Dr Sue Nichols

Fatherhood Mini-Conference 2007

PhD Language and Literacy Education, University of South Australia 1997

Grad Dip Ed, South Australian College of Advanced Education 1983

BA (hons), Flinders University 1981

• CURRENT
• Parents’ networks: the circulation of knowledge about children’s literacy development With H. Nixon & J. Rowsell, ARC Discovery $145,380
• Children’s personal consumption choices: Engaging children and their families in investigating and changing decision making processes about what they consume. Zero Waste Pilot Project $10,000 Investigators: Sue Nichols, Anne Sharp, Tom Stehlik, Sharon Russo, Collette Snowdon, Christy Ward, Bruce Johnson, Janet Whitton
• Parents Reading to Children: Representations in Children's Literature and Parenting Materials,Divisional Research Performance Fund, Chief Investigators: Sue Nichols & Elizabeth Bullen (Deakin University)
• The Impact of Practitioner Inquiry on Professional Practice and Organisational Knowledge. Divisional Research Performance Fund with the Department of Education and Children's Services and the Senior Secondary Assessment Board, Chief Investigators: Phillip Cormack, Sue Nichols & Kathyrn Hodgetts
• Evaluating an educational program to raise awareness of safe behaviours around dogs: children’s recall, knowledge integration and application. S. Nichols. K. Thompson & S. Blunden. Consultancy for the Dog and Cat Management Board $40,000, 2009.
• COMPLETED
• Parent partnership in a new service landscape: policy and provider perspectives With Elspeth McInnes, funded by the University of South Australia Competitive Grant Development Scheme $24,380
• Boys’ literacies and identities: Redesigning pedagogies across schools and communities, with P. Cormack, S. Nichols and L. Zipin, funded by Catholic Education, SA $99,000
• Who gets to look clever? ‘Gifted’ pedagogies and diversity in early childhood education, Centre for Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, Chief Investigator: Susan Nichols 2003
• Questioning Development in Literacy: Pre-school to year 2 Large ARC project, Chief Investigators: Barbara Comber & Sue Hill 2000-2002 (Contributing researcher)
• Analysing culture, language and knowledge relations in international postgraduate students’ academic writing. Centre for Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures with the Flinders University Study Skills Centre, Chief Investigators: Susan Nichols & Robyn Najar 2002
• Primary School Students with learning difficulties: literacy and numeracy Department of Education Training and Youth Affairs, Chief Investigators: William Louden, Lorna Chan, John Elkins, Daryl Greaves, Marion Milton, Susan Nichols, Mary Rohl, Judith Rivalland & Christa Van Krayenoord 1998-2000
• Literacies within the Secondary Assessment Certificate of Education Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia with the Centre for Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, Chief Investigators: Phillip Cormack & Susan Nichols 1999-2001

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Nichols, S. & Cormack, P. (2009) Making boys at home in school? Theorising and researching literacy (dis)connections. English in Australia 44(3).

Nixon, H., Rowsell, J., Nichols, S. & Rainbird, S. (2009) Mercantile parenting: the circulation of information about children’s literacy and development in commercial spaces. Paper presented at the annual conference of the European Council for Educational Research, University of Vienna, Austria 28-30

Nichols, S., Nixon, H. & Rowsell, J. (2009) The “good” parent in relation to early childhood literacy: symbolic terrain and lived practice. Literacy: Special Issue on Identity 43(2) 65-74.

Nichols, S., Nixon, H., Jurvansuu, S. & Pudney, V. (2009) Parents resourcing children’s early development and learning. Early Years: An international journal of research and development. 29 (2) 147–161

Rowsell, J. & Nichols, S. (2009) Time-Space Travel: Fostering parenting identities through movement across neighbourhood hubs. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Conference, San Diego, April 6-11 2009

Nichols. S. (2009). Fathers in educational research. Paper presented at the 2009 Gender and Education Conference, ‘Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education’, Institute of Education, London 25-27 March.

Nichols, S. & Cormack, P. (2009) Making boys at home in school? Theorising and researching (dis)connections. Paper presented at the 2009 Gender and Education Conference, ‘Gender: Regulation and Resistance in Education’, Institute of Education, London 25-27 March.

Nichols, S. (2009) Playgroups as social spaces and in social space: insights from contrasting communities. Paper for the New Zealand Early Childhood Research Conference, Wellington January 21st to 23rd

Nichols, S. (2008) Ghosts, houses and the psycho brother: A young girl working on gendered and schooled identities through text production. Redress 17(2) 22-30

Nichols, S. & Jurvansuu, S. (2008) Partnership in integrated early childhood services: An analysis of policy framings in education and human services. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 9(2) 118-130

Nichols, S. & Zannettino, L. (2008) Making interpretive knowledge focal: Developing an inter-disciplinary dialogue on research into integrated early childhood services. In D. Bottrell & G. Meagher (Eds) Communities and Change: Selected papers. Sydney: Sydney University Press.

