Keynote Announcement: ALEA and VATE present Dr Jon Callow

Dr Jon Callow teaches and researches at the University of Sydney, as well as coordinating the Master of Teaching Primary program. He is an experienced primary teacher, academic and literacy educator, having worked in schools, universities and in professional development for teachers in Australia and internationally.  His areas of research include visual and multimodal literacies, digital media, children’s literature, pedagogy, creativity and engagement. His current projects include an international research project in the area of knowledgeable and engaging literacy teaching, as well as research into children’s engagement with and understanding of images in picture books and other multimodal texts.