Associate Professor
Cushla Kapitzke
This person does not currently hold a position at QUT.
Personal details
Keywords
Education Policy, Globalisation, Governmentality studies, Literacy, Literacy education, Sociology of Education, copyrights, educational implications for intellectual property regimes, globalization, knowledge policy, sociology of public knowledge, the intellectual commons
Research field
Curriculum and Pedagogy, Sociology, Library and Information Studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- PhD (James Cook Uni. of North Qld)
- MEd (James Cook Uni. of North Qld)
- Cert of TechLib (Kelvin Grove C.A.E)
- BA (James Cook Uni. of North Qld)
- Certificate of Education (Townsville T.C.)
Professional memberships and associations
- Australian Association for Research in Education
- American Association for Research in Education
- Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia
- Registered secondary teacher, Queensland College of Teachers (1975-2010)
Teaching
I currently teach the entry unit for the Master of Education program, EDN610 Professional Dialogues in Education.
Other undergraduate and postgraduate subjects I have taught include:
- Media & Technologies in Education
- Technology, Media and Literacy
- Language & Discourse in Education
- Becoming a Qualitative Researcher
- Digital information, Knowledge and Learning
- Virtual Learning Communities for K–12 Education
- Library to Cybrary: Education for the Information Age
I also deliver workshops and seminars on research design and scholarly publishing for the Centre for Learning Innovation, which is the organisational unit that manages and supports research for the Faculty of Education.
Publications
- Kapitzke, C. & Peters, M. (2007). Global knowledge cultures. Sense. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/33024
- Kapitzke, C., (2009). Rethinking copyrights for the library through creative commons licensing. Library Trends, 58(1), 95–108. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/26742
- Hay, S. & Kapitzke, C. (2009). 'Smart' state for a knowledge economy: reconstituting creativity through student subjectivity. British Journal of Sociology of Education, 30(2), 151–164. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/17286
- Hay, S. & Kapitzke, C. (2009). Industry school partnerships: reconstituting spaces of educational governance. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 7(2), 203–216. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/20500
- Dooley, K., Kapitzke, C. & Luke, C. (2007). New Urban Terrains: Literacies, World Kids, and Teachers. In W. Pink & G. Noblit (Eds.), International Handbook of Urban Education (pp. 381–394). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/15216
- Pendergast, D. & Kapitzke, C. (2006). Virtual teachers: Negotiating new spaces for teaching bodies. Pedagogies, 1(4), 253–267. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/5312
- Kapitzke, C., (2003). Information literacy: a review and poststructural critique. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 26(1), 53–66. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8867
- Kapitzke, C., (2003). (In)formation literacy: a positivist epistemology and a politics of (out)formation. Educational Theory, 53(1), 37–53. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/5876
- Kapitzke, C. & Pendergast, D. (2005). Virtual schooling service: Productive pedagogies or pedagogical possibilities? Teachers College Record, 107(8), 1626–1651. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/8153
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Cushla, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Selected research projects
- Title
- Industry-school Partnerships: A Strategy to Enhance Education and Training Opportunities
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP100200052
- Start year
- 2011
- Keywords
- Youth Employment; Education Policy; Industry-school Partnerships; Curriculum Innovation
- Title
- Remote Music Interactions through On-line Networks
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- LP0989403
- Start year
- 2010
- Keywords
- Music Interactions; Online Networks; User Generated Content; Peer to Peer Interaction; Music Education
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.