Adjunct Associate Professor
Margaret Kettle
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Biography
Associate Professor Margaret Kettle is an applied linguist who researches and teaches in second language education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). Her research and teaching focus on the factors impacting second language use in workplaces, schools, higher education and communities.Margaret has led and been a member of a number of research projects including three Australian Research Council (ARC) projects, a Queensland Department of Education Horizon project and a number of QUT-funded projects. Project outcomes include the development of website designs for English language teaching in China; volunteer language teaching materials for adult migrants; understandings of academic development for English as an Additional Language (EAL) students in schools and international student engagement in higher education; and strategies for using student home language in schools to promote learning and school-family connections.
Margaret teaches and coordinates the Master of Education (TESOL) and research methods in the Doctor of Education. She has conducted consultancies in regional schools with culturally- and linguistically-diversifying student populations and the associated benefits of increasing teaching capabilities and student inclusion. In addition, she has led a professional development project with English for Occupational Purposes (EOP) teachers at a university in Hanoi, Vietnam, with the goal of building teacher capability in EOP course design, implementation, and evaluation.
Margaret completed her PhD at The University of Queensland in 2007, with her thesis winning The University of Queensland Varghese Prize for Best Thesis in Comparative Education (2008) and the International Education Association of Australia (IEAA) Excellence Award for Research Thesis (2009). She has published a book on international higher education titled International student engagement in higher education: Transforming practices, pedagogies and participation (2017) with leading publisher Multilingual Matters.
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Keywords
Second language education in schools, Second language education in communities, International higher education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), English for Specific Purposes, English for professional communication, Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), Pedagogy, curriculum and culture, Second language teacher education, Sociolinguistics
Research field
Curriculum and Pedagogy, Specialist Studies in Education, Language Studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (University of Queensland)
- Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics (Griffith University)
Professional memberships and associations
Associate Professor Margaret Kettle teaches and researches in the areas of second language education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice. Her areas of interest include:
- Second language use in workplaces, higher education, schools and communities
- Teaching and learning English as an additional language and dialect (EAL/D)
- School and migrant community connections
- English for Specific, Academic and Occupational Purposes pedagogies (ESP) (EAP) (EOP)
- Culture and its role in second language teaching and learning
- Identity and agency in second language learning
- Second language writing development
- Bilingual education in schools
- International Higher Education
- Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) methodology.
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4060-4226
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margaret_Kettle?isModalOpen
Associate Professor Kettle is a research program leader of the Teachers and Teaching Research Group (TTRG). Her professional memberships include:
- Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
- Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA)
- International Association of Applied Linguistics (AILA)
- Languages and Cultures Network of Australian Universities (LCNAU)
- Queensland Association of TESOL (QATESOL).
Teaching
Associate Professor Kettle teaches and coordinates the TESOL specialisation in the Master of Education and Graduate Certificate in Education. She also teaches research methods in the Doctor of Education (EdD) course. Her TESOL teaching units are:
- Theory and practice of second language teaching and learning
- Sociolinguistics.
Associate Professor Kettle’s teaching has been recognised in a number of Faculty of Education teaching awards: 2009 Teaching Excellence: Early Career Award 2010 Team Teaching Excellence Award: Language Education Team. She also regularly presents on effective teaching and learning in school, university and community settings. For example
- Kettle, M. (2021). English an additional language (EAL) Curriculum Planning. Darling Downs South West region Department of Education.
- Kettle, M. (2020). Teaching second language vocabulary. Darling Downs South West region Department of Education.
- Kettle, M. (2018). Written corrective feedback for second language uptake and learner autonomy: Teacher and student experiences of informing and improving practice. VietTESOL International Convention. Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam. October 12-13.
- Kettle, M. (2017). Language and culture: Why they matter for teaching and learning. VietTESOL Conference, Thai Nguyen University, Vietnam. December 7-8.
- Kettle, M. (2017). QUT Higher Education Research Network (HERN): Student Engagement: What is it actually and how can it be achieved?
- Kettle, M. (2016). Leading low level proficiency students from reception to production in functional English. TAFE Queensland South West - Toowoomba campus (with attendance by members of community organisations such as Toowoomba Refugee and Migrant Service).
Experience
Margaret's teaching and research are designed to maximise the benefits of collaboration and knowledge-sharing with partners in workplaces, schools, government departments and community organisations.
