Sarah Forrest is a course-coordinator, lecturer and PhD candidate in the School of Education. She teaches English Eduction to pre-service teachers enrolled on the Bachelor of Education and Masters of Teaching programs. Her research and teaching interests include embodiment in education, creative and body-based learning, multimodality and visual literacies. She enjoys researching her own practice as a teacher educator.
In addition to her work as a teacher-educator, Sarah is passionate about children's literature. She is the proud custodian of Hart's Mill Little Free Library and has enjoyed holding a judging position for the Children's Book Council of Australia (Picture Book and New Illustrator Awards) from 2021-2023. She is also a... Read more
About me
Sarah Forrest is a course-coordinator, lecturer and PhD candidate in the School of Education. She teaches English Eduction to pre-service teachers enrolled on the Bachelor of Education and Masters of Teaching programs. Her research and teaching interests include embodiment in education, creative and body-based learning, multimodality and visual literacies. She enjoys researching her own practice as a teacher educator.
In addition to her work as a teacher-educator, Sarah is passionate about children's literature. She is the proud custodian of Hart's Mill Little Free Library and has enjoyed holding a judging position for the Children's Book Council of Australia (Picture Book and New Illustrator Awards) from 2021-2023. She is also a committee member for the South Australian Branch of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English.
Sarah is also dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of students and colleagues and is the Mental Health First Aid officer for Education Futures at Mawson Lakes.
About me
About me
Master of Education (Literacy and Language Education) University of South Australia
Professional Graduate Certificate in Education University College Chichester
Bachelor of Arts University of Wales
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
| Year | Output |
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| 2023 |
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| 2017 |
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2022 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference Presentation, 'I took on some of his power, some of his feelings': embodying literature through a process of synaesthesia'
2022 South Australian English Teachers Association (SAETA) Conference, Keynote Presentation, 'What have bodies got to do with teaching and learning in secondary English?​'
2020 Three Minute Thesis (UniSA) Presentation, 'What have bodies got to do with teaching and learning in secondary English?​'
2019 Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) Conference Presentation, 'Using theories of embodiment in secondary English pre-service teacher education'
2019 Higher Education Research Group Adelaide (HERGA) Conference Presentation, ' Using Multimodal Analysis to Examine Teacher Practice in Pre-service Teacher Education'
Winner Education Futures 3MT Heat 2020
People's Choice Award Education Futures 3MT Heat 2020
High Achievement Student Evaluation Award Casual Academic (Postgraduate Teaching) 2019
External engagement & recognition
| Organisation | Country |
|---|---|
| Arizona State University | UNITED STATES |
| University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
External engagement & recognition
| Engagement/recognition | Year |
|---|---|
Council Committee MemberSouth Australia English Teachers Association |
2021 |
MemberAustralian Literacy Educators' Association SA |
2021 |
Teaching & student supervision
