Barbara Matthews

Barbara Matthews Senior Lecturer Arts, Languages and Literacies telephone : +64 9 623 8899 ext. 48674 fax : n/a office : N606 email : b.matthews@auckland.ac.nz website : n/a

Research Interests

Applied Linguistics, ESOL, Oral and visual literacy.

Qualifications

BA, BA(Hons), MA(Hons), DipTchg, DipSLT, ATCL (Speech &Drama, Tchr).

Biography

Barbara Matthews has taught in New Zealand, Australia and Japan in the areas of Primary Teaching and teaching English both as an Additional Language and as a Foreign Language. She has held various senior positions in schools, as a Principal, Deputy Principal and Senior Teacher. Currently she teaches a range of courses in language and literacy in the Bachelor of education Programme and teaches a Master’s paper in Applied Linguistics.

Publications

Matthews, B.A. ‘Uncle Ho and Teachers in the New Millenium: Student Centred Learning in the Developing World, Praxis, Ethics and Politics.’ (Available on CD-ROM), What learning Means: Proceedings of the Learning Conference, 10, University of London, England, 15^th-18^th July, 2003, p.713-719.

Matthews, B.A. ‘Butterflies and Cabbages: Indigeneity and Identity.’ The Eleventh International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on Learning. Learning Today: Communication, Technology, Environment, Society, Havana, Cuba, 27-30 June, 2004, p.1059-1063.

Matthews, B.A. ‘The Future of the Past: Oral and Visual Literacy and the New Zealand Curriculum.’ The 8^th International Literacy and Educational Literacy and Education Research network Conference on Learning. Cope, B & Kalantzis (eds) Learning For the Future, Spetses, Greece, 4^th-8^th July, 2001, p4-14, www, the Learner.com

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