The TESOL Research Network, Faculty of Education and Social Work, The University of Sydney invites you to attend the following seminar presentation.
‘It’s the nature of the subject’: Secondary
teachers’ disciplinary beliefs and decisions about teaching English language
learners in their content classes
Dr Margaret Gleeson
The School of Education, The University of New South Wales
and the Faculty of Education at Victoria University of Wellington
Date: Friday 7th
September 2012
Time: 13.00 – 14.00 pm
Venue: Education 459, The
University of Sydney
About Margaret Gleeson
Margaret Gleeson is a visiting fellow at the School of Education, UNSW from the Faculty of Education at Victoria University of Wellington. She began her career teaching English and other curriculum subjects in secondary schools and has since taught in both the secondary and tertiary education sectors in New Zealand and overseas. She later taught adult new learners of English, and adults with limited literacy skills on courses integrating literacy development with work-skills content. Currently, she teaches adult literacy tutors. At the secondary level, she worked with subject teachers and ESOL teachers in Wellington schools from 2005 to 2010 as a professional development advisor, and prior to this was Head of ESOL/International students in a large secondary school.
Nowadays, she prepares student-teachers and experienced teachers to teach linguistically diverse students, and supervises local and international postgraduate students who have an interest in aspects of language and literacy education. Her doctoral study investigated how subject teachers in New Zealand secondary schools teach academic language to support English Language Learners within their subject classes, and explored their understanding of the relationship between subject matter and language forms. She is currently undertaking a similar study with teachers in Sydney.
Enquiries
Aek Phakiti (aek.phakiti@sydney.edu.au).
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Map to Faculty of Education and Social Work
The Faculty of Education and Social Work is located on the Camperdown Campus. It is in the Education Building (A35) on Manning Road and is between the Old Teachers’ College and Manning Bar. To obtain a map, visit:
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