Wickert, Rosie (Australia)

Field of
Expertise
Curriculum/Material Development
Training
Detailed
Information
on Expertise
- Adult literacy practice, provision and policy.
- Research and publications concerning literacy policy.
- Conceptual and methodological expertise is in post-positivist and post-structuralist approaches to education policy analysis. This includes discourse analysis and critical ethnography.
Position and
Organisation		 Associate Professor, Assistant to the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney.
Contact
Address		 P.O.Box 123, Broadway, NSW 2007
E-mail Rosie.Wickert@uts.edu.au
Language
Proficiency		 English
Education
Background
and Degree		 Ph.D. (Education): University of Technology, Sydney, 1999.




Experiences in Literacy Project:

(1) Name of the Project Setting up the NSW node of the National Adult Literacy Research Network
Name of Organiser National Languages and Literacy Institute of Australia
Duration 1993-1998
Project Location NSW, Australia
Your Role/
Responsibility		 Director
(2) Name of the Project Consultancy of Research Manual for Assessment of Functional Literacy
Name of Organiser UNESCO
Duration 1996
Project Location -
Your Role/
Responsibility		 Consultant
(3) Name of the Project Reviewing Teacher Education in adult literacy teachers
Name of Organiser Australian Language and Literacy Council of NBEET
Duration 1994
Project Location Australia.
Your Role/
Responsibility		 Researcher
(4) Name of the Project Development of training modules for adult literacy teachers
Name of Organiser The National Staff Development Committee
Duration 1993
Project Location Australia
Your Role/
Responsibility		 Researcher


Major Publication(s):

1. "Australian Policy Activism in Language and Literacy", edited and authored, with J. Lo Bianco and 15 contributors, Language Australia, Melbourne, 2001.
2. Wickert, R, (1998) "Accounting for adult literacy: The challenges and possibilities of the National Reporting System, Unicorn", 24 (2) pp.57-71.
3. Wickert, R, (1997) "What does it mean, to have a policy? The case of adult literacy in Australia", Australian Educational Researcher, 24 (2) pp.23-41.
4. Wickert, R, (1993) "Constructuring adult literacy: mythologies and identities". In Luke A & Gilbert P (eds) Literacy in Contexts Sydney: Alen and Unwin.
5. Wickert, R, (1992) "The power of Literacy: myths and fallacies". In Penman R & Sless D (eds) Designing Information for People Camberra: Communication Research Institute of Australia.
6. Wickert R (1992) "Constructuring Adult Literacy: Mythologies and Identities", Discourse: Australian Journal of Educational Studies, 12(2) pp 29-38.
7. Wickert R (1991) "Maintaining power over the literacy agenda, Open Letter", 2(1) pp40-5.

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