Dr Karen Moni
Dr

Karen Moni

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Background

Literacy, teacher education, literacy and intellectual disability, teaching and learning in higher education

Associate Professor Karen Moni has had extensive experience teaching and researching in the field of English and literacy education. Her research interests include adolescent literacy and literature, literacy and young adults with intellectual disabilities, teacher education and teaching and learning in higher education. Dr Moni is also the Exectiuve Director of Latch-On a research and teaching program focusing on literacy and young adults with intellectual disabilities and continues to research in the area of intellectual disability

Availability

Dr Karen Moni is:
Not available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Curriculum and pedagogy Education

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Leeds
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Education, University of Leeds
  • Postgraduate Diploma, Queensland University of Technology
  • Bachelor of Education, Murdoch University
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Search Professor Karen Moni’s works on UQ eSpace

206 works between 1994 and 2024
All (206) Journal Article (117) Book Chapter (20) Conference Publication (59) Other Outputs (5) Edited Outputs (5)

201 - 206 of 206 works

1999

Journal Article

At the beach ...

van Kraayenoord, C. E. and Moni, K. B. (1999). At the beach .... Practically Primary, 4 (2), 35-37.

At the beach ...

1998

Conference Publication

Follow instructions, do your work and don’t be noisy: Students’ constructions of literacy assessment in the first year of high school English

Moni, K., van Kraayenoord, C. E. and Baker, C. (1998). Follow instructions, do your work and don’t be noisy: Students’ constructions of literacy assessment in the first year of high school English. Australian Literacy Educators’ Association Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, July 1998.

Follow instructions, do your work and don’t be noisy: Students’ constructions of literacy assessment in the first year of high school English

1997

Journal Article

Students' voices: Literacy assessment in secondary schools

van Kraayenoord, C. E. and Moni, K. (1997). Students' voices: Literacy assessment in secondary schools. Literacy Learning: Secondary Thoughts, 5 (2), 33-49.

Students' voices: Literacy assessment in secondary schools

1996

Conference Publication

Teachers’ perceptions and practices of literacy assessment in Year 8 English

Moni, K. B. and van Kraayenoord, C. E. (1996). Teachers’ perceptions and practices of literacy assessment in Year 8 English. 22nd Australian Literacy Educators’ Association Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, June/July 1996.

Teachers’ perceptions and practices of literacy assessment in Year 8 English

1994

Journal Article

Comprehensive reading instruction for students with learning difficulties

van Kraayenoord, C. E., Ashman, A. F., Moni, K. B., Ballinger, M., Coleman, J. and Charlton, S. (1994). Comprehensive reading instruction for students with learning difficulties. Australian Reading Association Special Interest Group Newsletter—Learning Difficulties, 2, 13-18.

Comprehensive reading instruction for students with learning difficulties

1994

Journal Article

INVOLVING STUDENTS IN ASSESSING THEIR READING - THE WINTER COUNT

AFFLERBACH, P, MONI, K, DWYER, S and KLEINDINST, C (1994). INVOLVING STUDENTS IN ASSESSING THEIR READING - THE WINTER COUNT. Reading Teacher, 48 (1), 80-83.

INVOLVING STUDENTS IN ASSESSING THEIR READING - THE WINTER COUNT

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2018
    Strengthening the gateways: Building pathways to success through active learning
    UQ Teaching Innovation Grants
    Open grant
  • 2014
    The application of standards-based assessment across school subjects and underlying learning objectives in the senior years of schooling
    Queensland Department of Education, Training and Employment
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2016
    Constructing futures: An investigation of the aspirations of young adults with an intellectual disability and their parents
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Supporting schools and teachers to improve students' reading achievement in rural communities
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011
    Building capacities to enhance critical thinking and writing skills of first year international RHD students in the Social Sciences
    UQ Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Improving and sustaining literacy and numeracy through pedagogical change
    The Corporation of the Trustees of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Community Outreach Opportunities of Literacy (COOL): Building Literacy Skills for Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Investigating Literacy and Literacy Programs for Older Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
    UQ FirstLink Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2003 - 2005
    Intervention for written expression: Middle school students with developmental disabilities
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2002
    A resource and teaching module for the development of literacy for adults with intellectual disabilities
    Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2001 - 2002
    To investigate literacy and numeracy development in the middle years of schooling - No. 1299
    Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs
    Open grant
  • 2000 - 2001
    An investigation of teaching strategies for enhancing oral lieteracy with young adults with Down Syndrome
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Karen Moni is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Karen Moni directly for media enquiries about:

  • Adolescent literacy
  • Literacy
  • literacy and intellectual disabilities
  • Teacher education
  • Teaching English

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