School:

St Arnaud Secondary College

Extra Subject Information:

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Position Held at School:

Senior VCE Teacher, VCE Author and VCE Assessor

VCE Subject(s) Teaching:

English, English Language, Literature

Qualifications:

Doctor of Philosophy
Bachelor of Teaching (Honours - English & Literacy / SOSE Education (Secondary))
Bachelor of Arts (Honours - English Language & Literature Studies)
Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessing

Role at TSSM:

Calvin has been a member of the TSSM team since 2021.

Calvin is an enthusiastic Literature, English and English Language teacher who has seen many of his students excel and produce exceptional results in their subjects.

Calvin has a unique skill set as a secondary teacher, having completed two honours degrees and one PhD all in Literature and Education. This has given Calvin a deeper understanding of the VCE curriculum, more so than most teachers and certainly a deeper understanding of the English language in general.

Along with his passion for the English language, Calvin's students always benefit from his real world experience as a Copyrighter prior to becoming a teacher. With this experience, Calvin is able to bring some outside perspectives into the classroom.

Calvin also has a special interest in developing excellent VCE resources through TSSM, which are used by thousands of teachers and students alike.

Teaching Philosophy:

Education is the key to individual growth and empowerment. The experience of learning is something continuous and life-long, so Calvin seeks to inspire his students to become curious about their world.

Learning should start from the student's point of knowledge and seek to build and broaden their capabilities. Technological advancements provide a useful tool for empowering learning, but it is between people and in the wetware inside all of our heads, where real learning occurs.

Publications:

Taylor, C. (2014). Mobiles, movement and meaning-making: a model of mobile literacy. In X. Xu (Ed.). Interdisciplinary Mobile Media and Communications: Social, Political and Economic Implications. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global (pp.1-25). Taylor, C. (2009). Pre-paid literacy: negotiating the cost of adolescent mobile technology use. English in Australia, 44(2), 26-34.
Taylor, C. (2009). Choice, Coverage and Cost in the Countryside: a topology of adolescent rural mobile technology use. Education in Rural Australia, 19(1), 53-64.
Forgasz, H., Leder, G. & Taylor, C. (2007). Research versus the media: Mixed or single-gender settings? AARE Conference Proceedings: AARE Website. Retrieved on 28 April 2009 from: http://www.aare.edu.au/07pap/for07148.pdf
Taylor, C. (2007). Hunting mobile literacies: listening to the experiences of students. In A. Norman & J. Pearce (Eds.), mlearn Melbourne 2007: making the connections – Conference Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mobile Learning (pp. 259-265). Parkville, Vic: University of Melbourne. Retrieved on the 5th September 2009 from: http://admin.edna.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2150/41712/1/Hunting+Mobile+Literacies.pdf

Interests:

Painting/Drawing
Reading
Movies
Bushwalking
Farming
Pets
Gardening
Home Improvement