Kathleen Rushton

BA(Hons)(Essex), DipEd(Primary)(Sydney), GradDipAdultEdTESOL(UTS), MA(Sydney), MEd(Research)(Sydney) Lecturer in English

Email: Phone: +61 2 9351 6351 Fax: +61 2 9351 4580 Building.Room: A35.910

Professional biography

Kathy has worked as an English-as-an-additional language teacher, teaching students in primary as well as as high schools. She worked for several years as a literacy consultant for the NSW Department of Education and Training, and recently undertook research into reading in the middle years. Her interests include all aspects of language and literacy development especially with Indigenous students and students learning English as an additional language. She is currently researching the significance of text in the teaching of reading, with a focus on Indigenous communities.

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Selected publications

Book chapters

• Rushton, K. (2007). The significance of text in the teaching of reading in the early years. In Alyson Simpson (Ed.), Future directions in literacy: International conversations conference 2007 (pp. 256–268), Sydney: University of Sydney Press.

Journal articles

• Rushton, K. (2009). Books and reading: Tools or toys?. TESOL in Context Pedagogies of Connection, S2(May).
• Rushton, K. (2008). Cooperative planning and teaching for ESL students in the mainstream classroom. TESOL in Context, 18(1), 21–28.

Conference papers

• Rushton, K. (2006). Teaching grammar in context across the KLAs. In Alyson Simpson Proceedings of the National Conference on Future Directions in Literacy (pp. 204–218). Sydney, 3-4 March 2006.