Shem Macdonald

ORCID: 0000-0002-6479-7720
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Research Areas
  • EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning
  • Second Language Learning and Teaching
  • Multilingual Education and Policy
  • Engineering Education and Pedagogy
  • Reflective Practices in Education
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
  • Engineering Education and Curriculum Development
  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Phonetics and Phonology Research
  • Language and cultural evolution
  • History of Computing Technologies
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Education and Islamic Studies
  • Australian Indigenous Culture and History
  • Cellular Automata and Applications
  • Mathematics Education and Programs
  • Writing and Handwriting Education
  • Linguistic Variation and Morphology
  • Experimental Learning in Engineering
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development

La Trobe University
2015-2020

Victoria School of Management
2013-2015

Deakin University
2012

Collins College
1907

Critical reflection is central to teacher education for unpacking privileged positions and empowering participants adopt valued professional stances (e.g. Krull, Oras & Sisask, 2007; Harford MacRuairc, 2008; Fernandez, 2010), yet critical not a well-developed conceptual structure within education. Lesson planning is, likewise, education, as theoretical tool. Our model proposes way of engaging beginning teachers in by drawing together the informal spoken discourse meanings its more formalised...

10.14221/ajte.2012v37n3.8 article EN ˜The œAustralian journal of teacher education 2012-03-01

This department is designed to serve as a medium for the exchange of ideas on questions and questioning in sciences. Questions will be printed from various sources—college entrance examinations, text‐books, etc., etc. Comment invited. Suggestions criticisms character, adaptability, usefulness are desired. Readers this journal invited propose problems which general interest, or type useful class‐room. It not expected that pupils frequently printed. Since majority comparatively simple...

10.1111/j.1949-8594.1907.tb17567.x article EN School Science and Mathematics 1907-06-01

An exploration of pronunciation tutorials designed for speakers English as an additional language (EAL) in a university context Australia suggests that developing abilities to speak clearly involves more than just focusing on the sounds are uttered. Students’ comments and observations collected during highlight factors important understanding how these successfully manage their spoken interactions. This article reports what students say about experiences strategies communicating effectively...

10.5070/b5.35974 article EN ˜The œCATESOL journal. 2018-01-01

The construct of identity in the space English as an Additional Language (EAL) Higher Degree by Research (HDR) writing has been widely researched with studies exploring students’ identities constructed through and process writing. However, these are often presented ways that focus on challenges writers face citing language barriers cultural differences ascribing students “closed subject positions” “limited talking about themselves” (Koehne, 2005, p. 118). In response to such deficit views,...

10.18552/joaw.v10i1.598 article EN Journal of Academic Writing 2020-12-18
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