Dr Vicky Macleroy

Staff details

Position Reader in Education and Head of the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning

Department Educational Studies

Email v.macleroy (@gold.ac.uk)

Phone +44 (0)20 7919 7351

Vicky Macleroy is a Reader in Education and Head of the Centre for Language, Culture and Learning at Goldsmiths, University of London. Vicky teaches on undergraduate, PGCE English and PGCE Media with English, MA and MPhil/PhD including joint programmes across Educational Studies and English and Comparative Literature departments. She is a Chartered London Teacher (2007). Vicky has contributed to international research on poetry pedagogy Making Poetry Matter (2013) and transforming the poetry classroom Making Poetry Happen (2015) published by Bloomsbury. She was principal investigator with Jim Anderson of a global literacy project funded by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, ‘Critical Connections Multilingual Digital Storytelling’ (2012 - 2017), that uses digital storytelling to support engagement with language learning and digital literacy. Vicky has co-edited a book with Jim Anderson on Multilingual Digital Storytelling (2016) published by Routledge. Vicky’s research focuses on language development; creative writing practices; poetry; multiliteracies; and transformative pedagogy.

Academic Qualifications

Bachelor of Arts in English (main) and Education (subsidiary) at York University (1982);
Post Graduate Certificate in Education in English with Drama at York University (1983);
Masters of Arts in Education in Language and Literacy; Child Development; Adult Learners, Education and Training at the Open University (1996);
Educational Research MA Module in Educational Research in Action at the Open University (1997);
Doctorate in Education in Language and Literacy at the Open University (2002).

Teaching

Vicky was Head of the MA Writer/Teacher (now MA Creative Writing and Education) for 5 years which is a joint programme across the Educational Studies and English and Comparative Literature departments. She continues to teach on the programme and co-ordinates the module on Research into Creative Writing Practices. Vicky is a tutor on the MA in Multilingualism, Linguistics and Education and MA in Children’s Literature programmes. She is the Liaison Tutor for the MA Children’s Literature: Creative Writing Pathway. She also works on the BA in Education, Culture and Society, MA in Education: Culture, Language and Identity and the MPhil/PhD programmes in the Educational Studies department. Vicky teaches on the PGCE English and PGCE English with Media programmes and is Liaison Tutor with the English and Media Centre for the PGCE Media with English programme.

Area of supervision:

Sadia Habib PhD on Teaching and Learning Britishness: Encountering and negotiating discourses of identities and belongings through critical pedagogy (2016). Sadia Habib has recently published a book with Palgrave Macmillan based on her PhD.

Vicky is currently supervising these MPhil/PhD students:

Arani Ilankuberan: How are young people negotiating their identities through language in the context of religious film viewing?;
Thomas Quehl: Pedagogical spaces: teachers’ agency in multilingual pedagogies;
Catia Ribeirio Verguete: Language policy and pedagogy in the provision of Portuguese language in England;
Chunwen Su: Educational provision for linguistic and cultural adaptation: A qualitative case study of EAL Chinese at the UK independent school;
Nesreen Saleh: Supporting Arab Muslim Refugee women in the UK: The Role of ESOL teachers.

Professional projects:

