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Teaching commitmentBiographyPaul began his career as a secondary school teacher. He taught English, History and Drama in outer western suburbs and in the inner city of Sydney. He worked in teacher education at the University of Sydney before moving to the Gippsland Institute of Advanced Education in rural Victoria. He completed his PhD at Monash University for which he was awarded the Mollie Holman university medal. At Monash University Paul has taught both undergraduate and postgraduate courses on English curriculum and literacy education as well as research methods, particularly in the interpretation of research literature. He was an Associate Dean (Teaching) in the Faculty of Education at Monash University until taking up a position as a research fellow (2004-2006) at the University of Michigan with Professor Jacquelynne Eccles and Dr Elizabeth Moje, examining the social and cultural influences on adolescent literacy development in and out of school.
Paul's research interests focus on two areas, both of which have grown out of his professional work: the role of language and literacy in learning in academic contexts and the motivations of beginning teachers. He has a particular interest in the role that writing and other textual practices play in learning in the disciplines in higher education and is investigating the development of interest and the identification individuals have with the different disciplines.
RESEARCH PRIZES Mollie Holman Doctoral Medal for outstanding contribution to research for Ph.D., Monash University, 2000. Dr Colin Roderick Prize for the best M.A. thesis on a topic in Australian Literature, University of Sydney, 1980.
Research InterestsBeginning teachers' career choice and development
Professional socialisation
Literacy studies
Academic literacy
Adolescent identity
Teaching and learning in Higher Education
Qualitative research methods
Complementary research methods
Professional Associations
- American Educational Research Association [AERA]
- European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction [EARLI]
- European Education Research Association [EERA]
- Australian Association for Research in Education [AARE]
- AARE Motivation and Learning Special Interest Group [AARE ML SIG]
- Australian Association for the Teaching of English [AATE]
- Victorian Association for the Teaching of English [VATE]
- Australian Literacy Educators' Association [ALEA]
Community Service
- INVITED RESEARCH SEMINARS
- Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2003, June). Choice of Teaching as a Career: Theoretical development and empirical validation of an investigative motivational framework. Combined Program in Education and Psychology [CPEP], University of Michigan, invited colloquium 8 Oct 03.
- Richardson , P.W. Reading and writing from textbooks in higher education: a case study from economics. Combined Program in Education & Psychology Colloquia, Fall Semester, The University of Michigan , 15 October.
- Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2003, June). 'FIT-Choice' Scale: Development and Validation for Motivational Factors Influencing Teaching Choice. Faculty of Education, Monash University, invited Faculty colloquium 25 June 03.
- Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2002, December). Motivations for choosing teaching as a career: Implications for preservice teacher education.
- University of Waikato, University of Sydney Symposium on Quality Teaching and Learning, Dec 10-12 2002, Hamilton, NZ.
- Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2002, Sept). Teaching as a Career Change: An Exploration of Motives and Influences. Faculty of Education, University of Sydney, invited colloquium for the Cognition and Motivation cluster 17 Sept 02
- Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H. M. G. (2003). Why Teaching? A Mixed Methods Study of Graduate Entrants. University of Western Sydney Research Seminar, 20 March.
- Richardson, P.W. (2001). The art of introspection: Doing your PhD and staying sane. An invitational address to the Annual Conference of the Education Research Community of Students and Staff (ERCSS), Monash University, June.
- Richardson, P.W. (1997). Literacy - Are Schools Doing Enough? Paper presented at The Dynamics of Curriculum Leadership Conference for School Based Curriculum Leaders, Teacher Learning Network, South Melbourne (May 8 & 9).
- Richardson, P.W. (1995). Literacy, cultural practices and learning to read. Invited talk from Catholic Education Office, Melbourne (May 10).
- Richardson, P.W., Hodgen, J. & Farrell, L. (1993). Constructing and Deconstructing Language Policy. Invited staff forum address, Australian Council for Educational Research Limited (July).
SupervisionPH.D. SUPERVISION
Tan, Kok Eng. Writing in English: An Investigation of School and Personal Writing by Malaysian High School Students (Main supervisor - completed 2005)
Surman, L. The Reggio Emilia approach in the early years of schooling. (Main supervisor - completed 2005)
Oyoo, S. Learning Science in Kenya : Teachers talk towards the scientific concepts and students language difficulties in Physics classrooms. (Associate supervisor - completed 2004)
Viete, R. A. Writing in new spaces: Research writing in English and identity for international students. (Joint supervisor - commenced 2002 and continuing)
Setiadi, R. Effective teaching of literacy in a competency-based curriculum in Indonesia . (Joint supervisor - commenced 2002 and continuing)
M.ED. SUPERVISION
M.Ed (TESOL)
Thind, J. S. The Politics of Language. (completed 1998).
