- PhD Student, School of Education, Curtin University
My PhD looked at how children think about linguistic choices in writing and how to encourage them to apply grammar in creative ways for effect. My Masters thesis examined how children experience creative writing in the classroom. I currently work as a Literacy Specialist at a school in Hong Kong.
Experience
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2016–presentLiteracy Specialist, Victoria Shanghai Academy
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2020–presentCourse Tutor, Hong Kong Metropolitan University
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2013–2016Primary School Teacher, John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School
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2010–2012Primary School Teacher, St James Primary School
Education
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2024Curtin University, Doctor of Philosophy
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2018Murdoch University, Master of Education (Research)
Publications
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2024Crafting scenes: Improving narrative writing through imaginative embodiment and linguistic choices, Writing and Pedagogy
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2023Explicit embodiment of narrative worlds: a case study of student-teacher concept-led grammar conferencing for writing, Language Awareness
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2022Writer agency, choice-making and embodied grammar, English in Australia
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2021Writing, grammar, and the body: A cognitive stylistics framework for teaching upper primary narrative writing, Literacy
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2019How children experience creative writing in the classroom, The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
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2017Lifting the Lid on Words and Pictures, Association of Independent Schools Western Australia
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2017A phenomenological perspective of children's writing, The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
Professional Memberships
- UK Literacy Association
Contact Brett for
- General
- Media request
- Speaking request
- Consulting / Advising
- Research collaboration
- Location: Hong Kong
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brett-healey-03aa36116/
- X (formerly Twitter): @BW_Healey
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