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Dr Rachel Burke

Senior Lecturer

School of Education

Career Summary

Biography

I am an Applied Linguist and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) educator and researcher in the School of Education, at the University of Newcastle. Taking a critical discourse analytic approach, my work focuses on linguistically and culturally diverse educational contexts, the critical examination of policyscape, structural mechanisms for inclusion/exclusion, and praxis-driven approaches to languages and literacies education.

Keywords

  • Asian/ Australian Studies
  • Cultural Studies
  • Curriculum
  • Discourse Analysis
  • Intercultural Communication
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Sociolinguistics
  • Sociology
  • Sociology of Education

Fields of Research

Code Description Percentage
130399 Specialist Studies in Education not elsewhere classified 100

Teaching

Code Course Role Duration
EDUC1004 Contexts of Teaching
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2013 - 31/12/2013
EDUC6243 Specialist Studies in Languages 1
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2017 - 30/12/2017
EDUC3195 Pedagogy and Inclusion
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 31/7/2014 - 31/12/2014
EDUC6252 Sociocultural Contexts of TESOL
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/1/2017 - 30/6/2018
EDUC6023 Cultural Variations in Language Learning
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2017 - 30/12/2017
EDUC2143 Specialist Studies in Languages 1
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2017 - 31/12/2017
EDUC6343 Specialist Studies in Languages 2
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/1/2017 - 30/6/2017
EDUC2101 Curriculum, Assessment, and Pedagogy
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Lecturer 1/1/2014 - 31/12/2014
EDUC6024 Practicum in TESOL
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2017 - 30/12/2017
EDUC2151 Multiliteracies
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2017 - 30/12/2017
EDUC4143 Specialist Studies in Languages 2
Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/1/2017 - 30/6/2017
EDUC3196 Quality Teaching, Equity, and Diversity
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Course Coordinator 1/7/2015 - 31/12/2015
EDUC6024 Practicum in TESOL
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/1/2017 - 30/6/2018
EDUC2151 Multiliteracies
School of Education, The University of Newcastle 		Coordinator 1/7/2015 - 31/12/2015
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Publications

For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.

Book (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2012 O'Toole JM, Burke RJ, Absalom DJ, Language, Literacies and Learning: A First Introduction, Boraga Academic, Seven Hills, NSW, 172 (2012) [A2]
Co-authors Mitch Otoole

Chapter (4 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2019 Burke R, 'Educational mobility and EFL students and teachers in Saudi Arabia: Navigating diverse sociocultural and pedagogical spaces', English as a Foreign Language in Saudi Arabia New Insights into Teaching and Learning English, Routledge, Singapore 138-156 (2019) [B1]
2018 Sharp HL, Burke R, 'Drama in the primary classroom: Contextualising critical numeracy', Numeracy in Authentic Contexts: Making Meaning Across the Curriculum, Springer, Singapore 143-166 (2018) [B1]
Co-authors Heather Sharp
2018 Burke R, Sharp HL, Field C, 'Pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning English: Connections with critical numeracy', Numeracy in Authentic Contexts: Making Meaning Across the Curriculum, Springer, Singapore 167-196 (2018) [B1]
Co-authors Heather Sharp
2018 Burke R, 'Language and Culture in the Mathematics Classroom: Scaffolding Learner Engagement', Numeracy in Authentic Contexts: making Meaning across the curriculum, Springer, Singapore 91-116 (2018) [B1]
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Journal article (20 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2020 Burke R, 'Widening participation and linguistic barriers to engagement in Australian higher education: exploring academics perceptions and practices', International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 32 (2020)
2019 Baker S, Bangeni B, Burke R, Hunma A, 'The invisibility of academic reading as social practice and its implications for equity in higher education: a scoping study', Higher Education Research & Development, 38 142-156 (2019) [C1]
2019 Hartley L, Baker S, Fleay C, Burke R, ''My study is the purpose of continuing my life' The experience of accessing university for people seeking asylum in Australia', AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW, 61 4-13 (2019) [C1]
2019 Matthews J, Burke R, 'Listening to Teachers Voices: Evaluating Language Learning Apps with a Task- based Language Teaching Framework', Language Teaching Research Quarterly, 12 16-36 (2019) [C1]
DOI 10.32038/ltrq.2019.12.02
2019 Burke R, Shaw E, Baker S, 'Literacy autobiographies in pre-service teacher education: opportunities for therapeutic writing in widening participation contexts', Widening Participation and Lifelong Learning, 21 151-161 (2019)
Co-authors Emma Shaw
2018 Burke R, Thapliyal N, Baker S, 'The weaponisation of language: English proficiency, citizenship and the politics of belonging in Australia', Journal of Critical Thought and Praxis, 7 84-102 (2018) [C1]
Co-authors Nisha Thapliyal
2017 Burke R, 'International Student Accommodation and Changing Foreign Policy Alignments in 1950s Australia', History Australia, 14 626-644 (2017) [C1]
DOI 10.1080/14490854.2017.1389229
2015 Zangmo D, Sharp H, O'Toole M, Burke R, 'Bhutan: Experiences of education change in a compact context', Bhutan Journal of Research and Development, 4 17-28 (2015) [C1]
Co-authors Mitch Otoole, Heather Sharp
2015 Zangmo D, Burke R, O'Toole JM, Sharp HL, 'Cross-Cultural Methodological Innovation in Bhutan: Teacher Experiences with the Process Writing Approach', Journal of Linguistics and Language Teaching, 6 1-20 (2015) [C1]
Co-authors Mitch Otoole, Heather Sharp
2014 Burke RJ, ''They May Come Here to Study But Not to Stay': Print Media Coverage of International Student Migration in the Era of the White Australia Policy', Limina: a Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies, 20.1 1-24 (2014) [C1]
2013 Burke RJ, 'Catalysts for Cultural Change: Images of International Students in Mid-Twentieth Century Australia.', Australian Studies, 5 1-19 (2013) [C1]
2013 Zangmo D, O'Toole M, Burke RJ, 'Alignment and Implementation: Process Writing Approach in Bhutan', The Journal for ESL Teachers and Learners, II 75-81 (2013) [C1]
Co-authors Mitch Otoole
2012 Burke RJ, 'Contesting notions of an 'education industry': Media commentary on the transition to a trade-orientated international student program in Australia', The Flinders Journal of History and Politics, 28 141-174 (2012) [C1]
2008 Burke RJ, 'Teaching English as a second language [Book review]', Issues in Educational Research, 18 208-209 (2008) [C3]
2006 Burke RJ, 'Constructions of Asian International Students: The 'Casualty' Model and Australia as 'Educator'', Asian Studies Review, 30 333-354 (2006) [C1]
DOI 10.1080/10357820601044943
2002 Burke R, 'Invitation or Invasion? The family home metaphor in the Australian media''s construction of immigration', Journal of Intercultural Studies, 23 59-72 (2002) [C1]
2002 Burke R, 'Formative Assessment Procedures and the Second Language Curriculum: Signposts for the Journey', TESL Canada Journal, 19 (2002) [C1]
2002 Burke R, 'The Use of First Language in the ESL Classroom', TESOL in Context, 12 16-17 (2002) [C1]
2001 Burke R, 'The role of ESL professionals in the promotion of culturally inclusive universities.', TESL Reporter, 34 20-25 (2001) [C1]
2001 Burke R, 'Western Names in the classroom: an issue for the ESL profession', TESOL in Context, 11 21-23 (2001) [C1]
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Review (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2001 Burke R, 'Women in the New Asia: from Pain to Power. (2001)

