Dr Kelli McGraw
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Biography
Dr Kelli McGraw is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Creative Industries, Education Social Justice at QUT. Currently teaching units in Secondary English curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, her prior experience includes teaching high school English and debating in Southwest Sydney, NSW. Kelli researches the fields of English curriculum studies, secondary school assessment, teacher identity, digital literacy, popular culture and new media texts. She is presently researching:- project-based learning in the junior English classroom
- changes to curriculum and assessment in Queensland senior English
- student voice and student agency in secondary school assessment in Australia.
Personal details
Positions
- Senior Lecturer
Faculty of Creative Industries, Education & Social Justice,
School of Teacher Education & Leadership
Keywords
Assessment, Curriculum, Education, English, Literacy, Pedagogy, Secondary Education, Digital Literacy, Popular Culture, Poetry Education
Research field
Curriculum and Pedagogy, Cultural Studies, Literary Studies
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
Qualifications
- Doctoral (University of Sydney)
- Bachelor of Education (Honours) (University of Sydney)
Professional memberships and associations
English Teachers Association of Queensland (ETAQ)
Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE)
Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE)
International Association for Research in L1 Education (ARLE)
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
Teaching
Kelli teaches in the areas of:
- English curriculum studies
- Popular culture and new media texts
- Inquiry and project based learning
- Secondary school assessment
2021 teaching:
- EUB220 - Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment 1: English
- EUB420 - Curriculum, Pedagogy & Assessment: Innovation (English TA)
- EUN121 - Curriculum & Pedagogy 2: Planning
- EUN222 - Curriculum & Pedagogy 5: Assessment (English TA)
- EUN223 - Curriculum & Pedagogy 6: Learning Project (English TA)
Experience
Kelli is the Treasurer of the English Teachers Association of Queensland, and Vice President of Queensland Poetry. She is the editor for the peer-reviewed journal English in Australia, and the lead author of a student textbook series for the new senior English syllabus (units 1-4) in Queensland published through Oxford University Press.
Publications
- McGraw, K., (2022). Child and Youth Identity Formation: Consumerism and Popular Culture. Powers of Curriculum: Sociological Perspectives on Education. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/234612
- Kelly, N. & McGraw, K. (2022). The AI future for lesson plans is already here. EduResearch Matters. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/237579
- Parr, G., Bacalja, A., Diamond, F., Dutton, J. & McGraw, K. (2021). English teacher education in the time of COVID: Australian teacher educators share their experiences. English in Australia, 56(2), 21–31. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/228884
- Kolber, S., Nicoll, S., McGraw, K., Gaube, N. & Heggart, K. (2021). Leveraging social media and scholarly discussion for educator empowerment. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46(11), 37–53. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/227771
- McGraw, K., Williams, L. & Johnson, S. (2019). English for Queensland: Units 1 and 2. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122884
- McGraw, K. & van Leent, L. (2018). Textual constraints: Queering the Senior English text list in the Australian Curriculum. English in Australia, 53(2), 28–39. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/122885
- Bulfin, S. & McGraw, K. (2015). Digital literacy in theory, policy and practice: old concerns, new opportunities. Teaching and digital technologies: Big issues and critical questions, 266–281. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/89098
- Ullman, J. & McGraw, K. (2014). Troubling silences and taboo texts: constructing safer and more positive school climates for same-sex-attracted high school students in Australia. In EJ. Meyer & D. Carlson (Eds.), Gender and sexualities in education: a reader [Gender and Sexualities in Education, Volume 5] (pp. 298–312). Peter Lang Publishing. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/77993
- Gottschall, K., Gannon, S., Lampert, J. & McGraw, K. (2013). The Cyndi Lauper affect: Bodies, girlhood and popular culture. Girlhood Studies, 6(1), 30–45. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/61109
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Kelli, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Supervision
Current supervisions
- What happened to poetry writing? Re-imagining the teaching of poetry in Queensland's high stakes assessment environment
Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Sarah Holland-Batt
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
- Creative insights: Senior school teachers' experience of creativity in Queensland across the curriculum (2022)
- Creativity in Higher Education: An Investigation of Students Learning in Alternative Places and Contexts (2022)
- Let's Talk about Public Speaking Anxiety: Supporting and Scaffolding Sustainable Speaking Practices While at University and Beyond (2020)
- Teaching and Learning with Cloud Platforms in the Primary School Classroom (2020)