Robyn Moloney

Research Outputs

Research output per year 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2021

• 215 Citations
• 8 h-Index
• 36 Article
• 21 Chapter
• 7 Conference proceeding contribution
• 4 Edited Book/Anthology
• 7 More
  • 3 Conference paper
  • 2 Book
  • 1 Foreword/postscript/introduction
  • 1 Website contribution

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2021

  “A casual teacher is a gardener”: metaphors and identities of casual relief teachers in the Australian primary school context

  Uchida, M., Cavanagh, M. & Moloney, R., 4 May 2021, In: Educational Review. 73, 3, p. 297–311 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • metaphor 100%
  • primary school 91%
  • teacher 48%
  • survival strategy 24%
  • Teaching 16%
  3 Citations (Scopus)
• 2020

  Being a good neighbour: developing intercultural understanding through critical dialogue between an Australian and Finnish cross-case study

  Lobytsyna, M., Moate, J. & Moloney, R., 1 Nov 2020, In: Language and Intercultural Communication. 20, 6, p. 621-636 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Education 100%
  • Students 87%
  • dialogue 84%
  • language education 64%
  • Finland 54%

• Multiple identities: a study of students in an Australian Coptic school

  Mansour, S. S. & Moloney, R., 2020, In: Journal for the Academic Study of Religion. 33, 1, p. 49-65 17 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ethnic Identity 100%
  • Qualitative Data 91%
  • Diasporas 89%
  • Religious Identity 69%
  • National Identity 56%

• The value of Xinjiang class education to ethnic minority students, their families and community: a capability approach

  Su, X., Harrison, N. & Moloney, R., 11 Jun 2020, In: The Qualitative Report. 25, 11, p. 3847-3863 17 p., 5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • national minority 100%
  • Students 79%
  • Education 71%
  • education 35%
  • Parents 34%
  12 Downloads (Pure)
• 2019

  Constructing a multilingual community of practice in Sydney schools

  Moloney, R., 2019, Multilingual Sydney. Chik, A., Benson, P. & Moloney, R. (eds.). London ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 141-152 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Motivation for learning Chinese in the Australian context: a research focus on tertiary students

  Xu, H. L. & Moloney, R., 2019, The Palgrave handbook of motivation for language learning. Lamb, M., Csizér, K., Henry, A. & Ryan, S. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 449-469 21 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • research focus 100%
  • Teaching 55%
  • Affective Factors 55%
  • Heritage Language 52%
  • Heritage 51%
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Multilingual Sydney

  Chik, A. (ed.), Benson, P. (ed.) & Moloney, R. (ed.), 2019, London ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group. 240 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

  • multilingualism 100%
  • large city 12%
  • geography 8%
  • expertise 8%
  • inclusion 8%

• Pre-service teachers’ impact on student learning: planning, teaching, and assessing during professional practice

  Cavanagh, M., Barr, J., Moloney, R., Lane, R., Hay, I. & Chu, H-E., Feb 2019, In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 44, 2, p. 66-81 16 p., 5.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • planning 100%
  • Teaching 72%
  • teacher 70%
  • block teaching 59%
  • learning 58%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Sydney: a multilingual city in a multilingual world

  Chik, A., King, L. & Moloney, R., 2019, Multilingual Sydney. Chik, A., Benson, P. & Moloney, R. (eds.). London ; New York, NY: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 3 - 12 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• “They have it better there”: Chinese immigrant teachers’ beliefs, ideologies and imaginaries in cross-national comparisons

  Liu, H., Dervin, F., Xu, H. & Moloney, R., Sep 2019, In: Frontiers of Education in China. 14, 3, p. 453-479 27 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Ideologies 100%
  • immigrant 79%
  • teacher 47%
  • Finland 38%
  • culture shock 20%
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2018

  Becoming familiar strangers: an exploration of inland boarding school education on cultural wellbeing of minority students from Xinjiang province

  Su, X., Harrison, N. & Moloney, R., 2018, In: Australian and international journal of rural education. 28, 2, p. 1-12 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • boarding school 100%
  • school education 77%
  • minority 51%
  • school class 35%
  • national minority 26%

• Building a whole school approach to professional experience: collaboration and community

