2006:

Senior lecturer and Co-ordinator: Language and Literacy Education

Deputy Leader, LaLE Academic Cluster

Department Co-ordinator: Faculty Undergraduate and Pre-service Research projects

Member of Advisory Committee, Master of Teaching

Member of Academic Programs Committee

Literacy Consultant: Association of Independent Schools of Victoria

Academic Member: Access Asia Steering Committee

Guest Journal Editor with Viv Ellis [UK] and Victoria Risko [US] Literacy, Special Volume on Teacher Education.


2005:

Senior lecturer and Co-ordinator: Language and Literacy Education

Department Representative:Faculty Academic Programs Committee

Department Co-ordinator: Faculty Undergraduate and Pre-service Research projects

Literacy Consultant: Association of Independent Schools of Victoria

Academic Member: Access Asia Steering Committee

Member of Teaching and Learning Committee, Review of Faculty of Education


2004:

Lecturer and Co-ordinator: Language and Literacy Education

Department Representative:Faculty Academic Programs Committee

Department Co-ordinator: Faculty Undergraduate and Pre-service Research projects

Literacy Consultant: Association of Independent Schools of Victoria

Academic Member: Access Asia Steering Committee

Member of Tender and Selection Committees: Boys and Education Lighthouse Project, Department of Education, Science and Training

School Practicum in China

Each year since 2001, Julie has co-ordinated a School Practicum at the Western Academy, Beijing, for third year Bachelor of Education students and first year Bachelor of Teaching students.

1998-2006 Australian Language and Literacy Educators Association

2000-2006 Primary English Teaching Association

1997 Asian Studies Association of Australia

1989-1996 Social Education Association of Australia

1985-1995 Victorian Association of Social Studies Teachers (Vice President, 1991-1993)

PhD.: Queensland University of Technology (2003)
Master of Education: University of Melbourne (1995)
Bachelor of Arts: La Trobe University (1990)
Diploma of Teaching: State College of Victoria, Coburg (1977)

Julie lectures in undergraduate, pre-service and Master’s language and literacy programs. She also co-ordinates and teaches the Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching Studies of Asia.

Julie’s teaching profile ranges in scope and interest from: the relationship between language and culture; early years and middle years literacy; discourse analysis; popular culture and multimodal text practices; critical literacy practices; and Studies of Asia curriculum. Julie also supervises research at PhD. Doctoral, Master’s level and co-ordinates the supervision of Undergraduate and Pre-service Research projects for the Faculty of Education.

In 2007, Julie will con-ordinate and teach in a new Postgraduate Certification in Education Studies which focuses on Middle Years Literacies.

Julie has established a broad-based research and scholarly profile that has focused on issues of identity and diversity; ethical dialogue in the primary classroom; boys and reading; critical literacy practices; texts in an integrated curriculum; Studies of Asia in the primary and secondary context; English as a global language; and the transitions of graduate teachers of English into primary schools in the United Arab Emirates. This body of research is connected through a common theoretical orientation that has allowed her to open up new fields of exploration. Julie has made this research and scholarship accessible to the education community through publications for teachers and students, conference presentations, keynote and plenary addresses, seminars, workshops and action based research with teachers in schools. Her personal view is that it is possible to make a significant and important difference to education through the development of high quality teacher and student resource materials which are grounded in theory and which embed cutting edge research and innovative pedagogy. Julie also values deeply the role she plays in the continuing professional development of teachers, and, in more recent years, her role in facilitating action-based research in classrooms. In addition, her capacity to traverse a range of research and scholarly interests has attracted a diverse group of research students.

In 2006, Julie conducted collaborative research, established between the University of Melbourne and the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab Emirates. This research focused on the transitions of newly graduated Emirati women into their role as English teachers in primary schools. Particular focus was on the challenges they faced in enacting the constructivist view of pedagogy central to their undergraduate studies in schools which are often resource poor and which favour more traditional methods of teaching English as a foreign language.

