Doctor Katina Zammit

Doctor Katina Zammit

DAP - PRIMARY EDUCATION,
Primary Education (SoE)

LECTURER,
Early Childhood Education (SoE)

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney
  • MEd University of Sydney
  • BEd University of Sydney

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Primary Education (SoE)
  • Early Childhood Education (SoE)

Contact

Email:K.Zammit@uws.edu.au
Extension:6291
Mobile:
Location:4.1.23
Bankstown
Website:

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Sawyer, W., Munns, G. and Zammit, K. (2013), 'What exemplary teachers do', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty, Routledge 9780415531566.
  • Munns, G., Arthur, L., Hertzberg, M., Sawyer, W. and Zammit, K. (2012), 'A fair go for students in poverty: Australia', Changing Schools: Alternative ways to make a difference, Routledge 9780415558600.
  • Munns, G., Arthur, L., Hertzberg, M., Sawyer, W. and Zammit, K. (2012), 'A fair go for students in poverty : Australia', Changing Schools: Alternative Ways to Make a World of Difference, Routledge 9780415558600.
  • Zammit, K. (2011), 'Charting a pathway: embedding ICT and new literacies into the curriculum', Transforming Literacies and Language, Continuum International Publishing Group 9781441123916.
  • Munns, G., Arthur, L., Hertzberg, M., Sawyer, W. and Zammit, K. (2011), 'A fair go for students in poverty', Changing Schools; alternative ways to make a world of difference, Routledge 9780415558594.
  • Zammit, K. (2010), 'Working with Wikis: Collaborative Writing in the 21st Century', Key Competencies in the Knowledge Society, Springer 9783642153778.
  • Zammit, K. (2007), 'Popular Culture in the Classroom: Interpreting and Creating Multimodal Texts', Advances in Language and Education, Continuum 0826489605.
  • Zammit, K. and Wilson, M. (2006), 'Multiliteracies', School is for me: Pathways to student engagement, NSW Department of Education and Training 0731384431.
  • Callow, J. and Zammit, K. (2002), 'Visual literacy: From picture books to electronic texts', Teaching Primary Literacy with ICT, Open University Press, McGraw Hill 0335212468.

Journal Articles

  • Callow, J. and Zammit, K. (2012), ''Where lies your text?' (Twelfth night act I, scene V) : engaging high school students from low socioeconomic backgrounds in reading multimodal texts', English in Australia, 9.
  • Zammit, K. (2011), 'Connecting multiliteracies and engagement of students from low socio-economic backgrounds: Using bernstein's pedagogic discourse as a bridge', Language and Education, 18.
  • Zammit, K. (2011), 'Moves in hypertext: The resource of negotiation as a means to describe the way students navigate a pathway through hypertext', Linguistics and Education, 14.
  • Zammit, K. (2010), 'The new learning environments framework; scaffolding the development of multiliterate students', Pedagogies; An International Journal, 13.
  • Munns, G., Zammit, K. and Woodward, H. (2008), 'Reflections from the riot zone: The Fair Go Project and student engagement in a besieged community', Journal of Children & Poverty, 15.
  • Zammit, K. (2007), 'Voices from the margins: Literacy development and the impact of technology', Journal of Literacy Research, 13.
  • Zammit, K. and Martins, R. (2007), 'Learning through community service: Assisting others, learning themselves', The Australasian Journal of University Community Engagement, 9.
  • Zammit, K. and Downes, T. (2002), 'New learning environments and the multiliterate individual: A framework for educators', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 13.
  • Zammit, K. (2001), 'A Literate Person: What Does this Mean at the Beginning of the 21st Century', Reading Research and Instruction: Special Iissue on Literacy & Technology, 12.

Conference Papers

  • Zammit, K. (2008), 'Digital Literacy : The Cement That Binds a World Without Walls', ASLA Online Virtual Conference, Online.
  • Zammit, K. (2008), 'Student engagement with technology: interrupting the discourses of power for low SES students', IFIP WG 3.5 - Informatics & Elemantary Education Conference : Valuing Individual and Shared Learning: The role of ICT, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
  • Zammit, K. and Downes, T. (2002), 'Tracking technology and Literacy Practices', IFIPTC3 7th IFFIP World COnference on Computers in Education WCCE2001, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Research

Previous Projects

Title:Evaluation of the Royal Far West School's 'SolveIT' Program [via Royal Far West School]
Years:2012-08-06 - 2013-01-31
ID:P00021035
UWS Researchers:Katina Zammit
Funding:
  • Department of Education and Communities
Title:Proposal to supply consultancy on review and synthesis of research on Quality Teaching and School Leadership to the National Institute for Quality Teaching and School Leadership (NIQTSL) [via ANU]
Years:2005-06-20 - 2006-01-27
ID:P0014677
UWS Researchers:Catherine Sinclair, Katina Zammit, Michael Singh and Debra Costley
Funding:
  • Australian National University (non ACRG)
Title:Engaging Middle Years Boys in Rural Educational Settings
Years:2007-09-01 - 2008-12-01
ID:P0015810
UWS Researchers:Geoff Munns, Wayne Sawyer, Bronwyn Cole, Mary Mooney, Anne Power and Katina Zammit
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Education & Training
Title:Kellyville Public School Immersive Learning Pilot
Years:2009-11-18 - 2011-11-30
ID:P00017816
UWS Researchers:Christine Halse, Katina Zammit and Nida Denson
Funding:
  • NSW Department of Education & Training

Supervision

Doctor Zammit is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Title:The Degree of Using Instructional Technology by Arabic Teachers and its Effect of the Intermediate Stage Student's Achievement in Al-Qrayat Governorate in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Field of Research:

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