Date	Awarding Body	Project Title	Role	Value
2009-10	Goldsmiths, University of London	Early Career Research Award. Cultural, linguistic and cognitive issues in teaching the language of literary texts for pupils with EAL in secondary schools.	Project Researcher	£5,000
2010	Council of Europe	The linguistic and educational integration of children and adolescents from migrant backgrounds	Team Member	Expenses and research time
2011-13	Comenius Regio (British Council best practice award)	European Comenius Regio Project: Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom (in conjunction with Portugal).	Project Co-Director	90,000 euros
2012	Training Development Agency	Leading Partner in English as an Additional Language Programme, TDA. Secondary School EAL Project.	Project Director	£5,000
2012	Council of Europe	Pestalozzi Project: Multilingualism and Social Cohesion (in conjunction with the British Council)	Team Member	Expenses and research time
2012-14	Paul Hamlyn Foundation	Critical Connections: a Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project.	Co-Principal Investigator	£130,000
2013-14	European Centre for Modern Languages (Council of Europe)	A development project: Collaborative Community Approach to Migrant Education (in conjunction with France, Spain, Greece and Canada).	Project Leader in the bid and media link member	63,960 euros
2014	Goldsmiths, University of London	Series of poetry seminars and workshops at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.	Project Director	£1,500
2015-17	Paul Hamlyn Foundation	Critical Connections II: Moving Forward with Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project. In partnership with the British Film Institute, British Museum, Museum of London and National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education	Principal Investigator	£149,230
2018-19	Small Grants Funding from Language Acts and Worldmaking AHRC project	International conference: Multilingual digital storytelling, museum artefacts and the arts: Creative pathways to language-and-culture learning. International digital storystelling festival.	Project Director	£1,500

Conferences and Workshops (2015-2018)

Date	Event	Venue	Title
20.02.15	NASSEA Conference on Bilingualism in Education	University of Birmingham	Keynote on developing intercultural perspective in MDST
25.02.15	Creative Approaches to Greek Heritage Language Learning	Goldsmiths, University of London	Day conference for Greek supplementary teachers
14.03.15	UKLA conference on The Power of Story: Raising Standards in Reading and Writing	University of Cambridge	Double workshop: Exploring intercultural perspectives and active citizenship in multilingual digital storytelling
April 2015	Discourse, Power and Resistance 15	Goldsmiths, University of London	Collective voices in multilingual digital stories
07/08.05.15	The Place for Poetry Conference	Goldsmiths, University of London	Language(s), Poetry and Performance: Transforming the Poetry Classroom
03.07.15	Community Education Conference Centre for Multilingualism in Education	London Metropolitan University	Critical Connections: A Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project
06-09.07.15	IFTE Conference on Common Ground, Global Reach: Teaching English & English Education for Global Literacies	Fordham University, New York, United States	Poetry panel on Making Poetry Happen: Transforming the Poetry Classroom
13.10.2015	Making Critical Connections for Language Learning	NRCSE, London	Critical Connections II: Moving Forward with Multilingual Digital Storytelling
14-15.11.15	National Association for Writers in Education (NAWE) Annual Conference	University of Durham	Collective Voices in Multilingual Digital Stories
30.11.15	Multilingual Creativity Lab	Free Word Centre, London	Critical Connections II: Moving Forward with Multilingual Digital Storytelling
8.2.2016	Goldsmiths-NRCSE event:‘	Goldsmiths, University of London	Entering the World of Multilingual Digital Storytelling and the Arts’
29.2.2016	Goldsmiths - Cyprus Educational Mission event	Goldsmiths, University of London	Language learning, technology and the arts: the power to engage’
25.05.2016	Multilingual Creativity	Free Word Centre, London	Critical Connections II
27.5.2016	Critical Connections Conference	Goldsmiths, University of London	Keynote on Multiliteracies in Practice: Participation in a multilingual digital storytelling community.
02.06 – 03.06.2016	4^th Crossroads of Languages and Cultures	University of Aristotle, Thessaloniki, Greece	Multiliteracies in Practice: Participation in a multilingual digital storytelling community.
18.06.16	LATE (London Association for Teachers of English) Conference	Institute of Education, London	Poetry: creating, writing and talking about multilingual poetry
30.6.2016	BAAL Language Learning and Teaching SIG 2016. Crossing Boundaries: Language Learning and Teaching Inside and Outside the Classroom	University of Lancaster	Multiliteracies in Practice: Participation in a multilingual digital storytelling community.
02/07/16	Michael Rosen’s Writer/Teacher conference	Goldsmiths, University of London	Digital storytelling presentation
23.09.16	Digital creation: multilingual identities in the making	University of Luxembourg	Participation in a multilingual digital storytelling community
14.10.2016	Language Show: Speak to the Future Symposium. ‘Speaking to a Global Future: Languages Post-Brexit’	Olympia, London	Language learning across borders: The power of multilingual digital storytelling
21.10 – 23.10.2016	Education and Migration: Language Foregrounded	University of Durham	Migration and schools: Policies for primary and secondary education in Europe – panel presentation
7.3.17	Goldsmiths-NRCSE event	Goldsmiths, University of London	Multilingual Digital Storytelling: From drama to film-making and editing
22.3.17	Family Learning Conference	Birkbeck University, London	Crossing the School Gates: Connecting school, communities and homes in a multilingual digital storytelling project
19.5.2017	Critical Connections Conference	Goldsmiths, University of London	Keynote on Multilingual digital storytelling and the arts: Intercultural pedagogies in the making
17.6.2017	Symposium - Multilingual Learners in Context: EAL, Community and International School Settings.	Oxford Brookes University	My world, your world: Multilingual digital storytelling and the arts.
18.08.17 – 20.08.17	4th International Conference on Language and Literacy Education: Imagining a thriving multilingual world: language, education and society in the 21st century	Wits School of Education, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa	Multilingual digital storytelling: Intercultural pedagogies in the making
23.09.17	Michael Rosen’s Reading Revolution Conference	Goldsmiths, University of London	Digital Storytelling and poetry in the making. How can digital storytelling be used to turn reading into a meaningful and pleasurable activity that moves across modes and reaches wider audiences
13.10.2017	Language Show: Identity through Language and Culture	Business Design Centre Islington	Multilingual learning through interactions with museum artefacts: uncovering stories, reconstructing identities
15.11.17	Bengali-English Museum Resources	Central Foundation Girls’ School	Telling Stories with needle and thread and art on wheels
03.12.17	Developing Pathways to Impact: A Training Workshop for Early Career Researchers in Bi-/Multilingualism and Education	University of Westminster	Keynote: Developing Pathways to Impact: Critical Connections II: Moving Forward with Multilingual Digital Storytelling
22/23.03.18	Multilingualism and Language Learning in the Digital Era	University of Cyprus	Keynote: Crossing borders: Multilingual learning, digital creation and the arts
28.03.18	TLANG Conference Panel	University of Birmingham	Objects, imaginings and multilingual identity spaces
04.05.18	Migrating Texts	Senate House, University of London	Migrating texts: Translation and adaptation Multilingual digital stories in the making
1/2/3.06.18	5^th International Conference ‘Crossroads of Languages and Cultures: Languages and Cultures at Home and at School’	University of Crete	Objects, imaginings and identity spaces in multilingual digital storytelling
13/14.06.18	Languages Memory Conference Panel	King’s’ College, London	Multiliteracies, transformative pedagogies and teacher professional development
18.06.18	On the border of Art and Teaching in the Multilingual World	University of Glasgow	Keynote: Objects, imaginings and messy spaces: Young people’s multilingual digital stories in the making
21-23.09.18	International Digital Storytelling Conference. Current Trends in Digital Storytelling: Research and Practices	Technological Educational Institute, Zakynthos, Greece	Object narratives, imaginings and multilingual communities: Young people’s digital stories in the making

Organiser of Film Festivals/Multilingual Digital Storytelling Awards and website:

Critical Connections Multilingual Digital Storytelling Film Festival: Inside Out, Goldsmiths, University of London (June 2013);
Critical Connections Multilingual Digital Storytelling Film Festival: Journeys, Goldsmiths, University of London (June 2014);
Critical Connections II Multilingual Digital Storytelling Awards 2016: Fairness, National Film Theatre 1, British Film Institute, London (June 2016);
Critical Connections II Multilingual Digital Storytelling Awards 2017: Belonging, National Film Theatre 1, British Film Institute, London (June 2017);
Critical Connections Project Website: https://goldsmithsmdst.wordpress.com/

Organiser of International Conferences

Comenius Regio Conference: Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom, (Goldsmiths, University of London, 26 April 2013);
Critical Connections Conference: Multilingual Digital Storytelling (Goldsmiths, University of London,16 May 2014);
Collaborative Community Approach to Migrant Education Conference and Workshops, European Centre for Modern Languages (Graz, Austria, 25-27 June, 2014);
Critical Connections Conference II Conference: Multiliteracies in Practice: Participation in a multilingual digital storytelling community (Goldsmiths, University of London, 27 May 2016);
Critical Connections Conference II Conference: Multilingual digital storytelling and the arts: Intercultural pedagogies in the making (Goldsmiths, University of London, 19 May 2017).

Other interests or information:

Member of Advisory Committee for Multilingual Creativity supported by Calouste Gulbenkian Society, King’s College London and Free Word Centre (2015 - present);
Member of the Academic Review Board for the journal English in Education (2015 - present);
Co-opted executive committee member for the National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC). Chair of NALDIC Publications Group (2012-2015);
Co-opted committee member for ITE National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE) (2012-2015);
Publications Committee and Associate Editor for EAL Journal (2015 – present);
Responsible for Book Review Section of EAL Journal (2015 - present).

Research Interests

Vicky's expertise is in language development and her doctorate research was in the area of language and literacy and applied linguistics. Vicky’s research interests lie in biliteracy and biculturalism; and poetry. A key area of her research is an analysis of cultural perspectives in relation to literacy and the conflicts which might arise from contrasting cultural and social practices. Her research interests also include the literacy development of bi- and multi- lingual pupils in mainstream classes.

Publications

Macleroy, Vicky, ed. 2014. Literature, Culture and EAL, NALDIC Quarterly, 14(3). 1751-2182

Macleroy, Vicky and Marshall, Bethan, eds. 2014. Special Issue of English in Education on ITE, English in Education: Special Issue, 48(1). 0425-0494

Macleroy Obied, Vicky, ed. 2013. Comenius Regio Project: Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom, NALDIC Quarterly, 13(3). 1751-2182

Book Section

Anderson, Jim and Macleroy, Vicky. 2019. Connecting worlds: interculturality, identity and multilingual digital stories in the making. In: Prue Holmes; Richard Fay and Jane Andrews, eds. Education and Migration: Languages Foregrounded. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9780367178239

Macleroy, Vicky. 2016. From Literacy to Multiliteracies. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 68-86. ISBN 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky. 2016. Learner autonomy, critical thinking and student voice. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 188-202. ISBN ISBN-10: 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky. 2016. Curriculum Policy, Planning and Professional Development. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 248-260. ISBN 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky and Anderson, Jim. 2016. Introduction. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 1-12. ISBN 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky and Anderson, Jim. 2016. Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project. Introduction and research methodology. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 131-145. ISBN ISBN-10: 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky and Anderson, Jim. 2016. Reflections and implications for multilingual digital literacy. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 261-268. ISBN 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky. 2016. Multimodal Composition and Creativity. In: Vicky Macleroy and Jim Anderson, eds. Multilingual Digital Storytelling: Engaging creatively and critically with literacy. Oxford: Routledge, pp. 163-177. ISBN ISBN-10: 1138795801

Macleroy, Vicky and Anderson, Jim. 2015. Rethinking Multilingualism: trajectories in policy, practice and research in the UK. In: Andrioula Yiokoumetti, ed. Multilingualism and Language in Education. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 243-266. ISBN 978-1-107-57431-1

Macleroy, Vicky. 2015. Effective Practices with English as an Additional Language (EAL) Learners. In: Sue Dymoke; Myra Barrs; Andrew Lambirth and Anthony Wilson, eds. Making Poetry Happen. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 181-190. ISBN 978-1-4725-1238-3

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2013. Developing poetry pedagogy for EAL learners within inclusive intercultural practices. In: Sue Dymoke; Andrew Lambirth and Anthony Wilson, eds. Making Poetry Matter. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 143-153. ISBN 978-1-4725-1505-6

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2011. Knowledge about language and multiliteracies. In: Andrew Green, ed. Becoming a Reflective English Teacher. Berkshire: Open University Press, pp. 156-170. ISBN 978-0335242894

Article

Macleroy, Vicky; Anderson, Jim and Chung, Yu-Chiao. 2018. Creative and critical approaches to language learning and digital technology: findings from a multilingual digital storytelling project. Language and Education, 32(3), pp. 195-211. ISSN 0950-0782

Anderson, Jim and Macleroy, Vicky. 2017. Connecting worlds: interculturality, identity and multilingual digital stories in the making. Language and Intercultural Communication, 17(4), pp. 494-517. ISSN 1470-8477

Macleroy, Vicky. 2017. Multilingual representation in children's literature. EAL Journal(3), pp. 17-29. ISSN 2398-8533

Macleroy, Vicky; Budach, Gabriele; Chapman, Bo; Flynn, Zoe; Charalambous, Chryso; Dumic, Mirela and Smith, Marc. 2017. Exploring Digital Creation. EAL Journal(2), pp. 14-15. ISSN 2398-8533

Macleroy, Vicky. 2017. Books: Our pick of this term's reading matter. EAL Journal(4), pp. 52-53. ISSN 2398-8533

Macleroy, Vicky. 2015. Making Space for Learners' Languages. NALDIC Quarterly, 15(3), pp. 18-20. ISSN 1751-2182

Macleroy, Vicky. 2013. Cultural, linguistic and cognitive issues in teaching the language of literature for emergent bilingual pupils. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 26(3), pp. 300-316. ISSN 0790-8318

Macleroy Obied, Vicky and Grammatikopoulou, Vicky. 2013. Meeting the Challenge of the Multicultural Classroom through Continuing Professional Development. NALDIC Quarterly, 13(3), pp. 7-9. ISSN 1751-2182

Macleroy, Vicky. 2013. Innovative practice in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) to enhance new teachers’ ability to effectively teach learners of English as an additional language (EAL). NALDIC Quarterly, 13(4), pp. 19-20. ISSN 1751-2182

Anderson, Jim and Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2011. Languages, literacies and learning: from monocultural to intercultural perspectives. NALDIC Quarterly, 8(3), pp. 16-26. ISSN 1751-2182

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2010. Professional development for staff working in multilingual schools. Council of Europe, 1(5), pp. 1-64.

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2010. Can one‐parent families or divorced families produce two‐language children? An investigation into how Portuguese–English bilingual children acquire biliteracy within diverse family structures. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 18(2), pp. 211-227. ISSN 1468-1366

Pitfield, Maggie and Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2010. How Student-teachers Approach the Teaching of Reading: At the Interface Between Personal History, Theory and Practice. Changing English, 17(1), pp. 35-44. ISSN 1358-684X

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2009. How do siblings shape the language environment in bilingual families? International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 12(6), pp. 705-720. ISSN 1367-0050

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2007. 'Why did I do nothing?' Poetry and the experiences of bilingual pupils in a mainstream inner-city secondary school. English in Education: Poetry Matters, 41(3),

Macleroy Obied, Vicky. 2004. Siblings: help or hindrance? The Linguist, 43(2),

Digital

Macleroy, Vicky; Young, Andrea; Tsokalidou, Roula; Garcia Carrasco, Ruth and Kostiuk, Melody. 2015. Collaborative Community Approach to Migrant Education.

Macleroy, Vicky and Anderson, Jim. 2012. Critical Connections II: Moving Forward with Multilingual Digital Storytelling.

Report

Macleroy, Vicky; Anderson, Jim and Chung, Yu-Chiao. 2014. Critical Connections: Multilingual Digital Storytelling Project [Research Flyer]. Project Report. Goldsmiths, University of London.

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