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Dr Annamaria Paolino

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 6917
Email: a.paolino@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML17.126  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4204-8523

Annamaria is a Lecturer in the School of Education. She leads, coordinates and teaches in Primary Initial Teacher Education across Languages, EAL/D and core education units.

Current Teaching

  • LAN3240 - English for Speakers of Other Languages or Dialects
  • LNG4100 - Teaching Languages to Young Learners
  • LNG4200 - Teaching Languages in a Primary Classroom Context
  • LNG4300 - Cross Curricula Practice in the Primary Languages Classroom
  • PPA3260 - PPA3260 – Languages Module
  • EDL1240 - Introduction to Teaching

Background

Dr Annamaria Paolino’s research expertise is in Languages and using music to facilitate language learning. She currently leads the languages/EALD programme in the Bachelor of Education (Primary) Course.  Dr Paolino supervises HDR students in her area of expertise and together they investigate many themes centred around languages, pedagogy, the intersectionality of languages and social justice, and teacher education. Dr Paolino holds a leadership position in the School of Education as the 3rd Year Coordinator for the Bachelor of Education – Primary course.

Prior to becoming an academic, Dr Paolino was a Level 3 teacher and school leader. She was a Music and Italian specialist and taught these areas in a variety of contexts in her teaching career including primary, secondary, tertiary and online/remote settings.

Research

Dr Paolino’s research is contextualised in social constructivism. She is an experienced qualitative researcher and is leading research collaborations with colleagues at Edith Cowan University and The University of Leeds. Some of her current projects include:

  • Using Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) to teach Languages in Primary Initial Teacher Education
  • Using metaphors to investigate pre-service teacher beliefs about their language learning
  • Exploring pre-service teachers’ dispositions for culturally sustaining pedagogy through field experience

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2013 - WAIER Postgraduate Student Award

Professional Associations

  • MLTAWA: Modern Languages Teachers Association of Western Australia
  • WAATI: Western Australian Association of Teachers of Italian
  • WATESOL: Westralian Association for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • BAAL: British Association of Applied Linguistics
  • NALDIC: National Association of Language Development in the Curriculum
  • NATESOL: The Northern Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
  • LCNAU: Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities
  • WAOSA: Western Australian Orff-Schulwerk Association
  • 2021 - Present: Member of the East Beechboro Primary School Board

Research areas and interests

  • LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy (FOR Code: 390108)
  • Multicultural Education (FOR Code: 390410)
  • Primary Education (FOR Code: 390304)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2013.
  • Bachelor of Education (Music Studies), Edith Cowan University, 1993.

Research Outputs

2023

Journal Articles

  • Main, S., Byrne, M., Scott, J., Sullivan, K., Paolino, A., Slater, E., Boron, J. (2023). Primary specialisations in Australia: graduates’ perceptions of outcome and impact. The Australian Educational Researcher, 50(2), 371–390. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-021-00496-y.
  • Main, S., Hill, S., Paolino, A. (2023). Improving the reading skills of struggling secondary students in a real-world setting: issues of implementation and sustainability. Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 28(1), 73-95. https://doi.org/10.1080/19404158.2023.2210588.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Nguyen, T., Cunningham, C., Paolino, A. (2020). An Investigation into Chinese Influence on the Current Curriculum of Bachelor of Business English Degrees at Vietnamese Universities. Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 10(10), 1179-1190. https://doi.org/10.17507/tpls.1010.01.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Paolino, A., Lummis, G. (2015). Orff Shulwerk as a pedagogical tool for the effective teaching of Italian to upper primary students in Western Australia. Babel, 50(1), 12-23.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Lummis, G., Morris, J., Paolino, A. (2014). An Investigation of Western Australian Pre-Service Primary Teachers' Experiences and Self-Efficacy in The Arts. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 39(5), 50-64. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2014v39n5.4.

Research Projects

  • A model for re-establishing Languages education in Western Australia using Content and Language Integrated Learning, Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2018, 2018 ‑ 2019, $10,000.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Completed Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Education, An investigation into factors affecting motivation for boys playing string instruments at the transition to secondary school

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Moving towards communication-oriented language teaching at the primary English level: A Vietnamese perspective

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Inspiring Social Justice: Teacher educators’ experiences of Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Pedagogies in Initial Teacher Education units
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A critique of the Vietnamese Bachelor of Business English
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