Ph.D. Queensland University, Australia
RSA CELTA, Insearch UTS, Sydney Australia
M Ed. (Hons) University of Wollongong, Australia
Grad. Dip. Ed. Studies Reading/E.S.L., University of Wollongong
Bac Social Sc, Uni. of New England, Armidale, Australia
Dip. Teach Lismore Teachers College, NSW Australia
Current & Recent Academic and Academic Management Experience
| 2008 - 2014 | Associate Professor, Department of Education Studies, HK Baptist Uni. |
| 2005 - 2008 | Senior Lecturer, School of Education, UNE, NSW, Australia |
| 2003 - 2005 | Assistant Professor, Department of English, HKIEd |
| 1998 - 2002 | Lecturer, Faculty of Education Southern Cross University, NSW, Australia |
| 1993 - 1998 | Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia |
| 1990 - 1993 | Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia |
| 1978 - 1992 | Primary Teacher, Senior Primary Teacher, ESL Primary/Secondary Consultant, Catholic Education Office Wollongong, NSW, Australia |
| 1976 - 1978 | Adult Migrant Educator, AMES, NSW, Australia |
| 1973 - 1975 | Primary Teacher, Department of Education, NSW, Australia |
Awards
- 1991 Awarded NSW Institute for Educational Research’s Outstanding Research Award for Masters of Education (Honours) Thesis.
General Research Interests
- Digital Literacies in the English literacy classroom
- L2, Literacy and Language Arts
- Literacy and Language Education policy for Ethnic Minority students
- Critical Visual Literacies
- Critical Pedagogy
Teaching
- Language Arts & Enrichment
- Teaching of Reading & Writing
- Curriculum & Assessment
- Internet Identities
- Social Foundations of Education
- Philosophy of Education
Consultancies for Hong Kong Education Bureau and The British Council
- Reading Across the Curriculum – Key Stage 2 & 3 (2009, 2010 & 2011)
- Language Arts for the Primary Years (2010, 2011)
- 2010 Connelly, J. ‘Action Research in ELT contexts’ British Council, HK.
- 2009 Connelly, J. ‘Reading in L2 classrooms’ British Council, HK.
Research Grants
- 2013-2014 Exploring participatory pedagogy with wikis: A design approach. Principal Investigator: Dr Lisa Deng, Co-Investigators Associate Professor Jan Connelly, and Professor Sandy Li. Faculty Research Grant ($50,000 HKD)
- 2012-2014 Tracking and examining the diversity of Hong Kong, Mainland China and Singapore's youth practices of digital engagement and the resultant New Literacies, inside and outside school. (University Grants Commission; General Reseach Fund $633,500HKD) Principal Investigator.
- 2011-2014 Co-teaching, co-authoring and co-publishing: Fostering student and teacher autonomy in university education’ Teaching Development Grant. Huang, P., Connelly, J., Tait K., (Dept. of Education Studies) Kim L., (Department of History)($300,000HKD).
- 2011-2012 Evaluation of Policy and Practices related to the support measures for linguistic minority students in HK schools (HKBU Faculty Research Grant – $100,000) Principal Investigator
- 2010 Millennium Kids Literacy – Professor Nicola Yelland, HKIEd (PI) & Jan Connelly Co Investigator
- 2009-10 Research Report: ‘Language Arts in Hong Kong Primary Schools’ commissioned by the CDI branch of the EDB.
- 2007-08 Department of Education and Training (DET funded), NSW Bourke Region. Research Consultancy Evaluation of Reading to Learning.
- 2007-08 Science and Technology & Maths Education in Rural and Remote Schools (SiMERR - DEST Funded). ‘Using Interactive Whiteboard technology to enhance learning in Classrooms.’