Publications
- Kettle, M., (2021). Building School-Migrant Family Connections in Culturally- and Linguistically-Diversifying Rural Communities: A Participatory Study from Australia. In S. White & J. Downey (Eds.), Rural education across the world: Models of innovative practice and impact (pp. 107–128). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213884
- Kettle, M., (2021). Conceptualising the complexity of international student engagement: Antecedents, actions and accomplishments. In Z. Zhang, T. Grimshaw & X. Shi (Eds.), International Student Education in Tertiary Settings: Interrogating Programs and Processes in Diverse Contexts (pp. 107–124). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207134
- Alford, J. & Kettle, M. (2021). Defining bilingualism, multilingualism and plurilingualism in education: Innovations in teaching for diversity in mainstream classrooms. In R. Arber, M. Weinmann & J. Blackmore (Eds.), Rethinking Languages Education: Directions, Challenges and Innovations (pp. 167–178). Routledge. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/127150
- Smith, J., Kettle, M. & Alford, J. (2023). Scaffolding homework for foreign language and self-regulated learning: Lessons from an Australian primary school. Education 3-13, 51(4). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/214241
- Kettle, M., Heimans, S., Biesta, G. & Takayama, K. (2021). Examining teacher education research methodology: practices, priorities and politics. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49(3), 245–248. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213885
- Takayama, K., Kettle, M., Heimans, S. & Biesta, G. (2021). Thinking about cross-border experience in teacher education during the global pandemic. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 49(2), 143–147. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213886
- Kettle, M. & Macqueen, S. (2020). Applied linguistics and education. In GW. Noblit (Ed.), Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/202068
- Le, L., Kettle, M. & Pillay, H. (2020). Using Corpus Analysis in a Needs Analysis of Key English Vocabulary for Petroleum Engineers in Vietnam. Asian EFL Journal, 24(1), 45–68. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/199869
- Biesta, G., Takayama, K., Kettle, M. & Heimans, S. (2020). Teacher education between principle, politics, and practice: Editorial. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 48(5), 455–459. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/206053
- Kettle, M., (2017). International Student Engagement in Higher Education: Transforming Practices, Pedagogies and Participation. Multilingual Matters. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/103570
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Margaret, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Membership of Review Panels on Prestigious Grant Applications
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- An ARC assessor since 2016.
- Type
- Advisor/Consultant for Industry
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- A consultancy with the Queensland Department of Education Darling Downs South-West region region.
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2020
- Details
- APJTE is a Q1 journal and leader in the field of teacher education.
- Type
- Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
- Reference year
- 2018
- Details
- Keynote presentation. VietTESOL International Convention. Hanoi University of Industry, Vietnam.
- Type
- Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
- Reference year
- 2017
- Details
- Publication Award: Faculty of Education Publication First - Book - International student engagement in higher education: Transforming practices, pedagogies and participation.
Selected research projects
- Title
- Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools: A Longitudinal Study of Graduates at Work in Low Socio-Economic Status Schools
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP140100613
- Start year
- 2015
- Keywords
- Quality Teaching; Low Ses Schooling; Teachers Work
- Title
- Images, Perceptions and Resources: Enhancing Australia's Role in China's English Language Education
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP100200397
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Web Based Learning; China; TEFOL; ICT and Education
- Title
- Images, Perceptions and Resources: Enhancing Australia's Role in China's English Language Education
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP100200397
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Web Based Learning; China; TEFOL; ICT and Education
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Investigating the Alignment between English Language Academic Support Courses and Students' Transition to English Medium Instruction at a Sri Lankan University
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Hitendra Pillay - Mothering Infants in a Digital Age: Digital Dilemmas and Social Interaction
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Distinguished Professor Susan Danby
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Bilingual Curriculum Enactment in Vietnam in an Era of Economic and Social Reform (2021)
- Language Change: Identity Management and The Boundaries of Acceptable Verbal Conduct in School Settings (2019)
- Rethinking Homework for Foreign Language Teaching and Learning in Primary School (2019)
- Aligning English for Specific Purposes (ESP) Curriculum with Industry Needs: Language Practices for Vietnam's Globalised Workplaces (2017)
- Aligning Specialist English Language Curriculum in Higher Education with Development Imperatives and Workplace Communication Needs in Vietnam: A Case Study of the Vietnamese Petroleum Industry (2017)
- Conceptions of Care in International Higher Education in Australia (2017)
- An Exploratory Study of the Current Assessment Practices for Improving the Learning of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in Two Vietnamese Universities (2015)
- Conceptualisation and enactment of critical literacy for senior high school EAL learners in Queensland, Australia: Commitments, constraints and contradictions (2015)
- Teaching Pragmatics in an EFL Context: Implications for Coursebook Design, Teaching and Learning (2015)
- A case study of pedagogical responses to internationalisation at a faith-based secondary school in Australia (2013)