, NSW.

Morpeth, N. (2008). The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the attic Orators. Book Review, The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, 13 (1)120-121.

Morpeth, N. (2008). The legacy of Socrates. Book Review, The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, 13 (6) 785-786.

Morpeth, N. (2009). "Ancient philosophy: A new history of Western philosophy, Vol 1.  Book Review, The European Legacy: Toward New Paradigms, 14, 232-234.

Morpeth, N. (2008). Philosophical and historical explorations in times of war, ancient and modern: Thucydides, Alcibiades and Marc Bloch on ‘campaign’. Paper presented at the Revolving round the Platonic dialogue, Alcibiades 1, Australasian Society for Ancient Philosophy, 4 – 6 Dec, University of Newcastle.

Preston, G. (2008). Book Review. Louise Shaw, Making a Difference: A History of the Auckland College of Education 1881-2004, Auckland, Auckland University Press, 2006, History of Education Review, 37(2), 84-85.

Sit, H.W., & Chen, S. (2008). Learning English language through interactions between non-native speakers. Paper presented at the33rd Annual Congress, Applied Linguistics Association of Australia,Critical Dimensions in Applied Linguistics, 4 - 6 July, University of Sydney, NSW.

Sit, H.W., & Chen, S. (2008) The cultural context of on-line teaching, Chinese Teaching in the World, 85, 99-104.