DrRuth Arber

My research experience and interests has three strands. The first extends my
interest in identity and difference in education, its implications for
understanding how discourses of race and ethnicity are played out in schools
and its consequences for critical and inclusive education. The second applies
to my more recent application of this work for the study of
internationalization and cosmopolitanism in schools and education systems
which are becoming increasingly globalised. The third brings together my long
experience as a teacher of English as a second and foreign language and is
concerned with the implementation of good teaching practice in diverse
contexts worldwide.

Knowledge Areas
Identity and difference

English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D), Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) and languages pedagogy and practice

Social justice

Globalisation

International education

Race and multiculturalism

Multicultural and intercultural education

Multilingualism

Social cultural theory

Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA)

Projects
2013 DRG How Melbourne teachers practise Asia literacy: Religious dimensions
Neilsen, R; Arber, R; Weinman, M; Kostogriz, A
2013 CRG The Global educator: The implications of teacher mobility on teacher
education,policy and practice. Arber, Vongales- macrow
2012 - 2015 ARC Linkage Grant
Halse, Prof Christine ; Mansouri, Prof Fethi ; Arrowsmith, A/Prof Colin A;
Moss, A/Prof Julianne ; Arber, Dr Ruth E; Denson, Dr Nida ; Priest, Dr Naomi;
Webster, Dr Robert S Webster
Intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools
2009- 2013 ARC Linkage Grant
Prof JA Blackmore; Dr RE Arber; Prof LE Farrell; Prof MT Devlin Investigating
mismatches between Australian international graduate destinations and skill
shortages
Investigating mismatches between Australian international graduate
destinations and skill shortages
2012 DRG
Ruth arber, Athena Vongalies macrow
The global educator: The implications of teacher mobility on teacher
education, professionalism and practice.
2012 small grant the manifestion of religious identity and relationships in
Australian educational institutions
2009 ARC Linkage Grant
A Prof Alex Kostogriz, Dr R, Arber. Dr Z. Golebiowski
Supporting the English academic literacy of international students: A case
study of TESOL program in an Australian University
A/Prof Alex Kostogriz, Dr Ruth Arber, Dr Bernadette Walker-Gibbs, Dr Simone
White & Dr Joanne OMara (Mentor: Professor Diane Mayer) The professional
practice of beginning teachers: What counts as effective teaching in
disadvantaged schools
Professor Jill Blackmore, Professor Di Mayer; Assoc Professor Alex Kostogriz;
Dr Ruth Arber; Dr Athena Vongalis-Macrow; Dr Richard Johnson; Dr Andrea
Gallant; Dr Dawn Joseph; Dr Jennifer Angwin) Internationalisation, Inclusivity
and Knowledge Work
2008 Research development fund
With Rod MacClean
Career change and intercultural English and ESL teachers
With Jill Blackmore Social-cultural impacts of fee-paying International
students in Australian secondary schools and their implications for
curriculum, policy and practice
2007 Deakin University Central Research Grant (CRG)
Received with Jill Blackmore Central Research Grant (CRG)
Impact of internationalization on secondary schooling and teachers
2005 Deakin University Just missed out Central Research Grant (CRG)
Received Deakin University Central Research Grant (CRG) International students
in local Victorian government schools
2003-4 Deakin University - Research Initiative Grant (RIG)
Changing school communities: International students in government