  Young, A., Cavanagh, M. & Moloney, R., 27 May 2018, In: Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education. 46, 3, p. 279-291 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • professional experience 100%
  • disposition 27%
  • Teaching 25%
  • teacher 25%
  • logistics 22%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Developing metacognition and interculturality in heritage language learners

  Xu, H. L. & Moloney, R., 2018, Handbook of research and practice in heritage language education. Trifonas, P. P. & Aravossitas, T. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 29-51 23 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • cross-culturality 100%
  • intercultural learning 16%
  • learning motivation 13%
  • student 11%
  • learning strategy 10%

• Learning languages early is key to making Australia more multilingual

  Moloney, R., 2018, In: Languages Victoria. 22, 1, p. 79-81 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • learning 100%
  • time 50%

• Teaching and learning Chinese in schools: case studies in quality language education

  Moloney, R. & Xu, H. L., 2018, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 102 p. (Palgrave studies in teaching and learning Chinese)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • language education 100%
  • Teaching 39%
  • learning 31%
  • teacher training 27%
  • age group 25%
• 2017

  Being a kakekeshi: a case study of the link between teacher beliefs and student engagement

  Moloney, R., Jan 2017, In: The language teacher. 41, 1, p. 9-12 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • teacher 100%
  • teacher of languages 82%
  • learning performance 65%
  • student 59%
  • secondary school 44%

• Language teachers' stories from their professional knowledge landscapes

  Harbon, L. & Moloney, R., 2017, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 183 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

• Moving between diverse cultural contexts: how important is intercultural learning to Chinese heritage language learners?

  Xu, H. L. & Moloney, R., 2017, Interculturality in Chinese language education. Jin, T. & Dervin, F. (eds.). London : Palgrave Macmillan, p. 151-176 26 p. (Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective ).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • intercultural learning 100%
  • learning motivation 10%
  • language education 9%
  • self awareness 9%
  • learning 9%

• Professional knowledge landscapes: language teachers' stories

  Moloney, R. & Harbon, L., 2017, Language teachers' stories from their professional knowledge landscapes. Harbon, L. & Moloney, R. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 1-14 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Stories of language teacher education

  Moloney, R., Bourke, K. & Wicht, M., 2017, Language teachers' stories from their professional knowledge landscapes. Harbon, L. & Moloney, R. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 149-160 11 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The role of informal heritage language learning in program building: Persian community school language learners in Australia

  Moloney, R. & Mokhatebi Ardakani, M., 2017, The Routledge handbook of heritage language education: from innovation to program building. Kagan, O. E., Carreira, M. M. & Hitchins Chik, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 129-142 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Transforming pre-service language teachers’ understanding of teaching critically

  Moloney, R. & Oguro, S., 2017, The critical turn in language and intercultural communication pedagogy: theory, research and practice. Dasli, M. & Díaz, A. R. (eds.). New York; London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 180-196 17 p. (Routledge studies in language and intercultural communication).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2016

  An Exploratory study of the factors associated with literacy teachers' integration of technology: a study of Lebanese schools

  Chaaban, Y. & Moloney, R., 2016, In: Journal of digital learning in teacher education. 32, 4, p. 128-139 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • literacy 100%
  • teacher 61%
  • classroom 45%
  • descriptive statistics 28%
  • self-efficacy 23%

• An interactive, co-constructed approach to the development of intercultural understanding in pre-service language teachers

  Moloney, R., Harbon, L. & Fielding, R., 1 Jan 2016, Intercultural Competence in Education: Alternative Approaches for Different Times. Dervin, F. & Gross, Z. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 185-213 29 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Intercultural Understanding 100%
  • Language Teachers 95%
  • Pre-service Teachers 88%
  • teacher 27%
  • Language Teacher Education 26%
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Educating pre-service teachers in technology use: a study of provision at Lebanese universities

  Chaaban, Y. & Moloney, R., 2016, In: International journal of education. 8, 2, p. 14-31 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • university 100%
  • teacher 90%
  • document analysis 46%
  • educational technology 43%
  • artifact 37%

• Exploring innovative pedagogy in the teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language

  Moloney, R. (ed.) & Xu, H. L. (ed.), 2016, Singapore: Springer, Springer Nature. 271 p. (Multilingual education; vol. 15)