M.Ed (Literacy Studies)
Rowe, H. Manga in Contemporary Japan : A Case Study of Tetsu Kariyas Oishinbo (Feast) Book 13, Battle on Whaling. (completed 2004).
Pollock, K. Building Bridges creating safety nets: An evaluation of Bridges. (completed 2002).
Scholz, Patricia Permission to Write. (completed 2000).
Ballis, Christine M. Capturing the Dream of Literacy for All. (completed 1999)
M.Ed (International)
Tobin, A. An investigation of the adaptation experiences of International Students at a New Zealand University. (completed 2002)
Scott, T. Whats your craft? The effective use of trainer teams to implement accredited training in the Australian media environment. (completed 2001)
EditorialEDITORIAL BOARDS OF JOURNALS
Educational Research and Evaluation: International Journal on Theory and Practice (Regional Editor for Australian and New Zealand ) Australian Journal of Language and Literacy English in Australia
PublicationsJOURNAL ARTICLES Tan, K.E. & Richardson, P.W. (in press, to appear 2007) Writing short messages in English: Out-of-school practices of Malaysian High School students. International Journal of Educational Research.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (in press, to appear Spring 2007). Motivational factors influencing teaching as a career choice: Development and validation of the FIT-Choice Scale. Journal of Experimental Education.
*Richardson, P.W. & *Watt, H.M.G. (2006). Who chooses teaching and why?: Profiling characteristics and motivations across three Australian universities. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 34(1). (*Equal first authors)
Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2005). Ive decided to become a teacher: Motives for career change. Teaching and Teacher Education. [pdf available here]
Richardson , P.W. (2004). Reading and writing from introductory textbooks in higher education: A case study from Economics. Studies in Higher Education, 29(4), 505-521. [pdf available here]
Richardson , P.W. (1999). Is it just a matter of telling it like it is? English in Australia, 124(April), 114-120.
Richardson , P.W. (1998). Literacy, learning and teaching. Educational Review, 50(2), 115-134.
Ballis, P.H. & Richardson, P.W. (1997) Roads to Damascus : Conversion Stories and their Implications for Literacy Educators. English in Australia, 119/120, 110-119.
Richardson, P.W. (1997). The new literacy studies and situated cognition. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 20(4), 333-340.
Richardson, P.W. (1997). The battleground of literacy policy. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 20(3), 250-256.
Richardson, P.W. (1997). Beginning reading: Phonemic Awareness and Whole Texts. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 20(1), 82-87.
Richardson, P.W. (1996). Students as Researchers in the Information Age. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(4), 372-376.
Richardson, P.W. (1996). The Culture of Education. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(3), 276-280.
Richardson, P.W. (1996). Researching Literacy: The Role of Ethnography. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(2), 187-192.
Richardson, P.W. (1996). Making Connections: The Brain and Neural Networks. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(1), 90-96.
Richardson, P.W. (1995). Re-awakening to L. S. Vygotsky. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(4), 315-320.
Richardson, P.W. (1995). What Expert Literacy Teachers Know. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(3), 235-240.
Richardson, P.W. (1995). Reading Recovery: Re-reading the Research Findings. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(2), 156-160.
Richardson, P.W. (1995). Human Motives, Cultural Models and Literacy. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(1), 76-80.
Richardson, P.W. (1994). Doing School Literacy at Home. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(4), 333-336.
Richardson, P.W. (1994). Government Policy and the Reshaping of Teachers Work. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(3), 253-256.
Richardson, P.W. (1994). Literacy, Culture and Explicit Teaching. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(2), 172-176.
Richardson, P.W. (1994). New Perspectives on Writing Conferences. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(1), 73-80.
Richardson, P.W. (1991). Language as Personal Resource and as Social Construct: Competing Views of Literacy Pedagogy in Australia . Educational Review, 43(2), 171-190.
Richardson, P.W. (1983). Garnet Walch's Australia Felix: A Reconstruction, Australasian Drama Studies, 1(2), 63-81.
Richardson, P.W. (1982). Harlequin in the Antipodes, Southerly, 2(June), 212-220.
BOOK CHAPTERS Watt, H.M.G., Richardson, P.W. & Tysvaer, N.M. (in press). Profiles of beginning teachers professional engagement and career development aspirations. In A. Berry, A. Clemans, & A. Kostogriz (Eds.), Changing perspectives on professional learning: Professionalism, identities and practice. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. (Equal first authors)
Richardson, P.W., Watt, H.M.G., & Tysvaer, N.M. (in press). What motivates people to change out of business-related careers into teaching? In M. Ozbilgin & A. Malach Pines (Eds.). Career choice in management and entrepreneurship - A research companion. Edward Elgar Press. (Equal first authors)
Richardson, P.W. (2004). Literacy, genre studies and pedagogy. In Wayne Sawyer and Eva Gold (Eds.) Re-viewing English in the 21st Century. Melbourne: Phoenix Education, pp.119-127.