Julie’s research and scholarship in the field of Studies of Asia is also well recognised by the Asia Education Foundation [AEF] and associated education sectors. Findings from her PhD thesis: A Dialogue for ‘New Times’: Primary Students’ Struggle with Discourses of ‘Australia’ and ‘Asia’ in Studies of Asia Curriculum, have been disseminated in seminar format to all the state advisors responsible for managing the implementation of Studies of Asia curriculum around Australia on behalf of the AEF. Her knowledge of theories of postcolonialism, culture and identity have resulted in her invited participation in the ‘Think Tank’ which was held at the University of Melbourne in 2000 which aimed to re-vision Studies of Asia curriculum within changed local and global conditions. To this end, in her role as academic and consultant, she contributed to the NALSAS LOTE [Languages Other Than English] review, conducted by the Minister for Education, Brendan Nelson. She has provided consultancy to the AEF on the development of important programs and resources. She has also been recognised for her contributions in 1995/1999 to the theoretical and conceptual ‘vision’ of Studies of Asia curriculum through her contributions to the development of the policy document: Studies of Asia: a Statement for Australian Schools and in her most recent publication, Australian Kaleidoscope (Curriculum Corporation, 2004).

In 2004, Julie completed an evaluation for the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria on the Literacy: Professional Development in Residence Program.

1. BRIEFING PAPERS AND MONOGRAPHS

HAMSTON, J. (2001) "Critical Literacy". A briefing paper for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Melbourne, 23 pages.

HAMSTON J. (1995) 'Validating Students' Voices: The emergence of transformative discourse', National Language and Literacy Institute of Australia: Canberra, 28 pages.

2. BOOK CHAPTERS

Hamston, J., & Love, K. (in press for 2007). 'Mythos, boys and literacy:Adolescent boys and their leisure reading choices', In R. Hammett & K. Sandford (Eds.). Boys, Girls, and the Myths of Literacies and Learning.


3. REFEREED JOURNAL ARTICLES

2007 (in press)

Clarke, M., Hamston, J. & Love, K. 'New Teachers on the Job: Investigating Trajectories of HCT B.Ed. Graduates', in TESOL ARABIA.

2006

HAMSTON, J. 'Pathways to Multiliteracies: student teachers’ critical reflections on a multimodal text'. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy.Vol.29, (No. 1), pp. 38-51.

HAMSTON, J. 'Bakhtin's Theory of Dialogue': A Construct for Pedagogy, Methodology & Analysis. The Australian Educational Researcher. Vol. 33, (No. 1), April 2006, pp. 55-74.

HAMSTON, J., RISKO, V. & ELLIS, V. 'Introduction: mapping the challenges and possibilities in teacher education', in Literacy - Teacher Education and Development. Vol. 40. (2), July 2006. pp. 63-65.


2005
HAMSTON, J. and LOVE, K. 'Voicing resistance': adolescent boys and the cultural practice of leisure reading. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education. Vol 26, (No 2), pp.183-202.

HAMSTON, J. 'Ethical Dialogues for New Times'. Australian Review of Applied Linguistics. Vol 28, (No. 1), pp. 19-35.

HAMSTON, J. and MURDOCH, K. (2004) 'Integrating Studies of Asia': Texts and contexts. In Primary and Middle Years Educator 2 (3) 11-14.

2004
LOVE, K. and HAMSTON, J. 'Committed and Reluctant Male Teenage Readers': Beyond Bedtime Stories. Journal of Literacy Research. Vol 36. (No. 3), pp. 335-400.

LOVE, K. and HAMSTON, J. 'Teenage Boys’ Leisure Reading Dispositions: juggling male youth culture and family cultural capital. Educational Review. Special Issue: Boys, Schooling and Masculinities. Vol 55 No (2). pp. 161-177.

HAMSTON, J. and LOVE. K. ‘Reading relationships’: parents, boys and reading as cultural practice. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. Vol 26, No (3). pp. 44-57. 57 Key Australian journal of language and literacy educators. Refereed panel [80%]

2002

HAMSTON, J. ‘Boys and Reading: Yes please!!! No thanks!!! An overview of research into the leisure-time reading practices of boys’. Practically Primary, Vol 7, No 1, pp. 26-30.