Nichols, S. & Bullen, E. (2008) The story told and the story shown: Analysing visual and linguistic representations of reading in picture books for young children. Paper NIC08388 presented at the AARE Conference Brisbane Dec 1st – 4th 2008

OTHER CHAPTERS

Nichols, S. (2006) From boardroom to classroom: Tracing a discourse on thinking across internet texts and classroom practice. In K. Pahl & J. Rowells (Eds.) Travel Notes from the New Literacy Studies. London: Routledge

Hill, S. & Nichols, S. (2005) Emergent literacy: symbols at work. In B. Spodek & O. Saracho (Eds.) Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children Lawrence Erlbaum Associates

Hill, S. & Nichols, S. (2005). Multiple pathways between home and school. In M. Fleer (Ed) Quality Links Between Home and School London: Sage.

Nichols, S. & Bayetto, A. (2004). The Four Roles: An integrated approach to literacy for children with learning difficulties. In E. Honan & A. Healey (Eds) Text Next: New resources for literacy learning Rozelle: PETA

Clennell, C. & Nichols, S. (2003) Collaboration, accommodation and co-construction: Towards a model for TESOL education research and pedagogy. In J. Burton and C. Clennell (Eds) Interaction and Language Learning, Case Studies in TESOL Practice Series TESOL Inc.

Nichols, S. (2001) Making knowledge claims in a postcolonial world: Assisting international students to formulate and authorise topics. In N. Woods (ed) Improving Student Learning Strategically, The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford.

Nichols, S. (1999) The reflective paper: teaching intentions and student responses. In C. Rust (ed) Improving Student Learning Outcomes, The Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development, Oxford.

Nichols, S. (1999) Developing communication skills. In S. Fallows & K. Ahmet (Eds) Inspiring Students: Case Studies in Motivating the Learner, Kogan Page, London.

OTHER ARTICLES

Nichols, S. (2007). Children as citizens: literacies for social participation. Early Years: An international journal of research and development. 27(2) 119-130

Nichols, S. (2004). Questioning Development: introduction to special issue. Australian Journal of Literacy and Language 27(2): 90-97

Nichols, S. (2004). Literacy learning and children’s social agendas in the school entry classroom. Australian Journal of Literacy and Language 27(2): 101-113

Comber, B. & Nichols, S. (2003). Getting the big picture: regulating knowledge in the early childhood literacy curriculum. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy Special Issue: Adventures in the Politics of Early Childhood Literacy (invited paper)

Nichols, S. & Read, P. (2002). “We never knew it was that bad”: parent-school communications about children’s literacy learning difficulties, Australian Journal of Literacy and Language, 25(3):49-64.

Nichols, S. (2002). Parents’ construction of their children as gendered literate subjects: a critical discourse analysis, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy 2(2): 123-144.

Briggs, F. & Nichols. S. (2001). Pleasing yourself and working for the teacher: children’s perceptions of school Early Childhood Development and Care vol. 170:13-30 .

Nichols, S. (2000) Unsettling the bed-time story: parents’ reports of home literacy practices. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 1(3) http://www.triangle.co.uk/ciec/index.htm.

Nichols, S. (2000) Parental involvement in supporting children with learning difficulties. Australian Journal of Learning Disabilities, 5(2) pp 28-33.

Nichols, S. (1994) Fathers and Literacy. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy 17(4)(invited special issue).

OTHER CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

Nichols, S. (2008) A conceptual framework for researching geographies of opportunity and the networking of Knowledge. Paper delivered at the American Educational Research Association Conference, New York, March 23rd to 28th

Nichols, S., Nixon, H., Rainbird, S. & Rowsell, J. (2007) Exploring a method for tracing spatial, social and textual networks through neighbourhoods. Proceedings of the 3rd State of Australian Cities Conference, Adelaide, Nov 28-30

Nichols, S. (2007) Redesigning pedagogy for inclusivity through inquiry. Proceedings of the Redesigning Pedagogy: Culture Knowledge and Understanding Conference Singapore May 38-30 http://conference.nie.edu.sg/2007/paper/index.html

Nichols, S., McInnes, E. & Jurvansuu, S. (2006) Parent partnership in a new service landscape: Policy and practitioner perspectives. Paper presented at the 10th New Zealand Early Childhood Research Conference, Wellington, Dec. 4-5

