Professor Karen Dooley
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Biography
Karen is the Academic Lead: Research in the School of Teacher Education and Leadership (STEL) in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice (CIESJ).Teaching: Karen teaches research methods. She supervises Higher Degree Research students on a range of topics, with a focus on education in conditions of linguistic and cultural diversity and economic disparity.
Research: Karen has held four Australian Research Council (ARC) grants on topics that include provision for students of refugee background, digital and print literacies, private tutoring, and parental involvement in schooling. Her current ARC Discovery grant is looking at online parental involvement. Karen has also held an Ian Potter grant for a study of the incorporation of iPads into kindergarten curriculum.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Personal details
Positions
- Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Keywords
English education, poverty, linguistic and cultural diversity, social justice, equity, private tutoring, parent involvement in schools, digital inclusion
Research field
Curriculum and Pedagogy, Specialist Studies in Education, Education Systems
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (Griffith University)
- Graduate Certificate in Arts (Chinese) (University of New England)
- Graduate Certificate in Applied Linguistics (Griffith University)
- BEdStud(Hons) (University of Queensland)
- DipT (Brisbane College of Adv. Ed.)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
Teaching
Karen teaches research methods in the EdD (Doctor of Education). She is course coordinator for ED11, the Doctor of Education (EdD).
Experience
Karen initially taught in Queensland preschools and primary schools. She also worked as a guest teacher of English in a Chinese secondary school and as a volunteer tutor in a community homework club for refugee students. Karen is particularly interested in working with teachers to explore new curricular and pedagogic developments and to translate research and theory into effective classroom practice.
Publications
- Dooley, K., Briant, E. & Kimber, M. (2023). Shadow Education in Literacy for Migrant Students Learning in English as an Additional Language in Australian Primary Schools. In KWH. Yung & A. Hajar (Eds.), International Perspectives on English Private Tutoring: Theories, Practices, and Policies (pp. 251–266). Palgrave Macmillan. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/240730
- Dooley, K., (2023). Shadow Education as Sociological Field. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/245141
- Briant, E., Doherty, C., Dooley, K. & English, R. (2020). In fateful moments: the appeal of parent testimonials when selling private tutoring. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 28(2), 223–239. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/130707
- Dooley, K., (2020). Intent and probability: Parents' use of NAPLAN-related private literacy tutoring. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 43(3), 235–244. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/205498
- Dooley, K., Liu, L. & Yin, Y. (2020). Supplying private tuition: edu-business and Asian migration in Australia. Discourse, 41(1), 98–109. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223850
- Doherty, C. & Dooley, K. (2018). Responsibilising parents: the nudge towards shadow tutoring. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 39(4), 551–566. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/223074
- Mu, M. & Dooley, K. (2015). Coming into an inheritance: family support and Chinese Heritage Language learning. International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 18(4), 501–515. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/74140
- Luke, A. & Dooley, K. (2011). Critical Literacy and Second Language Learning. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of Research in Second Language Teaching and Learning (pp. 856–868). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/28199
- Luke, A., Dooley, K. & Woods, A. (2011). Comprehension and content: Planning literacy in low socioeconomic and culturally diverse schools. Australian Educational Researcher, 38(2), 149–166. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/33106
- Dooley, K. & Thangaperumal, P. (2011). Pedagogy and participation: Literacy education for low-literate refugee students of African origin in a western school system. Language and Education, 25(5), 385–397. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/40750
QUT ePrints
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Awards
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2019
- Details
- I have served in multiple editorial roles: (1) Guest Co-editor of International Journal of Intercultural Relations; (2) Advisory Board for English Teaching and Learning (3) Co-editor of TESOL in Context; (4) Associate Editor for the Australian Educational Researcher (5) Editorial Board for the Australian Journal of Language and Literacy; (6) Editorial Board for Research in the Teaching of English; and (7) guest Editor, English Teaching and Learning.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Private Literacy Tutoring: A Sociology of Shadow Education
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- DP160100848
- Start year
- 2016
- Keywords
- Title
- Digital Learning and Print Literacy: A Design Experiment for the Reform of Low Socio-economic, Culturally Diverse Schools.
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0990289
- Start year
- 2009
- Keywords
- Literacy; Digital Literacies; Pedagogy; Media Arts; Primary Education
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Are you what you speak? A sociological analysis of the family language policy of internal migrant rencai in China (2023)
- Introducing collaborative learning into English education in a Sri Lankan university: An exploratory case-study (2023)
- School-Family Relationships in Diverse Australia: A Sociological Case Study of the Connections between a School Community and Parents from an Afghan Refugee Background (2020)
- Secondary English Feedback: a Case Study of Contextual Influences on the Feedback Practices of Four Queensland Teachers (2020)
- Durithunga - Growing, Nurturing, Challenging and Supporting Urban Indigenous Leadership in Education (2018)
- From University Graduates to Teachers in Disadvantaged Schools: A Sociological Study of Participation in an Alternative Teacher Recruitment Program (2018)
- Heritage Language for Chinese Australians: Negotiating 'Chineseness' and Capitalising on Resources in the Lived World (2013)
- Coming to Belong: A Narrative Analysis of International Students' Experiences in an Australian University (2012)
- Home Literacy Education of Taiwanese Australian Families: A Sociological Analysis (2010)