- 2006-07 Carrick Teaching and Learning grant ($10,000) – Effective employment of Interactive Whiteboards in tertiary teaching. University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia
Grants between prior to 2007 not listed
Recent Research Supervision
| Award | Supervisor Status | Title | Student | Due Date |
| MEdDissertation | PrincipalSupervisor | Texting Teens | JerodineChan | Submitted2013 |
| MEdDissertation | PrincipalSupervisor | Educational Reforms and the impact of School Based Curriculum Development in a Chinese Secondary School | IrisZhong | Submitted2013 |
| MEd Indep.Project | Principal Supervisor | Tibetan Language: Survival or extinction? | QuncuoLangjia | Submitted2013 |
| PhD | Principal Supervisor | Autonomy of English Language Teachers in a Chinese College Context. | Nana Long | Due11/2014 |
| PhD | Principal Supervisor | Examination of the impact of colonialism on the nutrition and health of Indigenous Australian in the Northern Territory of Australia | Meg Adams | Submitted May, 2009 |
| EdD | Principal supervisor | Examination of Higher education Support mechanisms for Indigenous Postgraduate students | Michelle Trudgett | Submitted Jan,2009 |
| PhD ThesisUNE | Co-supervisor | Women’s Comedy Festivals: A case study in contemporary radical feminism | AngieSmith | Submitted 1/2007 |
Supervision prior to 2007 not listed here
Publications
Chapters, Journal Articles, Published Papers
- 2013 Connelly, J. (In Press) Virtual clay or virtual play: Identity shaping, consumer building and corporate affiliation versus literacies affordance inside barbiegirls.com. In J. Marsh & A. Burke (Eds.) Children’s virtual play worlds: Culture, learning and participation. New York, NY: Peter Lang.
- 2013 Connelly, J., Gube, J. & Tharpa, C. (In Press) Hong Kong’s Ethnic and Linguistic Minority Immigrant Students: An evaluation of educational support measures. In E. Brown (Ed), Migrants and Refugees: Equitable Education for Displaced Populations Ch. 3. Information Age Publishing.
- 2013 Connelly, J & Gube, J. Equity and Ethnicity in Hong Kong: Implications for Teacher Education. Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education Vol. 17. No.1 pp113-124.
- 2012 Connelly, J. Support measures for non-Chinese speaking ethnic minority students (NCS/EM) in Hong Kong: Positive educational outcomes or separatist education. Conference proceedings 3rd International Conference of Language, Education and Diversity LED (2011)
- 2012 Connelly, J. New Literacies: A Pedagogical Framework for Reading Virtual Worlds – A Journey into Barbiegirls.com English in Australia Volume 46 Number 3, 2012 pp.21-31. Journal of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English ISSN 0155-2147
- 2010 Connelly, J. Critical Visual Literacy: Pedagogical Tools for the Classroom. Interdisciplinary-Net e-book Oxford.
- 2009 Connelly, J. New Pedagogy and New Media Literacies: the whys, the hows. HKU New Literacies in Action Project.
- 2009 Connelly, J. 'Critiquing the visual via semiotic tools inside the image saturated world of advertising. Learning through the mobilization of the iconic popular culture programme: ‘The Gruen Transfer’ (ABC)', Chapter 8. In Reading Between the lines - Visual Literacy, Kinnear, P. and Croker, B. Interdisciplinary Net:Oxford).
- 2008 Gregory, S & Connelly, J. ‘Teaching the teachers – Getting started with IWB technology’. In Education Technology Solutions Issue 29, April/May, 2009 pp 068-070.
- 2008 Connelly, J. 'The politics and discourses surrounding Australia’s current literacy initiatives for Indigenous learners.' Conference proceedings 2nd International Conference of Language, Education and Diversity LED (2007) at University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand (Nov., 2007) (12 pages). ISBN: 0-9582504-4-4-8
- 2008 Connelly, J. 'Educational Linguistics: Symbolic constructions in global public visuals'. In Multimodal Semiotics: Functional Analysis in Contexts of Education Ch.12. Editor Len Unsworth Continuum: London 2007 (20 pages).
- 2007 Connelly, J. 'White Women Teachers in Indigenous Classrooms: Ruptures and Discords of self'. Chapter 6. pp. 85-100. In Angel Lin (Ed.) Gender, Ethnicity and Identity: Symbolic Struggles of Everyday Worlds Erlbaum: New Jersey (Taylor & Francis) ISBN 9780805853391.
- 2007 Hardy, J. & Connelly, J. 'The discursive construction of environmental educators and environmental education through online positions vacant advertisements'. Journal of Applied Environmental Education and Communication. (5 pages) Vol 6., No 2 Taylor & Francis Publishers.
Publications prior to 2007 not listed
Recent contributions to the profession
- 2013 Convener of a Global Social Science Symposium – Education, Ethnicity and Inequity: Issue and Insights. Hong Kong Baptist University, July 12/13.