Other (7 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2018 Hartley L, Fleay C, Burke R, Baker S, 'How people seeking asylum in Australia access higher education, and the enormous barriers they face', (2018) [O1]
2018 Burke R, 'Barriers Faced by People Seeking Asylum When Accessing Higher Education', (2018) [O1]
2018 Burke R, Baker S, 'First nation-wide research of how people seeking asylum in Australia are affected by our higher ed policies', (2018) [O1]
2017 Burke R, 'Why are Fluent Speakers Failing the English Test?', (2017) [O1]
2017 Burke R, Baker S, 'Changes to the Citizenship Test Could Disadvantage Refugees', (2017) [O1]
2017 Baker S, Burke R, 'Coalition's test likely to disadvantage those who need citizenship most', (2017) [O1]
2017 Baker S, Burke R, 'English Language Bar for Citizenship Likely to Further Disadvantage Refugees', (2017) [O1]
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Report (1 outputs)

Year Citation Altmetrics Link
2018 Hartley L, Fleay C, Baker S, Burke R, Field R, 'People seeking asylum in Australia: Access and support in higher education', National Centre for Student Equity in Higher Education, 41 (2018)
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Research Supervision

Number of supervisions

Completed7
Current11

Current Supervision

Commenced Level of Study Research Title Program Supervisor Type
2019 PhD A Study of Equity in the Transition of Refugee Learners from Early Childhood to Formal Schooling PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2018 PhD Analysing University Students' Competence, Difficulties, and Strategies in Writing Assignments PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2017 PhD Linguistic Experiences of English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) Doctoral Candidates in Australia PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2017 PhD Vietnamese Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A Systemic Review PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2016 PhD Investigating Students¿ Perception of Vietnamese Tertiary English Education PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2015 PhD Professional Development: Vietnamese English-as-a-foreign-language Teacher Educators' experiences and perceptions PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2015 PhD Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Pre-service Teacher Education in Vietnam PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2015 PhD Policy and Practices in English as a Medium of Instruction in Vietnamese Tertiary EFL Contexts PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2014 PhD An Investigation of Thai Tertiary EFL Teacher Experience of Formal and Informal Professional Development PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2013 PhD Examining Curricular Innovation in EFL Secondary Schooling: A Chilean Context PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2013 PhD Developing a Communicative EFL Syllabus for Vietnamese Universities: A Case Study of Action Research in CEF­ Based Design at HOU Education Not Elswr Classified, Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor

Past Supervision

Year Level of Study Research Title Program Supervisor Type
2019 PhD Alignment of Curricula, Pedagogies, Assessments, Outcomes, and Standards in Vietnamese English Language Teacher Education PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2018 PhD Saudi Technical College Students and an English for Specific Purposes Textbook: A Cloze Test Based Linguistic Analysis PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2016 PhD Profiling the Learning of Pragmatic Competencies in Tertiary EFL Classrooms in Vietnam: Critical Reflections on the Current Debate Around the Efficacy of Instructional Pedagogies PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2015 PhD Innovation of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curricula in Taiwanese Universities PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Principal Supervisor
2015 PhD Investigating a Computer-Assisted Language Learning Approach for the Development of Second Language Word Recognition from Speech PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2014 PhD The Process Writing Approach in Bhutan: A Case of Cross-National Policy Borrowing PhD (Education), Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
2011 PhD TBA Education Not Elswr Classified, University of Newcastle Co-Supervisor
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News

Women In Research Fellowships awarded

October 27, 2017

Thirteen UON researchers have been awarded a Women in Research (WIR) Fellowship thanks to Research Advantage.

Dr Rachel Burke

Position

Senior Lecturer
School of Education
Faculty of Education and Arts

Contact Details

Email rachel.burke@newcastle.edu.au
Phone (02) 4921 6707
Fax (02) 4921 7887

Office

Room HA79
Building Hunter Building
Location Callaghan
University Drive
Callaghan, NSW 2308
Australia
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