Curriculum Vitae MICHELE KNOBEL, PhD.

groups and presenting lectures on teaching primary school students to write effectively
(which included critical literacy and functional grammar approaches to writing
instruction). The total class generally averaged 300 students per semester.
Language and Literacy II (Undergraduate level). This was the second of four compulsory
courses in elementary school literacy education. I was responsible for developing course
content and structure, coordinating the course, delivering weekly lectures, and conducting
tutorials. The total class generally averaged 300 students per semester.
English as a Second Language/Languages Other Than English Foundation
(Undergraduate foundation course). This course introduced prospective elementary
school teachers to a range of theoretical and policy positions on English as a Second
Language and Languages other than English Education within Australia. Students were
also engaged in discussing and working through issues concerning multilingual
education, cultural diversity and inequity, inequitable education opportunities and
outcomes and their relationship with family income, ethnicity or cultural heritage and
language, and gender. I was responsible for delivering lectures on language and power,
and on multiculturalism and the media, as well as conducting workshops on these topics.
This course averaged 400 students per semester.
Writing in Classrooms (Distance Education course for the Bachelor of Education degree
for teachers already in service). I was responsible for coordinating this course and
monitoring students’ progress from a distance. This course averaged 25-30 students per
semester.
Language and Literacy I & II (Graduate Diploma of Education degree level). These two
courses were condensed versions of the corresponding undergraduate courses described
earlier. I was responsible for leading tutorials in literacy pedagogy, curriculum content,
assessment, and program or curriculum development. Content focussed on emergent
literacy pedagogy, social justice issues, literacy across the curriculum, and using theory
to inform effective pedagogy.
Graduate courses
Investigating Literacy in Classroom Settings (Masters level course). This course focussed
on a range of qualitative approaches to literacy research. I was responsible for teaching
sociolinguistic and ethnographic approaches. This course averaged 25 students per
semester.
Second Language Programming and Methodology (Masters level course, TESOL
specialization). I was responsible for lecturing on critical literacy and second language
teaching methodologies. This class averaged 35 students per semester.
Literacy and New Technologies (Distance Education Course, Masters level). This
distance education course was delivered by means of web-based materials and emailbased
interactions and correspondence. I was responsible for writing and coordinating the
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