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 |
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| Extension: | 6291 |
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| Location: | 4.1.23 Bankstown |
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Publications
Chapters in Books
- Sawyer, W., Munns, G. and Zammit, K. (2013), 'What exemplary teachers do', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty: The Fair Go Team, Routledge 9780415531566.
- Munns, G., Mooney, M. and Zammit, K. (2013), 'Introducing four of the teachers', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty, Routledge 9780415531566.
- Zammit, K. (2013), 'Literacies in challenging contexts', Exemplary Teachers of Students in Poverty, Routledge 9780415531566.
- Arthur, L., Orlando, J., Power, A., Sawyer, W., Vozzo, L., Zammit, K., Cole, B., Gilbert, S., Mooney, M., Munns, G. and Nanlohy, P. (2013), 'A new Monday morning and beyond', 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] |
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| Years: | 2012-08-06 - 2013-01-31 |
| ID: | P00021035 |
| UWS Researchers: | Katina Zammit |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |
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