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology

  • foreign language 100%
  • Teaching 50%
  • teacher 49%
  • learning 40%
  • intercultural learning 33%

• Intercultural Competence in Tertiary Learners of Chinese as a Foreign Language: Analysis of an Innovative Learning Task

  Moloney, R. & Xu, H. L., 2016, EXPLORING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Moloney, R. & Xu, HL. (eds.). Berlin; New York: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 97-114 18 p. (Multilingual Education; vol. 15).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• 'Knowing your students' in the culturally and linguistically diverse classroom

  Moloney, R. & Saltmarsh, D., 2016, In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 41, 4, p. 79-93 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • linguistics 100%
  • classroom 96%
  • teacher 76%
  • cultural diversity 60%
  • student 45%
  11 Citations (Scopus)

• Limiting professional trajectories: a dual narrative study in Chinese language education

  Moloney, R. & Wang, D., Dec 2016, In: Asian-Pacific journal of second and foreign language education. 1, 1, p. 1-1-1-15 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Language Education 100%
  • Chinese Language 78%
  • language education 71%
  • Trajectory 53%
  • Teaching 40%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Taking the Initiative to Innovate: Pedagogies for Chinese as a Foreign Language

  Moloney, R. & Xu, H. L., 2016, EXPLORING INNOVATIVE PEDAGOGY IN THE TEACHING AND LEARNING OF CHINESE AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE. Moloney, R. & Xu, H. L. (eds.). Berlin; New York: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 1-17 17 p. (Multilingual Education; vol. 15).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Teacher personal practical knowledge as a foundation for innovative practice: narratives of returnee teachers of CFL in overseas contexts

  Xu, H. L. & Moloney, R., 2016, Exploring innovative pedagogy in the teaching and learning of Chinese as a foreign language. Moloney, R. & Xu, H. L. (eds.). Singapore: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 157-176 20 p. (Multilingual Education; vol. 15).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2015

  Eliciting language teachers' narratives of practice for professional growth

  Moloney, R. & Harbon, L., 2015, Current issues in second/foreign language teaching and teacher development: research and practice. Gitsaki, C. & Alexiou, T. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 72-84 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Identities and languages: Two stories of multilingual development

  Moloney, R. & Oguro, S., 31 Jul 2015, Culture and Foreign Language Education: Insights from Research and Implications for the Practice. Chan, W. M., Bhatt, S. K., Nagami, M. & Walker, I. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 179-194 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• 'Intercultural' and 'multicultural', awkward companions: the case in schools in New South Wales, Australia

  Harbon, L. & Moloney, R., 2015, Making the most of intercultural education. Layne, H., Trémion, V. & Dervin, F. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 15-33 19 p. (Post-intercultural communication and education).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Plurilingual pre-service teachers

  Moloney, R. & Giles, A., 25 Feb 2015, Language on the move.

  Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Website contribution

  Open Access

  File

  • teacher 100%
  • trainee 54%
  • teacher training 54%
  • Teaching 51%
  • career 38%
  12 Downloads (Pure)

• Plurilingual pre-service teachers in a multicultural society: Insightful, invaluable, invisible

  Moloney, R. & Giles, A., 2015, In: Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. 38, 3, p. 123-138 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pre-service Teachers 100%
  • Multicultural Societies 76%
  • multicultural society 58%
  • Invisible 54%
  • Teaching 39%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Pre-service teachers discovering intercultural enquiry in language classroom discourse

  Moloney, R., Harbon, L. & Fielding, R., 31 Jul 2015, Culture and Foreign Language Education: Insights from Research and Implications for the Practice. Chan, W. M., Bhatt, S. K., Nagami, M. & Walker, I. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 59-85 27 p. (Studies in Second and Foreign Language Education; vol. 10).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  2 Citations (Scopus)

• The effect of intercultural narrative reflection in shaping pre-service teachers’ future practice

  Moloney, R. & Oguro, S., 2 Jan 2015, In: Reflective Practice. 16, 1, p. 96-108 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Pre-service Teachers 100%
  • Reflective 54%
  • Teacher Development 28%
  • Reflective Writing 22%
  • Intercultural Understanding 22%
  8 Citations (Scopus)