- 2013 Conducted a media conference to disseminate the results of research: Evaluation of Government Support Measures for Ethnic Minority/ Non Chinese Speaking Students in Hong Kong. This was followed by a radio interview and a Talk Back session on radio channel RTHK3. Numerous press reports in Chinese and English media (South China Morning Post 4-6-2013).
- 2013 Review Connelly, J. and Deng, L. Reading in a Participatory Culture: Remixing Moby-Dick in the English Classroom (2013). Jenkins, H. & Kelley, W. In Pedagogies: An International Journal.
- Invited Workshop Using Non-Fiction in the ELT Primary classroom. Hong Kong Education Bureau's Primary Native English TeachersConference. Feb.
- 2013 Connelly, J. Youth Digital Literacies Practices: Postings from the Field. Invited speaker: HK Association of Applied Linguistic (HAAL) PolyU. May.
- 2012 Connelly, J. Gube, J. Tharpa, C. & Cunanan, T. Visibility of cultural diversity in Hong Kong Society versus its invisibility in Hong Kong's education discourses of equity and equality: Narratives from the field. Faculty of Social Science Research Seminar Series, HKBU April.
- 2011 Connelly, J. Rubrics for Assessment by Instructor and Peer-Assessing processes. Presentation for the Centre for Holistic Teaching & Learning, HKBU.
- 2011 Connelly, J. New Literacies: Reading the virtual world of barbiegirls.com Department of Education Studies, Faculty Research Seminar, HKBU.
- 2010 Connelly, J. Pedagogy and New Media Literacies: the whys, the hows’. Keynote presentation.', New Literacies in Action TeacherConference March, 2010, Hong Kong University, 20 Mar 2010.
Refereed Conference Paper Abstracts Accepted
- 2013 Connelly, J. Youth digital literacies practices in Hong Kong & Mainland China: postings from the field. Everyday Language, Everyday Literacies The Centre for the Study of Literacies @ Sheffield: 28th – 29th June.
- 2013 Connelly, J. ‘Philosophy of Education: To be or not to be – rationale and strategies for Undergraduate Education Programmes’. International Society for Teacher Education (ISfTE) 33rd ISfTE Conference, Teacher Education Meeting the Needs of the New Generation. HKBU: Hong Kong, 27th-30th May.
- 2012 Connelly, J. ‘New digital literacies practices inside ELT & Putonghua Language Arts for KS2/KS3 learners’ 2nd Conference on applying (Putonghua/English) Language Arts PolyU 2nd-3rd Oct.
- 2012 Connelly, J. Where equity is a dirty word: Contradictions in Hong Kong's policy of support measure for ethnic and linguistic minority students. Joint AARE-APEA, World Ed Research Assoc. Focal Meeting, Syd. Aus 2-6th Dec.
- 2012 Connelly, J. Literacy and New Literacies practices: Blurring the boundaries towards a pedagogy of convergence of online/offline texts. 48thInternational Conference. Crossing Places, Literacy Life and School. UK Literacy Association. Uni. Leicester July.
- 2011 Connelly, J. 'Virtual Worlds: New social practices, new literacies.' Second International Conference on Popular Culture and Education. Hong Kong Institute of Education, Dec.
- 2010 Connelly, J. ‘Reading' via social semiotics; the virtual world of barbiegirls.com’', 4th Global Conference on Visual Literacies, Oxford, UK, 12 Jul 2010, 12 pages.
- 2009 Connelly, J. 'Critiquing the visual via semiotic tools inside the image saturated world of advertising. Learning through the mobilization of the iconic popular culture programme: ‘The Gruen Transfer’ (ABC)' 3rd Global Visual Literacy Conference, July, Oxford.
- 2009 Connelly, J. 'Popular Culture and Social Semiotics in Advertising'. First International Conference on Popular Culture and Education. Hong Kong Institute of Education, Dec.
- 2009 Connelly, J. 'Critique of Virtual Worlds for the young: barbiegirls.com' United Kingdom Literacy Association Conference Changing Horizons, Greenwich, UK
- 2008 Connelly, J. ‘Government Intervention in remote Indigenous Communities. Implications for Literacy: policy and practice’ ISTE(International Society for Teacher Education) Conference, Armidale, May.
- 2008 Connelly, J. Narratives of white women teachers and their subjectivities in indigenous schools. (AERA) American Education Research Association, (New York, March).
