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Associate ProfessorMichiko Weinmann

Associate Professor in Education (Languages Education)

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

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  • Associate Professor in Education (Languages Education)
    Faculty of Arts and Education/School of Education/Research for Educational Impact
  • +61 3 924 46979 (Work)
  • Melbourne Burwood Campus, 221 Burwood Highway, Burwood, Victoria 3125

BIO

Current positions:
* Associate Professor (TESOL/Languages Education).
* Member Research for Educational Impact (REDI) Education Researcher Development portfolio (including Higher Degree by Research).
* Member Research for Educational Impact (REDI) Global Connections portfolio.

My career in Education spans 20 years. I began my teaching career as a Languages specialist, and have worked across a range of contexts and programs including secondary education, bilingual primary immersion, community language schools and adult education. My work as a researcher and teacher educator at Deakin focuses on: multilingualism; Languages, TESOL, and EAL/D pedagogy; curriculum inquiry; teacher education; and internationalisation of higher education.

Research Groups:
* Education Practice and Policy Research Group. 
* Research for Educational Impact (REDI): Diversity and Social Justice in Education.

DEAKIN UNIVERSITY CURRENT APPOINTMENT

  • Associate Professor in Education (Languages Education)
    Deakin University, School of Education

DEGREES

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Royal Melb Inst. of Technology

LANGUAGES

  • English
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • German
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review
  • Spanish; Castilian
    Can read, write, speak and understand
  • Japanese
    Can speak and understand

FIELDS OF RESEARCH

  • Curriculum and pedagogy
  • Education systems
  • Education policy, sociology and philosophy
  • LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy
  • Higher education
  • Teacher education and professional development of educators

AVAILABILITY FOR SUPERVISION

  • Masters by Research and PhD supervision

AREA/FACULTY

  • Faculty of Arts and Education

DEPARTMENT/SCHOOL/INSTITUTE/DISCIPLINE

  • School of Education

SPECIALIST RESEARCH GROUP

  • Research for Educational Impact

AREAS OF EXPERTISE