Professor Georgina Barton
Name | Georgina Barton |
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Position | Professor (Literacies and Pedagogy) |
Section | School of Education |
Office | A206 |
Location | Springfield Campus |
Phone | +61 7 3470 4505 |
Extension | 4505 |
Qualifications | DipT BrisbaneCAE , BA Qld , GCertHigherEd Griffith , PhD QUT |
Georgina Barton is a Professor of literacies and pedagogy in the School of Education. She is also an Associate Head of School - Research. She has experience as Program Director and has taught English and literacy education and arts education courses in both the primary and secondary education programs. Before entering academia, Georgina worked in schools for over 20 years having experience as an Acting Principal, lead literacy intervention teacher and Head of Department - The Arts. As an early career teacher, Georgina spent one year working as an Australian Volunteer Abroad and English teacher in South India. This experience still greatly influences the ways in which Georgina perceives research and teaching. Intercultural, reflective and creative approaches to learning are threaded throughout Georgina's research. Research areas include: literacies, modalities, arts education and international education. She has utilised a number of research methodologies and methods including ethnography, arts-based research methods, case study and narrative. She has over 120 publications including 11 books, 30 book chapters, 40 peer-reviewed journal articles and a number of reports. She is past-president of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association - Meanjin local council and also an ALEA Fellow. In 2014, she was the Executive Director of the World Alliance for Arts Education Global Summit, the first time it was held in the southern hemisphere. Georgina is also a musician and has worked in a number of orchestras and ensembles as a violinist.
Fields of Research (FoR)
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Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy
( 130201)
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English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
( 130204)
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Higher Education
( 130103)
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English And Literacy Curriculum And Pedagogy (excl. Lote
( 390104)
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Higher Education
( 390303)
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Creative Arts
( 390101)
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Curriculum And Pedagogy
( 390100)
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Education Systems
( 390300)
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Teacher And Student Wellbeing
( 390412)
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Specialist Studies In Education
( 390400)
Research interests
Literacy, multiliteracies, multimodality, the arts and culturally and linguistically diverse contexts including internationalisation
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association - 2017-2022
Conference Chair of the Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) 2017-2019
USQ Research affiliations
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Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
Currently teaching courses/programs
EDM8007
Teaching experience(Tertiary)
15 Years
Teaching experience(Other)
25 Years
Administrative responsibilities
Discipline lead - English and literacy education
Research most recent
Barton, G. M. (2019). Developing literacy and the arts in schools. Routledge Publishers.
Barton, G. M., McKay, L., Garvis, S., & Sappa, V (2019). Introduction: Defining and theorising key concepts of resilience and well-being and arts-based research. In L. McKay, G. M. Barton, S. Garvis & V. Sappa (Eds.), Arts-Based Research, Resilience and Well-Being across the Lifespan, (pp. ?). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Barton, G. M., Baguley, M., Kerby, M., & MacDonald, A. (2019). How children’s literature can develop compassion and empathy. In G. M. Barton & S. Garvis (Eds.), Compassion and Empathy in Educational Contexts, (pp. ?). London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Research most notable
Barton, G. M., & Ryan, M. (2013). Multimodal approaches to reflective teaching and assessment in higher education: a cross disciplinary approach in Creative Industries. Higher Education Research and Development, 33(3), 409-424.
Barton, G. M. (2014). The arts and literacy: interpretation and expression of symbolic form. In G. M. Barton (Ed.). Literacy in the Arts: Retheorising Learning and Teaching, (pp. 3-20). Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.
Barton, G. M., & Baguley, M. (2014). Learning through story: A collaborative, multimodal arts approach. English Teaching: Practice and Critique, Special Issue. 13(2), 93-112.
Publications in ePrints
Barton, Georgina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-238X
and Le, Anh Hai
(2022)
A survey of middle years students’ perceptions of aesthetic literacies, their importance and inclusion in curriculum and the workforce.
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy.
pp. 1-14.
ISSN 1038-1562
Barton, Georgina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-238X
and Riddle, Stewart
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1653-1300
(2022)
Culturally responsive and meaningful music education: multimodality, meaning-making, and communication in diverse learning contexts.
Research Studies in Music Education, 44 (2).
pp. 345-362.
ISSN 1321-103X
Suess, Adam
and Barton, GeorginaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-238X
(2022)
Instagram and the museum experience: theorising the connection through aesthetics, space and sharing.
Museum Management and Curatorship.
pp. 1-16.
ISSN 0964-7775
Ryan, M.
and Khosronejad, M. and Barton, GeorginaORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-238X and Myhill, D. and Kervin, L.
(2022)
Reflexive writing dialogues: Elementary students’ perceptions and performances as writers during classroom experiences.
Assessing writing, 51:100592.
pp. 1-20.
ISSN 1075-2935
Barton, Georgina
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-238X
and Lowien, Nathan
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8907-2198 and Hu, Yijun
(2021)
A critical semiotic investigation of Asian stereotypes in the short film Bao : implications for classroom practice.
Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 44 (1).
pp. 5-17.
ISSN 1038-1562
Research supervisor in the area of:
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Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy
( 130201)
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English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL)
( 130204)
-
Higher Education
( 130103)
-
English And Literacy Curriculum And Pedagogy (excl. Lote
( 390104)
-
Higher Education
( 390303)
-
Creative Arts
( 390101)
-
Curriculum And Pedagogy
( 390100)
-
Education Systems
( 390300)
-
Teacher And Student Wellbeing
( 390412)
-
Specialist Studies In Education
( 390400)
Research topics