- 2007 Connelly, J. 'The politics and discourses surrounding Australia’s current literacy initiatives for Indigenous learners.' Conference proceedings 2nd International Conference of Language, Education and Diversity LED.University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand (Nov., 2007).
- 2007 Connelly, J. 'Not just Visual Literacy but Critical Visual Literacy: Pedagogical tools for the classroom' 2nd Global Conference Visual Literacies: Exploring Critical Issues (Oxford, June).
- 2007 Connelly, J. ‘The disenfranchised and the disillusioned. What are we learning and what can be salvaged from the current politics and discourses surrounding Australian literacy initiatives for Indigenous students, and the national assessment of literacy standards of Indigenous learners? Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Fremantle Dec.
Paresentations prior to 2007 are not listed
Conference Papers/Presentations (non-refereed)
- 2012 Connelly, J. Gube, J. Tharpa, C. & Cunanan, T. Visibility of cultural diversity in Hong Kong Society versus its invisibility in Hong Kong's education discourses of equity and equality: Narratives from the field. Faculty of Social Science research Seminar Series, April, HKBU, Hong Kong.
- 2011 Connelly, J. ‘Rubrics for Instructor and Peer-Assessing’ Presentation for the Centre for Holistic Teaching & Learning, HKBU.
- 2011 Connelly, J. 'New Literacies: Reading the virtual world of barbiegirls.com' Departmental Research Seminar, HKBU
- 2008 Connelly, J. 'International Review of Research: Interactive Whiteboard technology implications for classroom pedagogy', ALEA (Australian Literacy Educators Association) Professional Development Day for Teachers, New England Region, Armidale UNE May, Interactive Whiteboard Technologies
- 2007 Connelly, J. and Pettigrew, A., ‘Testing Times: State wide and National Testing of Literacy a comparison and critique of State formats and national aggregated results’ Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA) Conference ‘Cultural Capital’, Canberra July.
Papers prior to 2007 are not listed
Reviewer of Journal Articles, Courses & Theses
- Member of the editorial board and reviewer of articles for:Australian Journal of Language and Literacy,
- Reviewer for: Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Teacher Education, Asia Pacific Journal of Education and Linguistics and Education.
- External Course Examiner for HK Open University 2010-2012
Thesis Examination
| Thesis Examined | ||||
| Award | Institution & Supervisor | Title | Student | Date |
| PhD | Griffith Uni. AusDr Parlo Singh | Internationalising Australian Secondary Education | Rebecca English | Mar 2013 |
| EdD | Bristol Univ & City Uni HKDr Richard Kiely | Dialogic creation of plans for writing: A study of classroom-based peer discourse in the target language in a Hong Kong ELL writing class | Ng Lau Bick Mun, Peggy | Feb., 2013 |
| PhD | Hong Kong Uni Dr Jasmine Luk | Study of doing gender in L2 Reading for college students in China and Sweden | Ms Lu Hang Yan | Oct.,2011 |
| PhD | SCU,Dr Brian Kean | Middle Schools: Impacts on students and schools | Sue Hudson | April, 2012 |
| MPhil | HKBU, Dr Jacky Pow | Digital Literacy in the classroom | Fu Jun | Feb., 2011 |
| PhD | Uni of WollongongDr Jan Turbill
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An Investigation into the relationships between Policies, Ideologies and Practices in the Teaching of ESL in HK Secondary Schools, from the perspective of the Teachers and their Students | Hung Yi Cho | 2009 |
| MEd | UNE Supervisor Anne-Katin Eckerman | A case study of factors influencing the Retention of Aboriginal Students in Yr.11&12 in two rural High schools | CynthiaBriggs | 2007 |
| MEd | RMIT, Melb. SupervisorProf. Mary Kalanztis | Diversity and the Multiliteracies Learning by Design Approach to Pedagogy | Rita van Haren | 2007 |
| EdD | CityU/Bristol UniSupervisor
Prof. Pauline Rea-Dickins |
Chinese adults appropriate of values and concepts of others: A Socio-cultural approach to knowing and learning in peer group experience | Richard Mitchell | 2006 |
| B.Ed(Hons)
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UWS,SupervisorDr Carol Reid | Challenging Essentialism: Deconstructing Aboriginality in Inner Western Sydney | Leanne King | 2007 |
| MEd | UNE Supervisor Professor Anne-Katin Eckerman | A case study of factors influencing the Retention of Aboriginal Students in Yr.11&12 in two rural High schools | CynthiaBriggs | 2007
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