Associate ProfessorJen Scott Curwood

Project Opportunities

Title: Literacy, Creativity, and Technology

Summary of opportunity:

Dr Jen Scott Curwood is an Associate Professor in English Education and Media Studies in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work and Director of the Sydney Games and Play Lab at the University of Sydney. She is an internationally recognised educational researcher, and her work explores the intersections of literacy, creativity, and technology.

Opportunity synopsis:

Supervision

Associate Professor Curwood welcomes expressions of interest from Masters and PhD students who are interested in researching topics related to learning, literacy, pedagogy, technology, and creativity.

Current Research Projects: 

Fair Play: Games distribution store for educational institutions. CI: Marcus Carter; co-CIs: Jen Scott Curwood, Eduardo Velloso, and Ben Egliston. University of Sydney Proof of Concept Fund, $79,633.

Playing with narrative boundaries through videogames. CI: Jen Scott Curwood; co-CI: Marcus Carter. University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences External Engagement Grant, $24,970.

Prior Research Projects:

Poetry, pedagogy, and performativity: Exploring literacies and identities through spoken word poetry. CI: Jen Scott Curwood. University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Incubator Grant, $5,000.

Speak out: Fostering intercultural dialogue and social transformation through spoken word poetry. CI: Jen Scott Curwood. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization Grant, $15,000.

Methodological innovations for assessing learning in digital spaces. CIs: Jen Scott Curwood and Dragan Gasevic; co-CIs: Abelardo Pardo, Jen Ross, and Amani Bell. University of Sydney and University of Edinburgh Partnership Collaboration Award, $20,000.

Understanding and facilitating learning in emerging knowledge co-creation spaces. CI: Lina Markauskaite; co-CIs: Peter Reimann, Peter Goodyear, Abelardo Pardo, Judy Kay, Tim Shaw, Philip Poronnik, Janette Bobis, Jennifer Way, AlysonSimpson, Louise Sutherland, Jen Scott Curwood, Michael Jacobson, Kathryn Bartimote-Aufflick, Kalina Yacef, Irena Koprinska, and Rafael Calvo. University ofSydney DVC Research/Sydney Research Excellence Initiative 2020, $150,000.

Ask Charlie: A participatory mobile website for resource-based academic professional development. CI: Kate Thomson; co-CIs: Jen Scott Curwood, Martin Tomitsch, Matthias Hank Haeusler. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching Extension Grant, $28,400.

Professional development for academics: Evaluating a personalised mobile website for learning from student feedback. CI: Martin Tomitsch; co-CIs: Jen Scott Curwood, Graham Hendry, and Kate Thomson. Australian Government Office for Learning and Teaching Seed Grant, $50,000.

Adolescent literacy practices and online affinity spaces. CI: Jen Scott Curwood. International Program Development Fund Grant, $6,375.

The role of teacher professional development in shaping students' writing motivation. CI: Jen Scott Curwood. Centre for Excellence Grant, $26,600.

Collaborating with middle school teachers to promote students' literacy achievement. CI: Mary Louise Gomez; co-CI: Jen Scott Curwood. Partner School Network Grant, $10,000.

Digital tools, social identities, and cultural models in teacher professional development. CI: Jen Scott Curwood. Wisconsin State Reading Association Grant, $500.