Richardson , P.W. (1998). Literacy, genre studies and pedagogy. In Wayne Sawyer, Ken Watson and Eva Gold (Ed.) Re-viewing English: Revisiting Developments in Secondary English Teaching, 1966-1996. Sydney : St Clair Press.
Freedman, A. & Richardson, P.W. (1998). Literacy and Genre. In Nancy Hornberger and David Corson (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Language and Education. Knowledge about Language, Chapter 17, Volume 6 (David Corson, Ed.). Kluwer Academic Press.
Richardson , P.W. (1995). G.V. Brooke, Morton King and Walter Montgomery In Philip Parsons (General editor) with Victoria Chance, Companion to Theatre in Australia, Currency Press / Cambridge University Press.
Richardson , P.W. (1994). Language as personal resource and as social construct: competing views of literacy pedagogy in Australia . In Aviva Freedman and Peter Medway (Eds.), Genre in Education, NH: Boynton/Cook Heinemann, pp. 117-142.
Richardson , P.W. (1984). Theatrical Treatment of Local Realities 1850 1914. In Harold Love (ed.) The Australian Stage: A Documentary History, New South Wales University Press, pp.67-75.
Richardson, P.W. Drama Entries in Ken Watson & Wayne Sawyer (eds.) English Teaching from A toZ. St Clair Press, Sydney, 1983. Re-edited with Anthony Adams and reissued as English Teaching A to Z, Open University Press, 1988.
Richardson , P.W. (1981). Midnite (by Randolph Stow) in Reading is Response First Supplement edited by Ken Watson, St Clair Press, pp. 29-32.
Richardson , P.W. (1980). Reading In Bob Walsh (Ed.) 101 Questions Primary Teachers Ask. Primary English Teaching Association, Rozelle, N.S.W, pp. 55-57.
Richardson , P.W. (1980). 'Hughie' (by David Martin) in Reading is Response edited by Ken Watson, St Clair Press, pp. 42-46 & 29-32.
TEXTBOOKS
Richardson , P.W., Watson, K & Gill, M. (1998). Snapshots of Planet Earth: An Anthology of International Poetry . Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1998 (with Ken Watson and Margaret Gill).
Richardson, P.W. & Watson, K. (1990). Postcards from Planet Earth:An International Anthology of Poetry, Compiled and edited with notes and teaching notes, Oxford University Press. (Reprinted and remains in print)
Watson, K. & Richardson , P.W. (1981 &1983). Blue Umbrellas, A Poetry Anthology for the Middle and Upper Years of the Secondary School, Cassell Collier Macmillan (later Thomas Nelson - first published 1981, reissued 1983).
REFEREED CONFERENCE PAPERS
(A) International
Watt, H.M.G., Richardson, P.W., & Eccles, J.S. (2005, Sept). Rewards of reading for pleasure: Relationships between voluntary reading and post-secondary educational participation for African American and European American males and females from early adolescence through emerging adulthood. Paper presented at the EERA Biennial Conference, Dublin, September 7-10, 2005.
Richardson, P.W. (2005, August). Career change into teaching: Different motivations for career switchers? Paper presented in Symposium 'Motivations for teaching: Perspectives from Israel, Germany, Australia, USA' (DiscussantJrgen Baumert). Paper presented at the EARLI Biennial Conference, Nicosia Cyprus, August 23-27, 2005.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2004, Sept). Motivations for Becoming a Teacher. Paper presented at the ICM Biennial Conference, Lisbon Portugal, 30 Sept - 2 Oct 2004.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2004, July). Self-concept of teaching ability and values for teaching: Definition, measurement and relative influences on the choice of teaching as a career. Paper presented at the 3rd International Biennial SELF Research Conference, Berlin, 4-7 July 2004.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2004, April). A new model for exploring teaching as a feminized profession. Paper presented at the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, April 23-24, 2004.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2004, April). Why choose to teach? Motivations for entering the profession based on the FIT-Choice Scale. Paper presented in Symposium 'Teacher induction: motivations for commencing, developing and succeeding in the teaching profession' (Discussant Jian Wang). Paper presented at the AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, April 12-16, 2004.
Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2004, April). Graduate entry Into teaching: Motivations and beliefs for career change. Paper presented in Symposium 'Teacher induction: motivations for commencing, developing and succeeding in the teaching profession' (Discussant Jian Wang). Paper presented at the AERA Annual Conference, San Diego, April 12-16, 2004.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2003, September). Teaching as a gendered profession: The application of Expectancy-Value theory to understanding gendered motivations for teaching as a career choice. Paper presented at the EERA Annual Conference, Hamburg, 17-20 September 2003.
Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2003, September). Rethinking research into the choice of teaching as a career: Application of a new theoretical approach. Paper presented at the EERA Annual Conference, Hamburg, 17-20 September 2003.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2003, August). Factors Influencing Teaching Choice: Development and validation of the FIT-Choice Scale. Paper presented at the EARLI 10th Biennial Conference, Padova Italy, August 26-30 2003.
Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2003, August). Teaching as a career change: An exploration of motives and influences. Paper presented at the EARLI 10th Biennial Conference, Padova Italy, August 26-30 2003.
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2003, April). Motivational factors leading to teaching as a career choice: Development and validation of the FIT-Choice scale. AERA Annual Conference, Chicago, April 21-25 2003.
Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2003, April). Career change into teaching: An investigation of influences, motives and aspirations. AERA Annual Conference, Chicago, April 21-25 2003.
Richardson, P.W. Engagement, alienation and literacy activities in specialist discourse communities in undergraduate education. Paper presented to the Language and Social Processes SIG, AERA Annual Meeting (San Diego , April 12-16, 2004 ).
Richardson, P.W. Introductory textbooks and plagiarism in higher education: a case study from Economics. A refereed paper presented at The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans , LA. 1-6 April 2002 . [Division B, Section 3: Curriculum Design, Evaluation, Policy and Reform (general and subject-specific)]
Richardson, P.W. Have you done the reading? The Ground Rules of Introductory Economics. A refereed paper presented at The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, April 1996.
Richardson, P.W. Reconceiving Genre: Genre-based Writing Pedagogy in Australia. A refereed paper presented at The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans , April 1994.
Richardson, P.W. Visual and Linguistic Metaphor: Discourses from Culture and Context Reading Poetry in the Middle and Upper School. South Pacific Reading Association, Auckland , New Zealand , January 1991.
(B) National
Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (2004, Dec). Development and application of a new theoretical framework to assess motivations for entering the teaching profession across three universities. AARE Annual Conference Papers [Paper ID WAT04301], Melbourne, 28 Nov - 2 Dec 2004. ISSN 13249339.
Richardson, P. & Watt, H.M.G. (2002, Dec). A survey investigation of influences and choices in attracting graduates into teaching. AARE Annual Conference Papers [Paper ID RIC02556], Brisbane, Dec 1-5.
Richardson, P.W. Reading and writing from textbooks in higher education: the danger of other peoples words. An invited paper presented at the Teaching Resources and Textbook Research Unit Conference on Textbook Research (University of Sydney, Sydney, 16-20 September, 2002)
Richardson, P.W. Consorting with specialist discourse communities: Writing and identity in undergraduate science and sociology. Paper presented at the annual AARE Conference (Brisbane, 1-5 December 2002).
Richardson, P.W., Doecke, B., Elrick, K and Ingvarson, L. Lesson Planning: An Induction into a Community of Practice. Paper presented at The Australian Association for Research in Education (Fremantle, W.A., 2-6 December, 2001)
Richardson, P.W. Reading and writing from textbooks in higher education: the danger of other peoples words. Paper presented at The Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (Fremantle, W.A., 2-6 December 2001)
Richardson, P.W. and Gough, J. Becoming a mature-aged teacher: Career change into teaching. Paper presented at The Australian Association for Research in Education Conference (Fremantle, W.A., 2-6 December, 2001).
Richardson, P.W., John Hodgens and Lesley Farrell. Constructing and Deconstructing Language Policy. AARE/NZARE Joint Conference (Deakin University, Geelong, 1992).
Richardson, P.W. A Closer Look at Writing Conferences: Studies of Teachers Responding to Student Written Texts. Victorian State Conference, Australian Reading Association (Monash University College Gippsland, October 1990).
Richardson, P. W. and Ken Watson. Expanding the Choice of Text in the Senior School. Annual National Conference of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (Canberra, September 1990).
Richardson, P. W. and Len Cairns A Writing Pedagogy Dialogue. NSW Australian Reading Association Conference (University of Wollongong, January, 1990).
Richardson, P. W. Writing in the First and Second Year of School. Annual conference of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (Melbourne University, August 1987).
Richardson, P. W. Oral Rehearsals for the Transfer to Literacy in the First Year of School. Paper presented at the annual conference of the National Council for the Teaching of English (Los Angeles, November 1987).
Richardson, P. W., Parer, M., Regan, L and Stead, K. Teacher Training by Distance Education. Paper presented at the South Pacific and Australian Teacher Education Conference (Canberra, July 1984).
Richardson, P.W. Garnet Walch's Australian Felix: A Reconstruction. Fourth Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference, Riverina College of Advanced Education (Wagga Wagga, 21-25 August 1982).
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