Curriculum Vitae MICHELE KNOBEL, PhD.

1998 $40,000 Confronting disadvantage in literacy education: New technologies,
classroom pedagogy, and networks of practice. Associate Professor
Chris Bigum, Professor Colin Lankshear, Dr Michele Knobel, Dr
Leonie Rowan.
Funding: Language Australia, Canberra, Australia.
1998 $2,500 Addressing cultural difference in the context of practicum
experience (Part II): Examining the effects of microteaching on
practicum experiences. Ms Sue Mendra, Dr Bob Cope, Dr Michele
Knobel.
Funding: Faculty of Education, Queensland University of
Technology, Australia.
1997 $4,000 Addressing cultural difference in the context of practicum
experience (Part I). Ms Sue Mendra, Dr Tammy Kwan, and Dr
Michele Knobel.
Funding: Faculty of Education, Queensland University of
Technology, Australia.
1996 $4,500 Computer learning networks and LOTE (Languages Other Than
English) Teacher Education: An empirical analysis of claims,
learning processes and student outcomes. Ms Michele Knobel, Ms
Jane Crawford and Dr Colin Lankshear.
Funding: Faculty of Education, Queensland University of
Technology, Australia.
1993 $2,100 Framing the Report: An Examination of Year 6 Students’
Perceptions, Understandings and Uses of Genre. Dr Colin
Lankshear, Ms Michele Knobel and Dr Linda Gerot.
Funding: National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia
Child/ESL Research Node, Queensland, Australia.
1993 $4,000 Community Literacy Studies at Harris Field State School. Dr Colin
Lankshear and Ms Michele Knobel.
Funding: Department of Education, Employment and Training,
Australia.
Funded Project Involvement
2008-9 $250,000 Improving Teacher Quality Partnership Grant. Year 3 of three year
proposal. Responsible for designing and delivering the literacy
component of this grant as part of a consortium comprising Faculty
from the College of Education and Human Services and East
Orange School District, New Jersey.
Funding: Title II, Part A, of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
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