Ms Maria Isabel Pena
ADJUNCT FELLOW,
Dean's Unit - School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Personal
Qualifications
- BEd Macarthur Institute of Higher Education
- DipTeach Sydney Teachers College
- DipTeach Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo, Spain
- MEd University of Sydney
- DipTeach(Primary) Uruguay Teachers Institute
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Dean's Unit - School of Humanities & Comm Arts
Professional Memberships
- Spanish Teachers (2010-04-30 - 2012-06-30)
Contact
| Email: | I.Pena@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 6304 |
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| Location: | 1.G.64 Bankstown |
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Biography
Maria Isabel started her teaching career in Montevideo, Uruguay, her country of origin. Since her arrival in Australia she continued her education in universities in Sydney, Mexico, Chile and Spain. Her teaching career in Sydney includes from teaching and coordinating language programs in NSW schools to teaching and researching at UWS.
In 1981 she was selected to develop and implement the first Spanish Community Language Program in the NSW Department of Education. For a number of years she served on the NSW Board of Studies Syllabus and HSC Examination Committees developing syllabus documents and HSC examination papers. In 1989 was appointed as SSCL Spanish Language Consultant where she became involved in the training of teachers for the HSC syllabus and the production of teaching materials.
Maria Isabel has been with UWS since 1992. Since that time she has taught units on Spanish Language and Culture, Language Teaching Methodology, Multicultural Perspectives in the Curriculum and Second Language Learning and Teaching. Her extensive experience as a language educator and the interest in language teaching methodology lead her to focus current research on technology enhanced language learning, TELL.
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Awards
- Teaching Service Fellowships - NSW Department of Education The implementation of Antiracist Policies and Multicultural Education in USA and Canadian Schools. 1992-06-22
Publications
Journal Articles
- Pena, M. (2011), 'The Potential of Digital Tools in the Language Classroom', The International Journal of the Humanities, 12.
- Garcia, I. and Pena, M. (2011), 'Machine translation-assisted language learning: Writing for beginners', Computer Assisted Language Learning, 17.
- Pena, M. and Yeung, A. (2010), 'Satisfaction with Online Learning: Does Students' Computer Competence Matter?', The International Journal of Technology, Knowledge and Society, 12.
- Pena, M. and Yeung, A. (2009), 'University Students' Satisfaction with Online and Face-to-Face Spanish Learning', The International Journal of Learning, 12.
Research
Grants / Projects
2010 - Pilot Project Research Scheme: Machine Translation as a Learning Tool.School of Humanities and Communication Arts, UWS
2007 – 2009 UWS Learning and Teaching Project LTAP Learner satisfaction in blended learning and implications for CALL implementation – Spanish Language Component. UWS- College of Arts- School of Humanities and Languages
2007-2008 UWS Learning and Teaching Project LTAP Project title: Global Citizen Program (GCP) Project ID no. P7253 UWS - College of Arts- School of Humanities and Languages
2007- 2008 Academic Service Learning Grant Scheme 2007 Learning Through Community Service Title: Reaching out to the Spanish-speaking Community College of Arts – UWS
2000 Cognitive Load and Language Learning - Co researcher with Alexander Seeshing Yeung, University of Western Sydney at Macarthur, Cynthia Fong King Lee, Baptist University, Hong Kong and Jeni Ryde, University of Western Sydney Macarthur, Faculty of Education and Languages
1996 -1997 The use of Computers in the Language Classroom and Mixed- Mode Course Delivery for University Language Courses. A pilot project for Spanish and Italian beginners - University of Western Sydney Macarthur - CELT, as a Co researcher with Dr Madeleine Cincotta, Faculty of Education and Languages
1992 - 1995 Development of Multimedia Materials for Comprehension-Driven and Intensive Second Language Learning Programs in Arabic, Italian and Spanish (Joint project with B. Di Biase, Estela Valverde and R. Suliman)Funding body: ILOTES Project, Department of Employment Education and Training
1994-1996 M.I.Pena continued work initiated by E. Valverde
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