School of Education
Dr Christine Edwards-Groves
Lecturer
C J, DipT InstCathEd, MPhil PhD Griff, GradDipEdStud RiverinaMurrayIHE
Christine Edwards-Groves
Charles Sturt University Faculty of Education
Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
Ph: (02) 69 332440
Fax: (02) 69 332888
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Christine Edwards-Groves is a lecturer (literacy) in the School of Education . Christine’s main research interest is in the field of explicit teaching, professional development and classroom interaction. She has published a variety of texts, including On Task: Focused Literacy Learning (2003), Connecting Students to Learning through Explicit Teaching (2001) and Building an Inclusive Classroom through Explicit Pedagogy (2003). Christine is co-author of Chapter 5 ‘Developing Praxis and reflective practice in pre-service teacher education’ and author of Chapter 7 ‘The praxis-oriented self’.
Research
Selected recent consultancies
- Academic Partner for NSW AGQTAL, AGQTIP Project schools ( Balranald Central School , Coleambally Central School , Moama Public School , Cootamundra high School)
- Member of the state Evaluation Team (research and review,) Tirkandi Inaburra Cultural and Development Centre, Coleambally, NSW, Aus, commissioned by the NSW State Attorney Generals Department 2007/2008.
Teaching
- Literary Theory
- Children’s Literature
- Understanding Writing
- Reading Process and Pedagogy
- Multiliteracies
Professional Engagement
- Australasian Special Educators Association
- International Reading Association (IRA) (including subscription to Thinking Classroom, The Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, Reading Research Quarterly, The Reading Teacher, Quarterly Book Club)
- Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA) (including subscription to The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Primary Matters, Secondary Thoughts)
- Primary English Teachers Association (PETA )
- Member of the international collaborative project Praxis, Education and Pedagogy, involving scholars from CSU, the UK , Sweden , the Netherlands , Iceland , Norway and Finland .