Welcome to our new Graduate Researcher: Kristofer Sapoetra

Kristofer is a DEd candidate and Additional Languages (Bahasa Indonesia) teacher in Victorian primary schools. As an in-service teacher, Kristofer is passionate about exploring practical languages teaching approaches that foster inclusivity and engagement between teachers and learners. His experience includes integrating Visual Arts and Languages curriculums through the Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) approach.

Kristofer’s DEd project focuses on Additional Languages teachers’ professional development, particularly on developing their awareness of the Vygotskian concept of risk. His project will advance knowledge of how teachers’ responses to risk in CLIL contexts has potential to enable and encourage learning, and is part of our Lab’s work in the area of Pedagogic risk, creativity, and content and language integrated learning.