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Mantei, Jessica Dr.

Associate Professor

  • Faculty of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
  • Associate Member - Early Start Research
  • School of Education
  • School Head of Teaching and Learning - UOW

Overview

Jessica Mantei is an Associate Professor in Language and Literacy for the School of Education in the Faculty of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Wollongong, and a member of the Play, Curriculum and Pedagogy in Early Start Research Group. Jessica has extended experience as a primary school classroom teacher, early career teacher mentor, and Reading Recovery teacher. Her PhD focused on the development of teacher reflective capacities and the ways primary school teachers’ professional identities are evident in the learning experiences they design.

 

Following the completion of her PhD in 2010, Jessica commenced in an academic position at the University of Wollongong. Since that time, Jessica has taught in undergraduate and postgraduate literacy and research education subjects, co supervised Honours and PhD students to completion. Jessica is the School Head of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education.

 

Jessica’s research interests include: pedagogies for literacy teaching supported by technology; the development of teacher reflective capacities and professional identity; young children as consumers and creators of text as they explore and respond to the messages they are exposed to and those they might convey in their own compositions.

Top Publications

Available as Research Supervisor

Selected Publications

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

  • Children as consumers and creators of text
    Children and digital literacies
    Reflective practice
    Pedagogy
    Literacy
    Professional learning

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy Creating 'spaces' for children to talk about texts in early childhood classrooms Herold, Jan
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) A model of effective professional development Mehorter, Bronwyn
    Doctor of Philosophy An investigation of digital text production practices in early years classrooms Parker, Mitchell
    Doctor of Education Implications and Impact of Flexible Learning Environments on the Elementary Learner: Why 20th Century Classroom Design isn't Able to Cater to the 21st Century Learner, a Comparative Action Research Incorporating Student Voice in Classroom Design Carswell, Anna
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) An examination of social media as an out-of-class language learning ecology in Saudi Arabia. Alharbi, Khalid
    Doctor of Education Improving Classroom Writing by Enhancing Reflexive Decisions and Practice Martin, Lauren
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) Are digital texts practical tools to enhance reading fluency, comprehension and reading self-efficacy for Saudi struggling readers? Alruthaya, Salma Abdullah S

Outreach Overview

  • 2016 - State Director (NSW) Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
    The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) is an independent professional association dedicated to literacy and English language learning from early childhood through all stages of schooling and tertiary education contexts. ALEA recognises the critical role literacy plays in learning and communicating in all curriculum areas, and for effective participation in society

Full Name

  • Jessica Mantei

Mailing Address

  • University of Wollongong

    Northfields Drive

    North Wollongong

    NSW

    2522

    Australia

Top Publications

Selected Publications

Potential Supervision Topics

  • Children as consumers and creators of text
    Children and digital literacies
    Reflective practice
    Pedagogy
    Literacy
    Professional learning

Advisees

  • Graduate Advising Relationship

    Degree Research Title Advisee
    Doctor of Philosophy Creating 'spaces' for children to talk about texts in early childhood classrooms Herold, Jan
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) A model of effective professional development Mehorter, Bronwyn
    Doctor of Philosophy An investigation of digital text production practices in early years classrooms Parker, Mitchell
    Doctor of Education Implications and Impact of Flexible Learning Environments on the Elementary Learner: Why 20th Century Classroom Design isn't Able to Cater to the 21st Century Learner, a Comparative Action Research Incorporating Student Voice in Classroom Design Carswell, Anna
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) An examination of social media as an out-of-class language learning ecology in Saudi Arabia. Alharbi, Khalid
    Doctor of Education Improving Classroom Writing by Enhancing Reflexive Decisions and Practice Martin, Lauren
    Doctor of Philosophy (Integrated) Are digital texts practical tools to enhance reading fluency, comprehension and reading self-efficacy for Saudi struggling readers? Alruthaya, Salma Abdullah S

Outreach Overview

  • 2016 - State Director (NSW) Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)
    The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) is an independent professional association dedicated to literacy and English language learning from early childhood through all stages of schooling and tertiary education contexts. ALEA recognises the critical role literacy plays in learning and communicating in all curriculum areas, and for effective participation in society

Full Name

  • Jessica Mantei

Mailing Address

  • University of Wollongong

    Northfields Drive

    North Wollongong

    NSW

    2522

    Australia

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