HAMSTON, J. ‘Reading?? No thanks!! Issues of Motivation and Choice'. Reflecting on Language in Education. V.Crew, C.Davison and B.Mak (Eds). The Hong Kong Centre for Language in Education, Hong Kong. Chapter 7, pp. 107-120.

HAMSTON, J and MURDOCH, K. 'Reading the ‘Big picture’: critical text practices for changing times'. Learning Matters, Vol 7, No 3, pp. 14-17.

MURDOCH, K. and HAMSTON, J. ‘Becoming somebody: exploring identity and difference through an integrated curriculum’. The Social Educator, Vol 20, No 1, April.

2001
LOVE K. and HAMSTON, J. (2001). 'Out of the Mouths of Boys: a profile of boys committed to reading'. The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, Vol 24, No 1, pp. 31-48.

HAMSTON, J. ‘Investment in literacy: a profile of boys and parents committed to the development and maintenance of reading practices.’ Proceedings of the Australian Literacy Educators’ Conference, Tasmania. http://www. leadingliteratelives.

2000
HAMSTON, J. ‘Reading’ Asia: selective traditions, talking futures’ in Viewpoints on Literacy: Challenging voices, changing views. Selected Papers, State Library Association of Victoria Conference, 1999.

HAMSTON, J. and LOVE, K. ‘Committed to reading: a profile of boys’ apprenticeship into reading practices’. J. Hung, V. Berry, V. Crew, C. Davison (

In 2007, the Department of Education, Victoria, will release online professional development modules in literacy education for teachers Prep - Year 10. Julie assisted her colleague Dr. Kristina Love, in obtaining the tender for this project and wrote and edited the online modules that focus on the early years of schooling (Prep- Year 4).


Also in 2007, Julie and her colleague, Paul Molyneux, will co-ordinate for the Association of Independent Schools of Victoria[AISV], a literacy professional learning program for primary and secondary teachers. In this program, teachers will nominate to focus on particular aspects of their literacy teaching and desired student outcomes. They will be supported in implemneting change through the assistance of designated literacy consultants who will work alongside them in their school settings.

This work follows on from the recommendations made to the AISV in the 2005 report authored by Julie and Paul titled: 'Start in your own patch and infiltrate where you can. An Evaluation of The Literacy in the Context of the Middle Years of Schooling Project - Literacy P.D. In Residence Program.'

In 2006, Julie and colleague Kristina Love, acted as Chief Invesitgators, alongside Matthew Clarke as Collaborative Investigator, in a joint research project between the University of Melbourne and the Higher Colleges of Technology,United Arab Emirates. This project investigated the challenges faced by graduates of the new Bachelor of Education, English for Young Learners program in the UAE as they make the transition into teaching.It examined how the female graduates of the B.Ed program identify with the non-traditional approaches to education in their subsequent professional and community lives in an Islamic context. It also identified those challenges faced by graduates in translating constructivist approaches to teaching into classroom practice in urban and rural school settings.

Also in 2006, Julie worked as Consultant on ICTs/Literacy to the RAIL Cluster Network, Department of Education, Victoria.

In 2005, Julie worked with Kristina Love on the Certification of the Bachelor of Education, Teaching English to Young Learners Program, for the Higher Colleges of Technology, the United Arab Emirates. Julie has also co-ordinated the Accrediation of the assessment tasks for this degree program.

Recent Conference Presentations

HAMSTON, J. TEACHING FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, Victorian Association of Teachers of English, 2006.

HAMSTON, J. Engaging Young Australians with Asia: Australia Kaleidoscope. National Forum of Asian Studies, Canberra, 2005.

HAMSTON, J. Ethical Dialogue for New Times,
Australian Association of Research in Education Conference, November, 2004.

HAMSTON, J. Language as a Cultural Tool in the primary Classroom,International Language in Education Conference, Hong Kong, December, 2004.