Helen Nicolson
Helen is currently completing a Doctor in Education at Queensland University of Technology. Her research interests are the application of conversation analysis, and membership categorisation analysis in educational settings. Helen is also interested in literacy education, second language teaching and learning and teaching students with special needs in mainstream settings. The doctoral thesis is about the co-construction of literacy practices in mainstream secondary English lessons in a school with a culturally diverse student clientele and in a low socio-economic area.
Recent publications include:
Nicolson, H. (2002). Interpreting teacher talk in culturally diverse schools: The significance of critical realist and social constructionist understandings.h.nicolson@student.qut.edu.au
Presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, Brisbane, December 2002.Nicolson, H. and Danby, S. (2004). What counts as literacy practices for Year 10 English lessons: One teacher's interview account of her teaching practice.
In McWilliam, E., Danby, S., Knight, J. eds (forthcoming) Performing Research: Theories, Methods and Practices. Flaxton: Post Pressed.