The CLIL Teacher Education Lab
The CLIL Teacher Education Lab is part of the Languages and Literacies Education Academic Group within the Melbourne Graduate School of Education, at The University of Melbourne.
Informed by Vygotskian sociocultural perspectives on teacher knowledge and practice, our Lab aims to build and strengthen teacher capacity in the use of Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) by:
- generating new knowledge on how CLIL theory intersects with pedagogy to advance the knowledge base of language teacher education and the practice of languages teaching and learning
- supporting graduate research and research training on CLIL teacher knowledge and pedagogy
- providing academic and professional learning courses in CLIL pedagogy
- creating, disseminating, and sharing research-informed, high-quality CLIL practices, resources, and publications
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News
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CLIL @ 2024 Intensive Chinese Network (ICN) Workshop
Russell Cross and Kris Sapetora both recently spoke the 2024 Intensive Chinese Network (ICN) Workshop, featuring work being done within the Lab on CLIL. Russell’s keynote focused on the new insights gained from the recent research on CLIL teacher dispositions, and its impact when there’s an emphasis on either content or language in actual practice. […]
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J-CLIL Visit 2024
The Lab was pleased to host a three-day event with J-CLIL visit scholars from Japan on 21–23 August, 2024. The first day comprised a series of discussions and hands-on workshops. In the morning, Yvette Slaughter gave the Japanese scholars an overview of language development in Australia and Victoria. Her presentation showed Australia’s rich linguistic diversity and […]
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Seminar: “Nah she’s a good gardia”: My accidental journey into Indigenous educational research and what I’ve learnt along the way. (Prof Rhonda Oliver, 10am 5 Sept 2024)
The CLIL Teacher Education Lab welcomes you to the following seminar: “Nah she’s a good gardia”: My accidental journey into Indigenous educational research and what I’ve learnt along the way.Prof Rhonda Oliver In this presentation I will outline some of the studies I have undertaken in the last two decades within the Indigenous education area. […]