Marion Milton

Adjunct Professor
PhD (UWA), MEd (UWA) BEd (Curtin)

Email: marion.milton@nd.edu.au
Phone: 9433 0150

  • Biography

    Dr Marion Milton is Adjunct Professor, the University of Notre Dame, Fremantle. She is also an Independent School Reviewer conducting reviews of non-government schools for re-registration. Before these appointments she was Associate Dean (Academic) and Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, La Trobe University, Victoria (2010-2013).  Prior to that she held the position of Senior Lecturer, ‘Badinami’ the Indigenous unit, University of Western Sydney and earlier, Senior Lecturer, Edith Cowan University, Mount Lawley (1992-2007) and Lecturer, University of Western Australia. Marion has lectured, researched and published for over twenty years, in her fields of expertise:  Teacher Education, Literacy, Literacy Difficulties and English as an additional language. She has been involved in national research into University Education Standards and an independent review of another faculty at La Trobe, as well as undertaking school and adult literacy curriculum reviews and updates in Western Australia. Research grants included: ALTC joint grant UWS/Charles Sturt/ACU on assessing professional teaching standards in practicum; ALTC Academic Standards Moderation; DEEWR joint grant UWS/CDU, on achieving best practice in flexible delivery and DETYA Mapping the Territory (literacy difficulties). Earlier, Marion was on the academic advisory committee for ACER’s Third Wave research project; Director of the Adult Literacy and Numeracy Australian Research Consortium (ALNARCWA); Steering Committee member for the Adult Literacy Services Bureau, WA; on the editorial committee of The Reading Teacher and reviewer for the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy (both international journals). She is the editor of Inclusive Principles and Practices in Literacy Education, Vol 11. C. Forlin(Series Ed), International Perspectives on Inclusive Education. Bingley, UK: Emerald, published July 2017.

  • Books

    Milton, M. (Ed). (2017). Inclusive Principles and Practices in Literacy Education. Vol 11. International Perspectives on Inclusive Education. Bingley, UK:Emerald

  • Book chapters

    • Milton, M. (2017). Literacy and inclusion: Current perspectives, in M. Milton (Ed). Inclusive Principles and Practices in Literacy Education, Vol 11. International Perspectives on Inclusive Education. Bingley, UK:Emerald
    • Milton, M. (2017). Introduction, in M. Milton (Ed). Inclusive Principles and Practices in Literacy Education, Vol 11. International Perspectives on Inclusive Education. Bingley, UK:Emerald
    • Milton, M. (2017). Inclusive literacy for students from other linguistic and cultural backgrounds, in M. Milton (Ed). Principles and Practices in Inclusive Literacy, Vol 11.International Perspectives on Inclusive Education. Bingley, UK:Emerald
    • Milton, M. (2014). Academic literacy and EAL/D students, in R. Gregson, (Ed).  Literacy across the curriculum. Champaign, Illinois: Common Ground
    • Milton, M. & Vozzo, L. (2013). Using new technologies to support the learning of Aboriginal pre-service teachers. In Action learning, Action Research. Chapter 18, 206-214. Sydney: ALARA.

  • International conference proceedings

    • Milton, M. (2018). Literacy and inclusion: Issues and research for effective teaching.  10thEDULEARN18 Proceedings ISBN: 978-84-09-02709-5doi: To be assigned.
    • Milton, M. (2018). How can a regular class teacher recognise and develop an English learner’s literacy? Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on Languages, Cultures, Identities in School & Society: 2018. Available online http://digitalcommons.lmu.edu/internationalcolloquium/
    • Milton, M. (2018). Inclusive Literacy Education: Issues, Research and Strategies. World Congress on Education 2018 Proceedings, Common Ground (upcoming).
    • Milton, M. (2018). Literacy and inclusion in times of change. The European conference on Education 2018 Proceedings. Available online http://papers.iafor.org/submission40110
    • Milton, M., Gruppetta, M., Vozzo, L. (2011). An investigation of ICT learning experiences and supports with Australian Aboriginal pre-service teacher education students. INTED 2011 – International technology, education and development conference Spain, 7-9March. INTED 2011 Refereed Proceedings ISBN: 978-84-614-7423-3
    • Milton, M., Gruppetta, M., Vozzo, L. & Mason, T. (2010). Retention: Perspectives of Indigenous studying a teacher education course. INTED 2010 – International technology, education and development conference Spain, 8-10th March. . INTED 2010 Proceedings CD ISBN: 978-84-613-5538-9
    • Milton, M. (2010). Teaching beginning literacy: current research and future directions. INTED 2010 – International technology, education and development conference Spain, 8-10th March. INTED 2010 Proceedings CD ISBN: 978-84-613-5538-9

  • Book Reviews

    Review of Cole,Brien (2018). Still Life with Allen Keys. Exile Bay, Sydney: ETT Imprint

    Review Published online 30/5/2018

  • Journal articles, reports, national conferences

    • Milton, M. & Vozzo, L. (2013). Digital literacy and digital pedagogies for teaching literacy: Pre-service teachers’ experience on teaching rounds. The Journal of Technology and Literacy,14,(1), 72-97.
    • Armitage & Milton (2012). What the scholarly literature tells us. In Armitage, L. Campbell, S & Welsby, J. Eds (2012.) The Kindling of a Flame: ICT-Enabled Learning and Widening Participation at the University of Western Sydney. Penrith: UWS. ISBN: 978-1-74108-236-4
    • Milton M. (2012) Indigenous students and ICT enabled learning. In Armitage, L. Campbell, S & Welsby, J. Eds (2012.) The Kindling of a Flame: ICT-Enabled Learning and Widening Participation at the University of Western Sydney. Penrith: UWS. ISBN: 978-1-74108-236-4
    • Milton, M., Gruppetta, M., Vozzo, L. & Mason, T. (2011). Goals, Support and Retention: A Pilot Study with Bachelor of Education (AREP) students. Australian Aboriginal Studies Journal
    • Milton, M. & Vozzo, L. (2011). Aboriginal pre-service teachers’ digital literacy and their development of digital pedagogies while on teaching rounds. ALEA National Conference 2011. Multiliterate, Multicultural, Multifaceted.  Proceedings http://www.alea2011.com/speakers
    • Milton, M. & Campbell, S. (2010).  An investigation of ICT learning supports with tertiary students from equity groups.   Working Paper for Flexible Delivery Joint CDU/UWS Research Project
    • Milton, M. & Vozzo, L. (2010). Using New Technologies to Support the Learning of Aboriginal Pre-Service Teachers. ALARA 8th World Congress 2010. Participatory Action Research and Action Learning: Appreciating our Diverse Pasts, Comprehending our Complex Presents, Prefiguring our Possible futures. Refereed Proceedings. http://www.alara.net.au/wc2010/proceedings
    • Milton, M., Gruppetta, M., Vozzo, L. & Mason, T. (2009). Ideals and perspectives. 5th National Indigenous Conference, Hobart 29th Sept – 1st Oct. Published online at http://www.cdesign.com.au/proceedings_niec2009/
    • Taylor, T., & Milton, M. (2008). Teacher Education in Catering for Gifted Learners.  Journal of NSW Gifted Association. 149, 11-13.