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PhD (Griffith University), Graduate Certificate in Arts (Chinese) (University of New England), Graduate Certificate in Applied Linguistics (Griffith University), BEdStud(Hons) (University of Queensland), DipT (Brisbane College of Adv. Ed.)
Karen is the Research Training Coordinator in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (STEL) in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice (CIESJ). Teaching Karen teaches research methods. She supervises Higher Degree Research students on a range of topics, including language and literacy education in conditions of linguistic and cultural diversity and economic disparity. Research Karen has held four Australian Research Council (ARC) grants, two of which are in progress. She is currently working on an ARC Discovery grant looking at private literacy tutoring and an ARC Discovery grant looking at online parental involvement in schools. Previous externally-funded research includes (1) an Australian Research Council Linkage project investigating digital and print literacies in a linguistically and culturally diverse school in an area with high levels of poverty (2009-13); and an Australian Research Council Linkage project (2006-08) study of pedagogy for new arrival African refugee students of English as a Second Language in Australian middle schools. Karen has also held an Ian Potter grant for a study of the incorporation of iPads into kindergarten curriculum (20133).Additional information
Karen initially taught for Education Queensland. During that time she worked as a preschool teacher and teacher-in-charge, a Year 1/2 teacher, and a preschool/primary distance education teacher. She also taught for a year as a guest teacher of English in a secondary school in Shanghai , PRC. Karen has worked as a volunteer tutor in a community homework club for refugee students Consultancy Karen undertakes consultancy work in the areas of literacy and English as an Additional Language. She is particularly interested in working with teachers to explore new developments in the field and to translate theory into classroom practice.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2014
- Details
- 2013 QUT Higher Education Research Best Publication Award in the Best Overall category:Doherty, C.; Dooley, K. & Woods, A. (2013). Teaching sociology within teacher education: Revisiting, realigning and re-embedding. Journal of Sociology, 49, (4), 515-30.
- Dezuanni, M., Dooley, K., Gattenhof, S. & Knight, L. (2015). iPads in the early years: Developing literacy and creativity [Routledge Research in Early Childhood Education series]. Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74380
- Mu, M. & Dooley, K. (2015). Coming into an inheritance: family support and Chinese Heritage Language learning. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 18(4), 501–515. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74140
- Luke, A. & Dooley, K. (2011). Critical Literacy and Second Language Learning. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 856–868). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28199
- Luke, A., Dooley, K. & Woods, A. (2011). Comprehension and content: Planning literacy in low socioeconomic and culturally diverse schools. Australian Educational Researcher, 38(2), 149–166. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/33106
- Dooley, K. & Thangaperumal, P. (2011). Pedagogy and participation: Literacy education for low-literate refugee students of African origin in a western school system. Language and Education, 25(5), 385–397. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40750
- Dooley, K., (2009). Intercultural conversation : Building understanding together. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 52(6), 497–506. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28342
- Dooley, K., (2009). Re-thinking pedagogy for middle school students with little, no or severely interrupted schooling. English Teaching, 8(1), 5–22. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/29660
- Dooley, K., (2004). Pedagogy in Diverse Secondary School Classes: Legacies for Higher Education. Higher Education, 48, 231–252. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/961
- Singh, P. & Dooley, K. (2001). Accounting for Educational Equality: The Cultural Politics of Samoan Paraprofessionals Representations of Pedagogy in State-Designated Disadvantaged Schools and Communities in Australia. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 335–362. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/9135
- Singh, P., Dooley, K. & Freebody, P. (2001). Literacy Pedagogies that may "Make a Difference". Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49–71. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/2286
- Title
- Private Literacy Tutoring: A Sociology of Shadow Education
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP160100848
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Title
- Digital Learning and Print Literacy: A Design Experiment for the Reform of Low Socio-economic, Culturally Diverse Schools.
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0990289
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Literacy; Digital Literacies; Pedagogy; Media Arts; Primary Education
- Towards a Potential Model to Enhance Language Learner Autonomy in the Vietnamese Higher Education Context (2015)
- Heritage Language for Chinese Australians: Negotiating 'Chineseness' and Capitalising on Resources in the Lived World (2013)
- The role of motivation and motivational strategies in Saudi students' communicative competence in English (2013)
- Coming to Belong: A Narrative Analysis of International Students' Experiences in an Australian University (2012)
- Factors affecting the motivation of TEFL Academics in Higher Education in China (2012)
- Home Literacy Education of Taiwanese Australian Families: A Sociological Analysis (2010)
- The Enactment of the New Basics Project in a Special School (2009)
- The Place of Writing in First Grade Kuwaiti English Education: A Sociological Case Study (2008)
- The Dynamics of Learning Partnerships (2006)