Dr David Caldwell

Prog Director:Masters (TESOL, Edu, Grad Dip in Digital Learn & Edu Leadership) UniSA Education Futures

Mawson Lakes Campus (G3-11)
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email David.Caldwell@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

English language
Systemic Functional Linguistics
Discourse analysis
Multi-modality
Literacy

Dr David Caldwell is Program Director for the Master of Education, Master of Education (TESOL) and the Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Digital Learning). He is also Senior Lecturer in English Language and Literacy in the School of Education.

David completed his Bachelor of Teaching, Bachelor of Arts(Hons) and Master of Arts in linguistics at Deakin University (Melbourne), and his PhD in linguistics at the University of Sydney. He then completed a two-year post in Singapore where he worked as an Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Education in the School of English Language and Literature.

David is interested in the application of Systemic Functional Linguistics to contemporary language contexts. These have... Read more

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In the media

Date	Title
06/05/2018	Analysing a Player's Voice, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQpNhb8WW2A&feature=youtu.be.+YouTube+Views%3A+763
07/03/2018	Interview with Dr David Caldwell from the University of SA's School of Education on the My School website., https://www.facebook.com/9NewsAdelaide/videos/1824778574492770/. ASR AUD: 10,964
22/08/2017	Interview with Dr David Caldwell from the University of SA on Children's Book Week., https://www.facebook.com/9NewsAdelaide/videos/1743438372626791/. ASR AUD: 10,275
02/08/2017	NAPLAN results fuel debate, http://thewire.org.au/story/naplan-results-fuel-debate/
12/07/2016	Finally, Someone to Translate Australian Rules Football, https://www.wsj.com/articles/finally-someone-to-translate-australian-rules-football-1468337044

Research

Research focus

Linguistics
Cognitive Sciences
Communication and Media Studies
Curriculum and Pedagogy
Language Studies

Highlights

Research Areas

Systemic Functional Linguistics, Social Semiotics, Genre Pedagogy in Australian Schools, Sports Discourse, Aboriginal and TSI Education, Hip-hop Culture and Pedagogy

Projects

LLIS: Language for Learning Improvement: Science Pilot Project: CAT-2: Department of Education: $45 455.00

Digital literacy champions: Exemplary practice for 21st Century English Teaching: UniSA: URIPA Seed and Mentoring Grant: $14 434.80

Real Language in Real Time: Tracking the On-field Language Practices of SAASTA Students in the Aboriginal Power Cup: UniSA/Australian Government: Higher Education Participation and Partnerships Program: $94 719.00

Fresh water literacies: An interdisciplinary international study with primary teachers and... Read more

Research

Outputs

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, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Highlights

Year	Output
2019	Cominos, N, Caldwell, D & Gloede, K 2019, 'Brotherhood and belonging: creating pedagogic spaces for positive discourses of Aboriginal youth', in S Habib & M Ward (eds), Youth, place and theories of belonging, Routledge, UK, ch. 8, pp. 92-108. Open access 4
2017	Caldwell, D & White, PR 2017, 'That's not a narrative; this is a narrative: NAPLAN and pedagogies of storytelling', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 16-27. Open access 13 13
2017	Caldwell, D 2017, 'Printed t-shirts in the linguistic landscape: a reading from functional linguistics', Linguistic Landscape, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 122-148. Open access
2016	Caldwell, D, Walsh, J, Vine, EW & Jureidini, J 2016, The discourse of sport: analyses from social linguistics, Routledge, New York, US. 7 9
2014	Caldwell, D 2014, 'The interpersonal voice: applying appraisal to the rap and sung voice', Social Semiotics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 40-55. 6 4

Books

Year	Output
2022	Caldwell, D, Knox, JS & Martin, J 2022, Appliable linguistics and social semiotics: developing theory from practice, Bloomsbury Publishing, UK.
2016	Caldwell, D, Walsh, J, Vine, EW & Jureidini, J 2016, The discourse of sport: analyses from social linguistics, Routledge, New York, US. 7 9

