Ms Di Cullen
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| Position Title | Lecturer |
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D.Cullen@patrick.acu.edu.au |
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Phone - 61 03 9953 3258
Fax - 61 03 9953 3475
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Primary Location:
Fitzroy
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(Main Building - St Patricks Campus - 4/25)
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Primary: School of Education VIC
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| Biography | Dianne Cullen has taught in the primary, secondary and adult sectors. Her teaching career spans over three decades and she has taught in several overseas countries including Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and China. Her particular areas of interest are Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and policy studies. Dianne has regularly presented at national and international conferences and her PhD study is in the area of Initial Teacher Education Policy in the Post-modern State. Currently Dianne lecturers to both undergraduates and postgraduate students undertaking teacher education courses and is co-ordinator of the BT/BA program at Australian Catholic University
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| Teaching Interests | • TESOL Techniques
• ESL Curriculum and Teaching
• Children’s Literature for Literacy
• Linguistics for Literacy
• Catholic Education and Schooling
• Social and Cultural Contexts of Education
• Socio-Cultural Contexts of Language and Literacy Practices
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| Areas Of Research | • Initial Teacher Education in the Postmodern State
Catholic Education and Schooling
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| Other Interests | TESOL in the Secondary school
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| Publications | Book Chapter
• Cullen, D. (2005). Globalisation and Pre-Service Teacher Education in Australia. In J. Zajda (Ed.), The International Handbook of Globalisation and Education Policy Research (Chapter 19, pp. 315-326). Dordrecht: Springer Academic Publishers.
Refereed Papers Published in Conference Proceedings
• Cullen, D. (2005). The VIT and its discontents. In P. Christie & P. Ninnes (Eds.). Questioning "Best Practice" in Education: Benefits and Disadvantages; Debates and Dilemmas Refereed Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society. Centre for Research in Education Context: Armidale.
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| Community | • Outside tertiary representative on colloquium panel for PhD student at Deakin University (Waurn Ponds Campus) Working Partnerships in Culturally Diverse School Communities
• Steering committee member of JOBWATCH
Executive member of ANZCIES - Australian and New Zealand Comparative and International Education Society
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