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ProfessorJoanne O'Mara

Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact

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  • Professor
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 46783 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

RESEARCH INTERESTS

My research program focuses on issues central to secondary subject English
teaching and teachers' work. I investigate young people's creation and usage
of texts; innovative pedagogy, curriculum design and teaching practices; the
policies and conditions of teachers' work. I have a particular interest in the
areas of new literacies studies and the arts and am passionate about my
ongoing series of research projects in the areas of reading, creative writing,
drama education pedagogy and practices, digital games, emergent literacies and
new textual practices.

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Learner Improvement in Reading in Tasmanian Government Schools.
    6 Sep 2023 - 1 Feb 2024
    People funded by this grant:
    Department for Education, Children & Young People (Tasmania) - DECYP1759 - $1,210,253.09
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Opportunities and Challenges to / of Text Selection in Secondary English Education.
    18 Oct 2022 - 18 Oct 2023
    People funded by this grant:
    • Joanne O'Mara
    Victorian Association for the Teaching of English Collaborative Research Grant - $8,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Improving the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Project.
    2 Oct 2020 - 31 Dec 2021
    People funded by this grant:
    Catholic Education Centre - $572,073.00
  • GRANT
    Reimagining literacy education: Being literate in the twenty-first century
    1 Apr 2020 - 14 Mar 2022
    People funded by this grant:
    • Laidlaw L,
    • Rowsell J,
    • O'Mara J
    SSHRCC Grant - Research - Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada - $15,272.44
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual Learning Principles for Teachers: Best Practices.
    3 May 2019 - 30 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2019/00949 - $45,454.54
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Evaluation of NISA project: Supporting implementation of Digital Technologies Curriculum
    9 Oct 2017 - 31 Dec 2020
    People funded by this grant:
    Australian Curriculum, Assessment & Reporting Authority - $90,790.00
  • GRANT
    The contribution of becoming reflective on the employability of teachers and social workers
    2 Jun 2016 - 31 Jul 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    • Waugh F,
    • Ewing R,
    • Bowles W,
    • O'Mara J,
    • Fook J
    OLT Innovation and Development Grants - Office for Learning and Teaching - ID16-5349 - $6,250.00
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Transition: Improved Literacy and Numeracy Outcomes (Survey)
    13 Mar 2015 - 30 Jun 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    • Doig B,
    • O'Mara J
    DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - $50,960.00
  • GRANT
    Intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools
    6 Dec 2013 - 30 Jun 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $135,000.00
  • GRANT
    Intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools
    6 Dec 2013 - 30 Jun 2016
    People funded by this grant:
    Together for Humanity Foundation Limited - $90,000.00
  • GRANT
    Literacy Learning in Playful Spaces: Using multimodal strategies to develop narrative with young learners
    1 Jun 2013 - 31 May 2014
    People funded by this grant:
    • Laidlaw L,
    • O'Mara J
    CSSHRC Grant - Research - Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada - $18,043.68
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy and Numeracy Strategy - Literature Review
    18 Feb 2013 - 29 Apr 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - $54,420.00
  • GRANT
    Intercultural understanding in primary and secondary schools
    30 Jun 2012 - 31 Dec 2015
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2 - LP120200319 - $442,010.00
  • GRANT
    Serious Play: Using digital games in school to promote literacy and learning in the twenty first century
    1 Jun 2012 - 31 Dec 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Beavis C,
    • Dezuanni M,
    • O'Mara J,
    • Prestridge S,
    • Rowan L
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2 - LP110200309 - $122,500.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Evaluation of the Professional Learning Flagship Program: Leading Curriculum Change
    3 Feb 2012 - 10 Aug 2012
    People funded by this grant:
    Aust Institute for Teaching and School Leadership - $47,117.20
  • TENDER
    Innovative Learning Environments Research Study
    4 Aug 2010 - 15 Feb 2011
    People funded by this grant:
    DEECD Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - 09/10-98 - $197,524.00
  • GRANT
    Review of the literature on the connections between physical learning spaces and student learning outcomes
    4 Jun 2010 - 31 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    DEECD Research Panel - Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - EPI002332 - $30,844.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games.
    28 Feb 2007 - 27 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 1 - LP0775072 - $131,822.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games.
    28 Feb 2007 - 27 Feb 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    ACMI -The Australian Centre for the Moving Image - $20,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games.
    28 Feb 2007 - 27 Feb 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    DETVic Department of Education and Training Victoria - $60,000.00