Teaching digital writing in secondary English: with Dr Lucinda McKnight

In this episode of VATE Village, Emma joins with Dr Lucinda McKnight to talk about her exciting research into the teaching of digital writing in secondary English. Lucinda outlines her ARC DECRA Fellowship, explains what digital writing is and what it might look like in the classroom and, as is typical of Lucinda's professionalism and advocacy for teachers, she highlights some of the barriers that teachers face in embracing the advent of digital writing in their classrooms. For the articles and reviews referred to in this interview, visit https://www.vate.org.au/vate-village and for more about Lucinda's research project, follow her blog: https://teachingdigitalwriting.wordpress.com/.

As a senior lecturer in pedagogy and curriculum, Dr Lucinda McKnight conducts award-winning research into curriculum design’s role in teacher identity, autonomy and professionalism, especially in English. She is interested in creative teacher and student agency, and in teacher recruitment and retention. She draws on post-structural, feminist and new materialist theory in her research into educational discourse, metaphor and practice. She teaches in both English and inclusive initial teacher education units, and has a particular interest in quality doctoral supervision, via her blog Becoming a PhD Supervisor; the blog has had thousands of visitors from over 70 countries, and has supported doctoral supervisor training across institutions.