• "To know what it's like to be Japanese": a case study of the experiences of heritage learners of Japanese in Australia

  Moloney, R. & Oguro, S., 20 Aug 2015, Languages and Identities in a Transitional Japan: From Internationalization to Globalization. Nakane, I., Otsuji, E. & Armour, W. S. (eds.). New York: Taylor & Francis, p. 121-140 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Transitioning beliefs in teachers of Chinese as a foreign language: an Australian case study

  Moloney, R. & Xu, H. L., 2015, In: Cogent education. 2, p. 1024960-1-1024960-15 15 p., 1024960.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • foreign language 100%
  • teacher 49%
  • learning 27%
  • overseas 18%
  • teacher training 17%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

  362 Downloads (Pure)
• 2014

  A Community of practice for teacher education academics

  Cavanagh, M., Moloney, R., Adnum, J., Lane, R., Stewart, K. & Stevenson, M., 2014, Our university, our future: selected research from Learning and Teaching Week 2013. Winchester-Seeto, T., Shoostovian, E. & Fredericks, V. (eds.). North Ryde, NSW: Macquarie University, p. 3-7 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • teacher 100%
  • assistant 86%
  • education 73%
  • inclusion 32%
  • Group 28%
  19 Downloads (Pure)

• Are they more the same or different: a case study of the diversity of learners in a mixed class of Chinese at an Australian university

  Xu, H. & Moloney, R., 2014, Teaching Chinese: challenges in a globalized world. Zhou, S., Liu, G-Q. & Hong, L. (eds.). Shanghai: Fudan University Press, p. 172-212 41 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Identifying Chinese heritage learners' motivations, learning needs and learning goals: a case study of a cohort of heritage learners in an Australian university

  Xu, H. L. & Moloney, R., Oct 2014, In: Language learning in higher education. 4, 2, p. 365-393 29 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Heritage Language 100%
  • learning motivation 74%
  • Cohort 70%
  • Chinese Language 51%
  • Heritage 48%
  710 Downloads (Pure)

• The effect over time of a video-based reflection system on preservice teachers' oral presentations

  Cavanagh, M., Bower, M., Moloney, R. & Sweller, N., Jun 2014, In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 39, 6, p. 1-16 16 p., Article 1.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • video 100%
  • body language 92%
  • communication 71%
  • weblog 64%
  • performance 61%
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Transition from senior secondary to tertiary languages study: student attitudes in three Sydney schools

  Moloney, R. & Harbon, L., 2014, In: Babel. 49, 3, p. 4-13 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • student 100%
  • self-esteem 54%
  • confidence 50%
  • performance 30%
• 2013

  A Community of practice for teacher education academics

  Cavanagh, M., Adnum, J., Moloney, R., Lane, R., Stewart, K. & Furney, P., 2013, ATEA 2013 conference proceedings. Australia: Australian Teacher Education Association (ATEA), p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

  • teacher 100%
  • assistant 86%
  • education 73%
  • inclusion 32%
  • Group 28%

• Assessing preservice teachers' Presentation capabilities: Contrasting the modes of communication with the constructed impression

  Bower, M. G., Moloney, R. A., Cavanagh, M. S. & Sweller, N., 2013, In: Australian Journal of Teacher Education. 38, 8, p. 111-131 21 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • communication 100%
  • body language 86%
  • teacher 79%
  • confidence 47%
  • performance 28%
  6 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction: language teachers and their narratives

  Harbon, L. & Moloney, R., 2013, Language teacher's narratives of practice. Harbon, L. & Moloney, R. (eds.). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, p. 1-15 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript/introduction

• Language teachers and learners interpreting the world: identifying intercultural development in language classroom discourse

  Harbon, L. & Moloney, R., 2013, Linguistics for intercultural education. Dervin, F. & Liddicoat, A. J. (eds.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 139-159 21 p. (Language learning and language teaching; vol. 33).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • linguistics 100%
  • discourse 82%
  • classroom 80%
  • teacher 63%
  • teacher of languages 26%

• Language teacher's narratives of practice

  Harbon, L. (ed.) & Moloney, R. (ed.), 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 181 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Edited Book/Anthology