Chapters

Year	Output
2022	Caldwell, D 2022, 'A hip-hop battle: describing sound in the contested academy', in D Caldwell, JS Knox & JR Martin (eds), Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics: Developing Theory from Practice, Bloomsbury Academic, UK, ch. 4, pp. 67-80. Open access
2022	Martin, JR, Knox, JS & Caldwell, D 2022, 'Introduction: introducing appliable linguistics', in D Caldwell, JS Knox & JR Martin (eds), Appliable Linguistics and Social Semiotics: Developing Theory from Practice, Bloomsbury Academic, UK, pp. 1-20. Open access
2019	Cominos, N, Caldwell, D & Gloede, K 2019, 'Brotherhood and belonging: creating pedagogic spaces for positive discourses of Aboriginal youth', in S Habib & M Ward (eds), Youth, place and theories of belonging, Routledge, UK, ch. 8, pp. 92-108. Open access 4
2018	Caldwell, D & Nichols, S 2018, 'Images of 'Asia literacy': an analysis of online representations', in H Soong & N Cominos (eds), Asia literacy in a global world: an Australian perspective, Springer, Singapore, ch. 8, pp. 101-123. 1
2018	Soong, H, Caldwell, D & Restall, G 2018, 'Teaching Chinese language for Asia literacy: Chinese teachers' experiences teaching Australian students', in H Soong and N Cominos (eds), Asia literacy in a global world, Springer, Singapore, ch. 10, pp. 145-163. 6
2016	Caldwell, D 2016, 'But they didn't win the Super Bowl! Printed t-shirts as place/d resources', in S Nichols & C Snowden (eds), Languages and literacies as mobile and placed resources, Routledge, United Kingdom, ch. 2, pp. 10-29. 2
2016	Caldwell, D, Walsh, J, Vine, EW & Jureidini, J 2016, 'Discourse, linguistics, sport and the academy', The discourse of sport: analyses from social linguistics, Routledge, New York, US, ch. 1, pp. 1-12.
2016	Walsh, J & Caldwell, D 2016, 'The visceral and the analytics: discourses in the evaluation of sports players', The discourse of sport: analyses from social linguistics, Routledge, New York, US, ch. 7. pp. 113-130. 1
2015	Brock, C, Caldwell, D & Wiest, L 2015, '"I hope my writing will change your opinion": A critique of disciplinary writing instruction in a Grade Six classroom', in J Turbill, G Barton & C Brock (eds), Teaching writing in today's classrooms: Looking back to look forward, Australian Literacy Educators' Association, Australia, pp. 123-137.
2014	Caldwell, D 2014, 'A comparative analysis of the rap and the sung voice: perspectives from systemic phonology, social semiotics and music studies', in W Bowcher & B Smith (eds), Systematic phonology: recent studies in English, Equinox Publishing, UK, ch. 8, pp. 235-263.
2011	Caldwell, D & Zappavigna, M 2011, 'Visualising multimodal prosody', in S Dreyfus, S Hood & M Stenglin, Semiotic margins: meaning in multimodalities, Continuum, UK, ch. 11, pp. 229-242.
2011	Caldwell, DL & Zappavigna, M 2011, 'Visualizing multimodal patterning', in S Dreyfus, S Hood & M Stenglin (eds), Semiotic margins: meaning in multimodalities, Continuum, UK, pp. 229-243.
2010	Caldwell, D 2010, 'Making many meanings in popular rap music', in A Mahboob & N Knight (eds), Appliable linguistics, Continuum, UK, ch. 14, pp. 234-251.
2009	Caldwell, D 2009, 'Making metre mean: identity and affiliation in the rap music of Kanye West', in M Bednarek & J R Martin (eds), New discourse on language: functional perspectives on multimodality, identity, and affiliation, Continuum, UK, ch. 3, pp. 59-80.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2023	Caldwell, D 2023, 'Enacting power, solidarity and masculinity in sport: a discourse analysis of the language-in-action of Aboriginal boys', International Journal of Educational Research, vol. 121, article no. 102227, pp. 1-10. Open access
2022	Stahl, G, Brock, C, Sharplin, E, Caldwell, D, Young, J & Boyd, F 2022, ''Because the rules out there are different…': a case study of pre-service teachers' experiences in remote Australian Indigenous education', Asia Pacific Journal of Education, online, pp. 1-14.
2021	Brock, CH, Caldwell, D, Rehbein, TL & Boyd, FB 2021, 'An ode to a state park: creating poetry during a summer writing camp', Reading Teacher, vol. 74, no. 6, pp. 807-811. Open access
2021	Doran, YJ, Caldwell, D & Ross, AS 2021, 'Language in action: sport, mode and division of semiotic labour', Language, Context and Text, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 274-301. Open access
2021	Soong, H & Caldwell, D 2021, 'Tensions, transformations and travel: comparative narratives of 'becoming' a cosmopolitan educator through an overseas study tour in Singapore', Journal of Comparative and International Higher Education, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 132-144. Open access
2020	Caldwell, D 2020, 'Sounds of the game: an interpersonal discourse analysis of 'on field' language in sports media', Discourse Context and Media, vol. 33, article no. 100363, pp. 1-10. Open access 3 1
2020	Ross, AS & Caldwell, D 2020, ''Going negative': An APPRAISAL analysis of the rhetoric of Donald Trump on Twitter', Language and Communication, vol. 70, pp. 13-27. 51 32 40
2020	Stahl, G, Brock, C, Young, J, Caldwell, D, Sharplin, E & Boyd, F 2020, 'Dispositions towards diversity: two pre-service teachers' experiences of living and teaching in a remote indigenous community', Pedagogy Culture and Society, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 525-542. Open access 3 3 6
2018	Paige, K, Lloyd, D, Caldwell, D, Comber, B, O'Keeffe, L, Osborne, S & Roetman, P 2018, 'Futures in primary science education-connecting students to place and ecojustice', Visions for Sustainability, vol. 9, pp. 49-59. Open access
2017	Caldwell, D & White, PR 2017, 'That's not a narrative; this is a narrative: NAPLAN and pedagogies of storytelling', Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 16-27. Open access 13 13
2017	Caldwell, D 2017, 'Printed t-shirts in the linguistic landscape: a reading from functional linguistics', Linguistic Landscape, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 122-148. Open access
2017	Caldwell, D, Cominos, N & Gloede, K 2017, 'My words, my literacy: tracking of and teaching through the on-field language practices of Australian Indigenous boys', Boyhood Studies An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 11-36. Open access 3
2015	White, P, Mammone, G & Caldwell, DL 2015, 'Linguistically based inequality, multilingual education and a genre-based literacy development pedagogy: insights from the Australian experience', Language and Education, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 256-271. 12 10 1
2014	Caldwell, D 2014, 'The interpersonal voice: applying appraisal to the rap and sung voice', Social Semiotics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 40-55. 6 4
2009	Caldwell, DL 2009, ''Working your words': appraisal in the AFL post-match interview', Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 1-17. Open access 22
2008	Caldwell, DL 2008, ''Affiliating with Rap Music: political rap or gangsta rap?'', Novitas - ROYAL, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 13-27.

