Kathy Rushton

Dr Kathy Rushton provides professional learning for teachers and is an experienced TESOL and classroom teacher who has worked in primary and secondary settings; with adults learning English and as a lecturer in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. She is interested in the development of language and literacy especially with disadvantaged culturally and linguistically diverse communities and. Her current research projects include a study of multilingual pre...See more

Dr Kathy Rushton provides professional learning for teachers and is an experienced TESOL and classroom teacher who has worked in primary and secondary settings; with adults learning English and as a lecturer in the Sydney School of Education and Social Work at the University of Sydney. She is interested in the development of language and literacy especially with disadvantaged culturally and linguistically diverse communities and. Her current research projects include a study of multilingual pre-service teachers and the impact that professional learning has on the development of a creative pedagogical stance which incorporates translanguaging, and supports student identity and wellbeing. See less