AATE/ALEA National Conference Program and E-Handbook
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AATE/ALEA National Conference Program and e-Handbook englishliteracyconference.com.au Table of Contents Acknowledgement of Country 1 Welcome from Convenors 2 Welcome from Presidents, AATE and ALEA 3 Our Major Sponsors 5 Theme: Challenge and Change 6 General Information 7 Plenary Keynote Speakers 9 2022 AATE ALEA Conference, Darwin 16 Conference Keynotes 17 Daily Program Wednesday 7th July 30 Thursday 8th July 34 Friday 9th July 39 Abstracts and Biographies Wednesday 7th July 42 Thursday 8th July 55 Friday 9th July 71 Digital Posters 88 Discussion Panels 94 Social Program 96 Virtual Treasure Hunt 98 AATE and ALEA Awards 100 International Time Conversions 102 Exhibitors and Partners 103 Contacts 104 Acknowledgement of Country We respectfully acknowledge the First Nations peoples on whose unceded lands - around the country now called Australia - we are meeting, learning and sharing our stories. We acknowledge their Ancestors, descendants and elders who continue cultural and spiritual connections to Country. We acknowledge the truth of our Australian history and recognise First Nations people’s connection and on-going custodianship of the lands, seas, and skies. We commit to working for a just and equitable future where we live together in peace and harmony. Gowrie Boys Dance Troup Abergowrie The Acknowledgement of Country video played at the beginning of each day of the conference features students from St Teresa’s College Abergowrie. The school is a Catholic secondary boys boarding college located on Warrgamay Country (Herbert River Valley) 38 kms from Ingham. St Teresa’s College Abergowrie in partnership with families and communities, is dedicated to growing good men and providing a meaningful education in the spirit of Jesus Christ. We have 98 % of the college is First Nations The College has excelled over the last decade in supporting parents and communities to educate remote Indigenous Australian students from the Northern Territory, Cape York, the Torres Strait and even the Brisbane area. We are an inclusive community, embracing families from the Australian mainland and islands. Within the college more than 40 communities are represented and as many as 50 languages and dialects are spoken. 1 Welcome from Convenors It is our great pleasure and privilege to welcome you to the 2021 AATE/ALEA National Conference: Challenge and Change. The conference committee members are enormously proud to be hosting this joint AATE/ALEA event. We would love to have greeted you in person in Brisbane with our mild winters and sunny, blue skies, but the decision last year to go online in 2021 has meant our conference can proceed uninterrupted. We are certain you will enjoy and be challenged by the diversity of our invited speakers and the quality of the live and pre-recorded presentations, simu-live workshops, and digital posters. As well, we have worked hard to include time for digital breaks, and ample opportunities for virtual networking and socialising. As far as possible, the program tries to imitate much of the feel and experience of a live conference. Thanks to the amazing team with members from Brisbane and Townsville as well as our conference organisers from Adelaide who have worked tirelessly for over four years to make the program and conference possible. It is important to acknowledge that our conference occurs during NAIDOC week, a week each year dedicated to celebrating the history, cultures and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. The theme, ‘Heal Country!’: ‘calls for all of us to continue to seek greater protections for our lands, our waters, our sacred sites and our cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and destruction’ (https://www.naidoc.org.au/news/2021-naidoc-week-theme-announced-heal-country). English plays as a potentially unifying force in Australia. However, we must also confront the on-going role that it has played in the oppression of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the destruction of their languages and cultures. Our hope, therefore, is that our program will encourage you to consider the positive role that we teachers, educators and researchers might play in healing Country. As our own theme states, this conference is an opportunity to consider the changing nature of our practices, bring a critical eye to our work, and think creatively about how to build a future for literacy and English teaching that creates a better world for our students — a world in which they are active, critical and creatively literate citizens. To this end, combined AATE and ALEA national conferences are a great opportunity to hear from the best thinkers and educators internationally and from around Australia. It is a time to feel excited about our shared profession. But the last 18 months have been tough and, at the time of writing, several locations around Australia were facing lockdowns. So, please take care of yourselves and ensure you take plenty of digital breaks – just to rest, recuperate and spend time with the ones you love. There’s no need for FOMO (fear of missing out); many of the presentations will be available until the end of the year. We look forward to seeing and hearing from you online, and to meeting new colleagues we can continue to meet after the conference. Warm regards, Co-convenors Lindsay Williams Linda Willis ETAQ President ALEA National Council and Executive Member AATE National Council Member ALEA National Publications Director 2 Welcome from Presidents, AATE and ALEA Alison Robertson, President, Australian Association for the Teaching of English Welcome to the AATE/ALEA National Conference, with the highly apposite theme of Challenge and Change. Indeed, last year and again now in 2021 we as teachers of English and literacy have learned to change our practice to suit the challenges of the current COVID-19 pandemic. The forward- thinking Brisbane organisers’ decision to make this year’s conference once again online has been proved to be very sensible, as the Delta strain currently immobilises huge swathes of the country. If you are in lockdown at the moment, then at least you are being offered an inspiring array of presentations to enjoy while at home. Huge congratulations must go to the organising committee, led so ably by conference co-convenors Lindsay Williams and Linda Willis. They have been hugely supported by Narelle Daffurn, Kelli McGraw and Garry Collins, and by the numerous committee members of ETAQ and ALEA Queensland. With panel sessions comprised of fascinating people such as Melitta Hogarth, Fenice B. Boyd, Amy Seely Flint, and keynotes by not just them but also Anita Heiss, Benjamin Law and Ursula Dubosarsky et al, plus other live and pre-recorded presentations, this conference has something for everyone! I look forward to connecting virtually with many of you over the next few days. Alison Robertson AATE President Jill Colton, (Acting) National President, Australian Literacy Educators’ Association A warm welcome is extended to all conference delegates who are joining in from within and beyond Australia. It is wonderful to have you with us this year to experience what promises to be a stimulating and deeply interesting program. While I am writing this on Kaurna land in South Australia, I also acknowledge the Indigenous custodianship of the lands and waters on which this conference will be attended and respect the multiple languages and cultures of Australia’s First Nations people, as well as their hopes and visions for Indigenous Australia. 3 The theme of the 2021 AATE/ALEA national conference, Challenge and Change, is certainly pertinent in a time when all of us are experiencing the challenges and changes wrought by a global pandemic. I trust that you will enjoy the opportunity to explore contemporary literacy and English teaching through the exciting range of presentations in this conference. There have been many people involved in making this Brisbane based conference happen. My heartfelt thanks and appreciation go to conference conveners Linda Willis and Lindsay Williams and to conference secretary Narelle Daffurn, program committee co-chair Kelli McGraw and treasurer Garry Collins. I would also like to warmly thank the many other committee members from Queensland who have volunteered their time to support the conference. There have been many challenges to overcome in this, our first fully online conference, where the opportunities of digital change have been taken up with enthusiasm. On behalf of ALEA National Council, I hope you enjoy the conference this year. Best wishes, and I look forward to seeing you on the screen. Jill Colton (Acting) National President of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association 4 The Conference Convenors acknowledge the support of our Major Sponsors Copyright Agency Cultural Fund The Cultural Fund is the philanthropic arm of the Copyright Agency, contributing meaningfully to a wide range of Australian cultural, educational and artistic programs and creators. Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) The ACTF champions the production of quality Australian screen stories for Australian kids. Our free teaching resources and webinars support teachers in using ACT content. Oxford University Press At Oxford University Press (OUP), we believe in the power of the written word and the transformative power of education to inspire progress and realise human potential. 5 Challenge & Change: Contemporary Literacy & English Teaching The twenty-first century has brought about • How can we engage parents, families