Conferences

Year	Output
2023	Strambi, A, Cropley, D & Caldwell, D 2023, 'Exploring the potential of NLP for automated assessment of creativity', The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, ACM, pp. 29-32. Open access
2012	Caldwell, D 2012, 'To swear or not to swear: the challenge of hip-hop in the language classroom', in S Fan et al. (eds), Innovative Research in a Changing and Challenging World, Australian Multicultural Interaction Institute, pp. 366-374. Open access
2008	Caldwell, DL 2008, 'The Rhetoric of Rap: A Challenge to Dominant Forces?', Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association Congress.

Reports

Year	Output
2020	Nichols, S, Caldwell, D, Yoshida, R & Ghan, N 2020, Language and learning transitions of new arrival youth: report to the Multicultural Education and Languages Committee and the Adelaide Secondary School of English, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access
2018	Paige, K, Caldwell, D, Elliott, K, O'Keeffe, L, Osborne, S, Roetman, P, Lloyd, D, Comber, B & Gosnell, S 2018, Fresh water literacies: transdisciplinary learning for place and eco justice, University of South Australia, Australia. Open access

Other outputs

Theses

Caldwell, D 2011, ‘The rhetoric of rap: a social semiotic analysis of KanYe West’, Doctor of Philosophy (Linguistics), University of Sydney.

Caldwell, D 2006, ‘The language of subjective well-being’, Master of Arts (Linguistics), Deakin University.

Caldwell, D 2002, ‘The post-match interview: an appraisal analysis of the language of AFL footballers and ABC journalists’, Bachelor of Arts (First-Class Hons. [Linguistics]), Deakin University.

Series Editor

Martin, JR, Knox, J, & Caldwell, D (contracted), Bloomsbury studies in Systemic Functional Linguistics, Bloomsbury, London.

Industry Reports

Walsh, J & Caldwell, D (May 2018), Language for learning Improvement: Science, Commissioned Evaluation Report: Department of Education.

Caldwell, D & MacGill, B (December 2016), WillPOWER bilingual program evaluation, Commissioned Evaluation Report: University of South Australia and Port Community.

Blogs

Caldwell, D 2015, ‘Reflections on TEMAG: the hidden implications’, UniSA School of Education, blog posting, 16 February, viewed 13 August, <http://www.unisa.edu.au/Education-Arts-and-Social-Sciences/Education/News-and-Events/News/Reflections-on-TEMAG/>

Industry Resources

Caldwell, D 2016, The footy dictionary: The Australian football English/Chinese dictionary, http://aufootycn.com/.

