Professor Georgina Barton

Name	Georgina Barton
Position	Professor (Literacies and Pedagogy)
Section	School of Education
Office	A206
Location	Springfield Campus
Phone	+61 7 3470 4505
Extension	4505
Email
Qualifications	DipT BrisbaneCAE , BA Qld , GCertHigherEd Griffith , PhD QUT

Biography

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.

Research Career

Fields of Research (FoR)

Creative Arts, Media and Communication Curriculum and Pedagogy ( 130201 )

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 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

Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)

Teaching

Currently teaching courses/programs
EDM8007

Teaching experience(Tertiary)
15 Years

Teaching experience(Other)
25 Years

Administrative responsibilities
Discipline lead - English and literacy education

Publications

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