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Dr Sue Ollerhead is a senior lecturer in Languages and Literacy Education and the Director of the Secondary Education Program. Her expertise lies in English language and literacy learning and teaching in multicultural and multilingual education contexts. Her research interests include translanguaging, multilingual pedagogies, literacy across the curriculum and oracy development in schools. Sue is a founding member of the Multilingualism Research Centre, which fosters research on multilingualism across Macquarie University, collaborates with researchers in Australia and overseas on multilingualism research, and provides research-based support on multilingual policies and practices to community organizations in New South Wales.
As well as directing the Secondary Education Program, Sue convenes and teaches a number of language-related units at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. These include:
EDTE4310 and EDTE4320 Languages Other than English (LOTE) Methodology 1 & 2
EDTE4420 Teaching English as an Additional Language
EDST4020 The Practice of Teaching: Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners
EDST8238 (Master of Teaching Unit) Professional Practice 2: Literacy and Numeracy for Diverse Learners
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NSWEC: NSW Equity Consortium
Upton, S., Dutton, J., Wilson, K., Kohnen, S., Colenbrander, D., Morison, C., Hussain, S. & Ollerhead, S.
1/01/21 → 31/12/23
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MQRAS 21 R2: Language Inclusion Index (LI-Index): A tool to evaluate inclusion in multilingual Australia
Chik, A., Orlando, M., Burridge, A., Ollerhead, S., Gorfinkel, L. & Gu, Y.
25/01/22 → 24/01/23
Project: Research
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VCE EAL: Designing teaching and learning approaches to VCE EAL writing using Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Choi, J., French, M., Ollerhead, S. & Liu, K.
1/01/22 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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Designing teaching and learning approaches to VCE EAL writing using culturally responsive pedagogy
Ollerhead, S., Choi, J. & French, M.
30/10/21 → 30/01/23
Project: Research
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Building a virtual transnational space for initial teacher education with Australian and German students
Ollerhead, S., Melo-Pfeifer, S. & Chik, A., 27 Mar 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development. 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Editorial: digital technology in language teaching and learning
Nallaya, S. (ed.), Choi, J. (ed.) & Ollerhead, S. (ed.), 10 Aug 2023, In: TESOL in Context. 31, 2, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Fostering student equity and excellence through oracy development: an opportunity for Australian schools
Ollerhead, S., 22 Nov 2022, In: Scan. 41, 7, p. 14-20 7 p., 3.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Looking towards plurilingual futures for literacy assessment
Choi, J., Cross, R., McLean Davies, L., Ollerhead, S. & Barnes, M., Nov 2022, In: Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 45, 3, p. 325-340 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Plurilingual perspectives in Australian education
Ollerhead, S. & Choi, J., 2022, The Routledge handbook of plurilingual language education. Piccardo, E., Germain-Rutherford, A. & Lawrence, G. (eds.). New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 424-430 7 p. (Routledge handbooks in applied linguistics).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Activities
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Language Inclusion Index: Capacity, Access and Visibility for inclusive engagement
Alice Chik (Speaker), Sue Ollerhead (Speaker) & Lauren Gorfinkel (Speaker)
27 Oct 2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentation
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All teachers need to teach literacy
2/05/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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All teachers need to teach language and literacy, not just English teachers
21/04/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Staring down the Covid-19 lockdown with Multilingual Humour
Sue Ollerhead, Shepi Mati & Monica Hendricks
12/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research