Cominos, N, Caldwell, D, & Gloede, K 2016, Language and literacy resource pack for South Australian Aboriginal Sports Academy, University of South Australia.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Highlights

The National Institute of Education (Singapore): MOU signing (2017), study tours (2016, 2017, 2018)

Department of Education (South Australia): program evaluation report, consultancy

The Port Adelaide Football Club: online Chinese/English Australian football dictionary, program evaluation report

The Adelaide Football Club: pilot language tracking, STEM initiatives

Systemic Functional Linguistics: convener 2018 Australian Systemic Functional Linguistic Conference (hosted by UniSA)

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Australian Catholic University	AUSTRALIA
Department of Education	AUSTRALIA
Department of Human Services	AUSTRALIA
Laramie County School District	UNITED STATES
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
South Australian Department of Education and Child Development	AUSTRALIA
State University of New York Buffalo	UNITED STATES
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	UNITED STATES
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University Of South Carolina - Columbia	UNITED STATES
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Wyoming	UNITED STATES
Victoria University of Wellington	NEW ZEALAND

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Co-Convenor Research Network: Applied Linguistics in Sport, International Association of Applied Linguistics	2018
Editorial Board Member Linguistics and Education	2018
Editorial Board Member Australian Journal of Language and Literacy	2018
Member Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association	2018
Member Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)	2018
Member International Association of Applied Linguistics	2018
Reviewer: English Courses SACE Board of South Australia	2018
Editorial Board Member Linguistics and Education	2017
invited Speaker Linguistic Perspectives on the Mediatization of Sport, Universitat Siegen, Germany	2017
invited Speaker Australia-Singapore Cultural Leadership Forum, Department of Communication and the Arts, Australian Government, Adelaide	2017
Member Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association	2017
Member Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)	2017
Reviewer: English Courses SACE Board of South Australia	2017
Advisor, English Curriculum South Australian Anangu Lands Partnership	2016
Board Member Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)	2016
Keynote Speaker Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE)/Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA) National Conference, Adelaide	2016
Language and Literacy Resource Pack for South Australian Aboriginal Sports Academy South Australian Aboriginal Sports Academy	2016
Member Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association	2016
Member and State Representative: South Australia Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)	2016
Reviewer: English Courses SACE Board of South Australia	2016
The Footy Dictionary: The Australian Football English/Chinese Dictionary: http://aufootycn.com/ The Port Adelaide Football Club	2016
Advisor, English Curriculum South Australian Anangu Lands Partnership	2015
Board Member Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)	2015
Member Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association	2015
Member and State Representative: South Australia Australian Literacy Educators' Association (ALEA)	2015
Advisor, English Curriculum South Australian Anangu Lands Partnership	2014
Member Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association	2014
Executive Committee Singapore Association of Applied Linguistics	2013
Executive Committee Singapore Association of Applied Linguistics	2012

Other

Hawke Research Institute

Teaching & student supervision

Highlights

Teaching Areas

English Language and Literacy, Pre-Service and In-Service Teacher Training, Systemic Functional Linguistics, Social Semiotics, Multiliteracies

Awards

EASS: Academic Excellence Awards: High Achievement in Student Evaluation Attainment (Undergraduate Teaching) (2017

Key Roles

Program Director: Master of Education, Master of Education (TESOL), Graduate Diploma in Educational Studies (Digital Learning)

Course Coordinator: Language and Literacy for Learning (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

Teaching & student supervision

Research degree supervision

Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
144 - Experiences of Language Teachers in using AI	Current
How the building of knowledge about genre and language through classroom dialogue can support writing in disciplinary contexts	Current
Investigating young children's use of semiotic resources when participating in, and communicating about, their digital game play	Current
Reading the World	Current
Supporting the digital citizens of tomorrow: an analysis of pre-service teachers' training in multimodality and multiliteracies.	Current
The Rise of Graphic Fiction Novels for Primary School Students: Attitudes, Meaning-making and Pedagogical Practice	Current
What kind or quality of leadership which are effective in achieving improvement in student learning outcomes in literacy and numeracy	Current
An enquiry into identity and adjustment issues for Saudi Arabian students studying English in Australia	Completed
Constructions of femininities and learner identities of first-in-family girls transitioning from secondary school into Australian universities	Completed
The persuasive discourse of engineering: an investigation of professional writing	Completed

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Dr David Caldwell

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