Grant, P. & Nichols, S. (2006) Connecting research and literacy practices for pre-service teachers. In J. Gray (Ed) Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference, Australian Teacher Education Association, 5-8 July, Fremantle, Western Australia. http://www.atea.edu.au/ConfPapers/2006/contents.html

McInnes, E. & Nichols, S. (2006) Parent partnership in a new service landscape: Getting from policy to practice. Paper presented at the 10th New Zealand Early Childhood Research Conference, Wellington, Dec. 4-5

Nichols, S. (2005). Children’s rights to literacy. Invited paper presented at The 4th Our Children the Future Conference, Adelaide 16-18 June.

Nichols, S. (2004). A multimedia online resource for learning the skills of classroom enquiry. In C. Kinshuk et al (Eds) Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Joensuu, Finland, 30 Aug- 1 Sept.

Nichols, S. & Cormack, P. (2001). Literacy for the future? Mapping the literacy requirements of the senior secondary curriculum, Education Futures and New Citizenships. Proceedings of the Australian Curriculum Studies Biennial Conference September 29th to October 1st 2001, M. Brennan (Ed.).

Nichols, S. & Najar, R. (2000) Making knowledge claims: Assisting international students to formulate and authorise topics. Making the Critical Connection, Proceedings of the Third Biennial Communication Skills in University Education Conference 28-29 Sept 2000, Fremantle, WA

Nichols, S. (2000) Making knowledge claims in a postcolonial world: International postgraduate students’ academic writing. Creating Futures for a New Millenium, On-line proceedings of the 4th Pacific Rim First Year in Higher Education, Conference 5-7 July 2000, Brisbane.

Louden, W., Milton, M. Rohl, R. & Nichols, S. (1999) Primary Children with Learning Difficulties: Literacy and Numeracy: A National DEETYA Project. Global Citizenship: Languages and literacies, CD Rom Proceedings of the Joint National Conference of the AATE, AFMLTA and ALEA, 6-9 July 1999, Adelaide

Nichols, S. (1997) Unsettling the bed-time story: parents’ reports of home literacy practices. Language, Learning & Culture: 1997 Unsettling Certainties, Proceedings of the 1st Joint National Conference of the AATE, ALEA & ASLA, Darwin, July 1997.

Nichols, S. (1995) Learning Difficulties and Gender: Examining Some Key Assumptions. Proceedings of the Promoting Gender Equity Conference, DEET, Gender Equity Taskforce, Canberra, 1995.

REPORTS

Cormack, P., Nichols, S., Atkinson, S. & Comber, B. (2007) Boys’ Literacies and Identities Project Report. Adelaide: Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures and Catholic Education Office of South Australia

Scott, F., Salveron, M., Reimer, E., Nichols, S., Sivak, L. & Arney, F. (2007) Positive partnerships with parents of young children Perth: Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth.

Nichols, S., Nixon, H. & Pudney, V. (2006) Mothers and fathers seeking and sharing information about children’s learning and development: A survey report. Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, December 2006

Nichols, S. (2001) Mapping the literacies of young adulthood: A review of literature, SSABSA/Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, Adelaide.

Cormack, P. & Nichols, S. (2001) Literacies in the SACE project: Modes of learning: Mapping the literacies of senior secondary schooling, SSABSA/Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, Adelaide

Cormack, P. & Nichols, S. (2001) Literacies in the SACE project: Report of the mapping of the Enacted Curriculum Strand of the Project, SSABSA/Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, Adelaide

Nichols, s. & Broadhurst, D. (2001) Literacy as a site for child development: theoretical perspectives and research agendas. In S. Hill et al, 100 Children Turn 10: Connections and disconnections in literacy development in the year prior to school and the first four years of school, Canberra, DEETYA.

Cormack, P. & Nichols, S. (2000) Literacies in the SACE project: Report of the mapping of the Intended Curriculum Strand of the Project, SSABSA/Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures, Adelaide

Louden, W., Chan, L., Elkins, J., Greaves, D., House, H., Milton, M., Nichols, S., Rohl, M., Rivalland, J. & Kraayenoord, K. (2000) Mapping the Territory: Primary school students with learning difficulties: literacy and numeracy, Canberra, DETYA

Nichols, S. (1998) Current issues in classroom discourse: A review of literature on talking and listening in the middle years. In P. Cormack, P. Wignell and S. Nichols, Classroom Discourse Project: Classroom Discourse in the Upper Primary and Early Secondary Years, Vol. 1, Canberra, DETYA.