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

207 works between 1994 and 2024
All (207) Journal Article (117) Book Chapter (20) Conference Publication (60) Other Outputs (5) Edited Outputs (5)

121 - 140 of 207 works

2006

Edited Outputs

English in Australia

English in Australia. (2006). 41 (2)

English in Australia

2005

Conference Publication

Teaching writing across the middle years of schooling: An inclusive perspective

van Kraayenoord, C. E., Moni, K. B., Jobling, A., Koppenhaver, D., Elkins, J., Muckert, T. and Miller, R. (2005). Teaching writing across the middle years of schooling: An inclusive perspective. Pleasure, Passion, Provocation: Pleasurable Learning, Passionate Teaching, Provocative Debates: AATE/ALEA Joint Annual National Conference 2005, Broadbeach, Qld., Australia, 1-4 July 2005. Norwood, S.A., Australia: Australian Association for the Teaching of English and Australian Literacy Educators' Association.

Teaching writing across the middle years of schooling: An inclusive perspective

2005

Journal Article

Use phonies activities to motivate learners with difficulties

Morgan, M and Moni, KB (2005). Use phonies activities to motivate learners with difficulties. Intervention In School And Clinic, 41 (1), 42-45. doi: 10.1177/10534512050410011101

Use phonies activities to motivate learners with difficulties

2005

Edited Outputs

English in Australia

English in Australia. (2005). (143,144,145)

English in Australia

2005

Journal Article

Editorial

Moni, K. B. (2005). Editorial. English in Australia (144), 3-3.

Editorial

2005

Book Chapter

Student motivation in learning English as a foreign language in an Indonesian context

Liando, Nihta, Moni, Karen and Baldauf, Richard (2005). Student motivation in learning English as a foreign language in an Indonesian context. Researching Identity, Diversity and Education: Surpassing the Norm. (pp. 168-179) edited by Julie Yamanashi and Ivana Milojevic.. Teneriffe, QLD, Australia: Post Pressed.

Student motivation in learning English as a foreign language in an Indonesian context

2005

Journal Article

Using student feedback to construct an assessment rubric for a concept map in physiology

Moni, R. W., Beswick, E. and Moni, K. B. (2005). Using student feedback to construct an assessment rubric for a concept map in physiology. Advances In Physiology Education, 29 (4), 197-203. doi: 10.1152/advan.00066.2004

Using student feedback to construct an assessment rubric for a concept map in physiology

2005

Journal Article

Editorial

Moni, K. B. (2005). Editorial. English in Australia (143), 3-5.

Editorial

2005

Journal Article

Presidential matters: The joy of English teaching

Moni, K. B. (2005). Presidential matters: The joy of English teaching. English Matters, 1-4.

Presidential matters: The joy of English teaching

2005

Journal Article

Editorial

Moni, K. B. (2005). Editorial. English in Australia (142), 3-5.

Editorial

2004

Journal Article

Literacy skills of adults with intellectual disability in community-based day programs

Young, L., Moni, K. B., Jobling, A. and van Kraayenoord, C. E. (2004). Literacy skills of adults with intellectual disability in community-based day programs. International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, 51 (1), 83-97. doi: 10.1080/1034912042000182210

Literacy skills of adults with intellectual disability in community-based day programs

2004

Journal Article

'I never imagined I'd have to teach these children': Providing authentic learning experiences for secondary pre-service teachers in teaching students with special needs

Jobling, Anne and Moni, Karen B. (2004). 'I never imagined I'd have to teach these children': Providing authentic learning experiences for secondary pre-service teachers in teaching students with special needs. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 32 (1), 5-22. doi: 10.1080/1359866042000206026

'I never imagined I'd have to teach these children': Providing authentic learning experiences for secondary pre-service teachers in teaching students with special needs

2004

Conference Publication

Literacy: the Latch-On experience

Jobling, A. and Moni, K. B. (2004). Literacy: the Latch-On experience. 12th World Congress, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disability (IASSID), Montpellier, France, 14-19 June 2004. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2004.00608.x

Literacy: the Latch-On experience

2004

Journal Article

What's it all about? Investigating reading comprehension strategies in young adults with down syndrome

Morgan, M. F., Moni, K. B. and Jobling, A. (2004). What's it all about? Investigating reading comprehension strategies in young adults with down syndrome. Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 9 (2), 37-44. doi: 10.3104/reports.290

What's it all about? Investigating reading comprehension strategies in young adults with down syndrome

2004

Conference Publication

What’s it all about? Investigating reading comprehension strategies in young adults with Down syndrome

Morgan, Michelle, Moni, Karen B. and Jobling, Anne (2004). What’s it all about? Investigating reading comprehension strategies in young adults with Down syndrome. 8th World Down Syndrome Congress, Singapore, 2004.

What’s it all about? Investigating reading comprehension strategies in young adults with Down syndrome

2004

Journal Article

Developing the writing of middle school students with developmental disabilities: The writeideas model of writing

van Kraayenoord, C. E., Moni, K.B., Jobling, M. A., Koppenhaver, D. and Elkins, J. (2004). Developing the writing of middle school students with developmental disabilities: The writeideas model of writing. Literacy Learning: the Middle Years, 12 (2), 36-46.

Developing the writing of middle school students with developmental disabilities: The writeideas model of writing

2004

Journal Article

Book review: Literacy for living book 1

Moni, K. B. (2004). Book review: Literacy for living book 1. Intellectual Disability Australasia, 25 (2), 12-13.

Book review: Literacy for living book 1

2004

Edited Outputs

English in Australia

English in Australia. (2004). (141)

English in Australia

2003

Conference Publication

Literacy and intellectual disabilities: A community teaching experience

Moni, K. B., Jobling, A. and van Kraayenoord, C. E. (2003). Literacy and intellectual disabilities: A community teaching experience. AASE/ASEAQ State Conference 2003, Toowoomba, Australia, 22-25 September, 2003. Toowoomba, Australia: Australian Association of Special Education.

Literacy and intellectual disabilities: A community teaching experience

2003

Other Outputs

Beyond the middle: A report about literacy and numeracy development of target group students in the middle years of schooling: Volume 1

Luke, Allan, Elkins, John, Weir, Katie, Land, Ray, Carrington, Victoria, Dole, Shelley, Pendergast, Donna, Kapitzke, Cushla, van Kraayenoord, Christa, Moni, Karen, McIntosh, Alistair, Mayer, Diane, Bahr, Mark, Hunter, Lisa, Chadbourne, Rod, Bean, Tom, Alverman, Donna and Stevens, Lisa (2003). Beyond the middle: A report about literacy and numeracy development of target group students in the middle years of schooling: Volume 1. St Lucia, Brisbane: School of Education, The University of Queensland.

Beyond the middle: A report about literacy and numeracy development of target group students in the middle years of schooling: Volume 1

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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