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Personal profile
Biography
Anne’s research, teaching and engagement work enhances the provision of socially-just education in diverse cultural and linguistic educational settings. She joined Monash University as a Lecturer in 2015. Her teaching interests are in the fields of early childhood education, bi/multilingualism, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages [TESOL]. Her research employs a qualitative intergenerational longitudinal approach. It explores social and cultural understandings of families and communities, and how they shape and are shaped by educational opportunities.
Anne's research prioritises an interdisciplinary collaborative research approach with other disciplines, universities and industry partners. She has researched in international contexts with partners from universities in the UK, Nordic states and Indonesia publishing and presenting conference papers with industry partners in the field of early childhood education.
Anne's research is methodologically innovative in its analysis and presentation of cultural artefacts, journal entries, photographs and audio recorded interviews and focus groups. It is exemplified in a website which she created to share research findings of a qualitative longitudinal intergenerational study on three generations of Australian mothers and daughters.
She is an experienced educator who has taught across the early childhood, schools and higher education sectors. On a professional level, she has been President of the Australian and Victorian Associations of TESOL. She has undertaken a range of advocacy in the field of TESOL, organised professional learning activities for teachers from the early childhood to adult sectors, initiated a research grant for partnerships between researchers and educators working in the TESOL field, provided consultancy to the Department of Education, Victoria and the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA) and has been an editor of the journal 'TESOL in Context'.
Anne's work as a teaching practitioner and academic demonstrates her capacity to engage with and fulfil the requirements of educational research and practice within culturally and linguistically diverse contexts in a methodologically innovative yet sensitive way.
Research interests
Intergenerational family practices
Qualitative ilongitudinal study
Early Childhood Education and Care
Supporting multilingual learners
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Applied Linguistics, Masters, Charles Darwin University
Award Date: 7 Feb 2000
Education and Women's Studies, PhD, Growing up Catholic: the mother-daughter nexus, University of Queensland
Award Date: 27 Oct 1997
Education, Masters (hons), Mother Earth: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women of Palm Island, James Cook University
Education, Bachelor, James Cook University
Early Childhood Education, Diploma, MONASH UNIVERSITY
Research area keywords
- Early childhood education
- Bi/Multilingual education
- Language and literacy education
- TESOL pedagogy
- Cultural studies
- gender studies
- Educating for diversity and inclusion
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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English as an Additional Language (EAL) pedagogy for secondary school classrooms
Keary, A. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Turner, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bradfield, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Tour, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Creely, E. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bonar, G. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/02/25 → 31/08/25
Project: Research
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NOW Play
Stagg Peterson, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Scull, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Keary, A. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
1/01/24 → 31/12/24
Project: Research
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Home Languages in the English Classroom: Working with Multilingual Texts
Turner, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Keary, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Tour, K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
17/05/21 → 30/07/22
Project: Research
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Investigating culturally and linguistically diverse Early childhood contexts: A Q methodology analysis of professional learning needs
Slaughter, Y. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Keary, A. (Associate Investigator (AI)), Bonar, G. (Associate Investigator (AI)) & Davies, M. (Associate Investigator (AI))
31/01/21 → 15/12/21
Project: Research
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Learning through languages: Plurilingual pedagogy in the English classroom
Turner, M. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Keary, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Tour, K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Department of Education (Victoria)
13/03/20 → 1/09/22
Project: Research
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Australian multilingual early childhood educators’ use of languages in early childhood education settings: findings of a qualitative (pilot) study
Keary, A., Zheng, H. & Garvis, S., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: European Early Childhood Education Research Journal. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Discovering writing birth–2 years
Keary, A. & McFarland, L., 2025, Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8. Mackenzie, N. M. & Scull, J. (eds.). 2nd ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 32-47 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Other › peer-review
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Online early childhood education and care experiences of refugee communities during COVID-19
Keary, A., Garvis, S. & Zheng, H., 2025, Digital Empowerment for Refugee and Migrant Learners: Applying Strengths-Based Practice to Adult Education. Tour, E., Creely, E., Waterhouse, P. & Henderson, M. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 115-131 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Religious women: a feminist ethics of care, caring and care-giving
Keary, A., 2025, In: British Journal of Religious Education. 47, 2, p. 89-99 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Rural South Sulawesi mothers’ emotional capital: supporting primary school children’s remote learning during COVID-19
Hum, N. M., Keary, A., Sahraeny, S., Bonar, G., Adi Suputra, W. & Karlina, Y., 2025, In: Journal of Gender Studies. 34, 4, p. 512-525 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Better and Fairer Education System, Consultation paper response
Jenkins, L. (Fellow) & Keary, A. (Fellow)
2023Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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VicTESOL Symposium 2022
Slaughter, Y. (Speaker), Keary, A. (Speaker) & Bonar, G. (Speaker)
11 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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20th Asia TEFL Conference
M. Hum, N. (Speaker), Keary, A. (Speaker) & Bonar, G. (Speaker)
5 Aug 2022 → 7 Aug 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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VicTESOL Symposium 2022
Bonar, G. (Speaker), Slaughter, Y. (Speaker) & Keary, A. (Speaker)
11 Nov 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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ACTA International Conference 2022
Slaughter, Y. (Speaker), Keary, A. (Speaker) & Bonar, G. (Speaker)
28 Sept 2022 → 30 Sept 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Press/Media
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Riset: peran ibu dalam pembelajaran anak di masa pandemi krusial, tapi sering diabaikan
Keary, A., Bonar, G., Adi Saputra, W., Nasmilah, N., Sahreany, S. & Karlina, Y.
17/09/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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What AERO’s report of writing development in Australia doesn’t want to talk about
Parr, G., Diamond, F., Keary, A. & Bradfield, K.
7/11/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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Remote learning is even harder when English isn’t students’ first language. Schools told us their priorities for supporting them
Bonar, G., Keary, A., Davies, T. & Slaughter, Y.
7/09/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature