BEd (SpecEd)(Hons), GradCertHETL (UTS), PhD (UTS)

Lecturer

Telephone: +61 2 9514 5321
Email: Kirsty.Young@uts.edu.au
Room: K2.279
Campus: Cross Campus

Teaching Areas:

Research perspectives
Qualitative research methods
Special education practice

Research Areas:

Online Social Networks
Ethics and Online Research
Internet-mediated learning
Internet literacy
Socio-cultural learning
Literacy and numeracy education

Funded Research Projects (current):
The cognitive and socio-cultural implications of creating and maintaining an online presence

Executive Committee Member:
NSW Institute of Educational Research

Faculty of Education Representative:
UTS Human Research Ethics Committee

Member of the following professional organisations:

• Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)
• Australian Association for Research in Education
• NSW Institute of Educational Research
• International Association for Development of the Information Society

Publications:

Book Chapters:

Kearney, M., Prescott, A. & Young, K. (in press). Investigating prospective teachers as learning design authors. In L. Lockyer, S. Bennett, S. Agostinho & B. Harper (Eds.). Handbook of research on learning design and learning objects: Issues, applications and technologies. IGI Publishing: USA.

Refereed Journal Papers

Young, K. 2008. Toward a model for the study of children’s informal Internet use.  Computers in Human Behavior.  Special Edition. 24. pp. 173-184.  Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2007.01.008

Young, K. 2007. Developmental Stage Theory of Spelling: Analysis of consistency across four spelling-related activities. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy. 30(3) pp. 203-220

Young, K. 2007. Don’t just look, listen:  Uncovering children’s cognitive strategies during spelling related activities.  Education 3-13.  (Accepted for publication)

Young, K. 2005. Direct from the Source: The value of ‘think-aloud’ data in understanding learning. Journal of Educational Enquiry, vol 6 no.1.
Available: www.literacy.unisa.edu.au/jee/Papers/JEEVol6No1/Paper%202.pdf

Refereed Conference Papers

Kearney, M. & Young, K. (in press). Pre-Service teachers’ perceptions of LAMS as a teaching tool. In ICT: Providing choices for learners and learning. Proceedings of the 24th ASCILITE Conference Singapore, 2-5 December, 2007
Available: http://www.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/

Kearney, M. & Young, K. (in press). An emerging learning design based on analogical reasoning. Proceedings of the 2nd International LAMS
Available: Conference 2007 http://lamsfoundation.org/lams2007/papers.htm

Young, K. 2006. The use of ‘authentic’ Internet-mediated activity to uncover children’s learning experiences.  The Australian Computers in Education Conference, September 2006.  Cairns, Australia.
Available: http://acec2008.info/confpapers/paperdetails.asp?pid=7213&docid=394

Young, K. 2005. Considering the Cognitive and Social Implications of Children’s Internet Use. Cognition and Exploratory Learning in Digital Age, 14-16 Dec 2005,  International Association for Development of the Information Society, Porto, Portugal.

Young, K. 2004. Building a profile of the young Web-based learner.  International Education Research Conference, 28 Nov – 2 Dec 2004.  Australian Association for Research in Education, Melbourne, Australia.

Young, K. 2004. Towards and Integrated Theoretical Approach to Examine Learning Within Web-Based Environments. 16th Annual World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, 21-26 June 2004.  Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Lugano, Switzerland.  (Awarded Paper)

Reports

Aubusson, P., Kearney, M., Prescott, A., Schuck, S & Young, K. (2007). Investigating technology-mediated, project-based learning: case studies of four schools.
Available: http://www.treocom.net/silc/research.html 

Funded Research Projects (past)

Investigating Teachers Authoring their own Learning Designs (Kearney, Prescott, Young (UTS) and Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE)).

Investigating Technology-mediated, Project-based learning: Case studies of four schools (Schuck, Aubusson, Prescott, Kearney, Young (UTS) and Schools Innovative Learning Cooperative (SILC)).

For more information

Visit Kirsty's personal web site at www.kirstyyoung.squarespace.com