Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
David is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Monash University, Melbourne. His research interests include critical approaches to English as a second/foreign language, teacher and student identity, international schooling, and post-qualitative research methods. David teaches in a number of pre-service and postgraduate education programs.
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):
Research area keywords
- English as a Second Language
- Teacher Education
- Teacher Identity
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Difference
- Diversity
- Culture and Society
- Sociology of Education
- International Schools
- Expatriate Teachers
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Teacher capabilities in conditions of superdiversity
Kostogriz, A., Wilkinson, J., Sharma, U., Fielding, R., Bright, D. & Gamble, N.
1/08/20 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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Delivery of EMI Professional Learning Course for Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Bonar, G. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Tour, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bright, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Dang, K. (Chief Investigator (CI))
14/10/19 → 25/10/19
Project: Consultancy
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WORKHELP Research Program
Bright, D. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Trieu, V. H. T. (Chief Investigator (CI))
18/03/19 → 20/12/19
Project: Research
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Building Leadership for Change through School Immersion
Goold, L., Tudball, E., Forgasz, R., Fitzgerald, A. & Bright, D.
14/02/17 → 29/09/17
Project: Consultancy
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Navigating the tensions between international schooling and national goals of education: expatriate teachers and local students in international schools in Vietnam
Bright, D. & Poole, A., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Educational Review. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Performing the inappropriate/d cultural other in the third space
Yan, D., Bright, D. & Prosser, H., 2025, Un-writing Interculturality in Education and Research. Dervin, F. & R'boul, H. (eds.). 1st ed. Abingdon UK: Routledge, p. 100-129 30 p. (New Perspectives on Teaching Interculturality).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Counter-narrative as method: researching immigrant teachers differently
Yan, D., Bright, D. & Prosser, H., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: The Australian Educational Researcher. 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access6 Citations (Scopus) -
Exploring the motivations and career choices of expatriate teachers in international schools: embracing personal growth, professional development, and teacher autonomy
Bright, D. & Heyting, E., 2024, In: International Journal of Educational Research. 127, 10 p., 102426.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile1 Citation (Scopus) -
How to be reflexive: Foucault, ethics and writing qualitative research as a technology of the self
Bright, D., McKay, A. & Firth, K., 2024, In: International Journal of Research and Method in Education. 47, 4, p. 408-420 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile4 Citations (Scopus)
Prizes
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AARE Early Career Researcher Award
Bright, D. (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Dean's Award for Outstanding HDR Theses
Bright, David (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Illinois Distinguished Qualitative Dissertation Award
Bright, David (Recipient), 21 May 2016
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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N.V. Varghese Prize for Comparative Education
Bright, David (Recipient), 2015
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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What do Australians really think about teachers and schools?
Amanda Heffernan, David Bright, Fiona Longmuir & Bertalan Magyar
2/11/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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New research shows we trust and appreciate our teachers – but overworked teachers aren’t feeling it
Fiona Longmuir, Amanda Heffernan & David Bright
2/03/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature