Cal Durrant

BA (Pacific Union College), MEd Syd
Lecturer/Program Chair Initial Teacher Education, SOE

Research Interests

1. English curriculum
2. Language and literacy learning
3. Media education
4. ICTs in education
5. Issues in secondary schooling
6. History of curriculum and/or education
7. Critical theory and popular culture

Projects

Cal Durrant is involved in a number of projects that have applied IT to various aspects of teaching and learning. His most recent project is an edited text on media education with Andrew Burn from the Institute of Education at the University of London to be published in 2008 (Wakefield Press) - Media Teaching: Language, Audience and Production.

Publications

1. Durrant, C. (2006). Connecting without bitterness. In B. Doecke, M. Howie & W. Sawyer (Eds.), Only Connect: English Teaching, Schooling and Community, (pp. vii–ix). Adelaide, SA: Wakefield Press.
2. Durrant, C. (2005). To prove a villain. In P. Jones & K. Watson (Eds.), Shakespeare’s Histories A Workshop Approach to Richard II - Henry IV Part 1- Henry V- Richard III (pp 107-132). Phoenix Education.
3. Durrant, C. (2005). Research matters ‘war of the words’. English in Australia, Spring, 9-12.
4. Durrant, C. (2005). Research matters ‘playing it back: AATE and research’. English in Australia, Summer, 13-15.

Contact Details

c.durrant@murdoch.edu.au