Researcher

Fields of Research (FoR)

Teacher education and professional development of educators, Educational technology and computing, LOTE, ESL and TESOL curriculum and pedagogy, Higher education

Biography

Dr Luan Nguyen is a casual academic in the School of Education and a registered teacher in New South Wales, specialising in instructional design, teacher education and development of educators, and educational technology. His teaching and research interests include initial teacher education, literary and numeracy, sociology and philosophy of education, and TESOL/EAL. His publications include peer-reviewed journal articles and handbook/edited...view more

Dr Luan Nguyen is a casual academic in the School of Education and a registered teacher in New South Wales, specialising in instructional design, teacher education and development of educators, and educational technology. His teaching and research interests include initial teacher education, literary and numeracy, sociology and philosophy of education, and TESOL/EAL. His publications include peer-reviewed journal articles and handbook/edited book chapters. His engagement with research allows him to incorporate his research interests into his teaching practice passion, creating an engaging, inclusive, and challenging learning environment. His work contributes to Sustainable Development Goal of Equity Education in alignment with 17 United Nations SDGs. He is an active member of Teacher Education and Development Research Group co-led by Associate Professor Hoa Nguyen.


My Grants

Funded projects

- Landscape review of Online ELT at publics schools in Vietnam 2023


My Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Education, The University of Newcastle, Australia

Graduate Certificate in Education (Innovative Learning Design), Queensland University of Technology


My Awards

2023 U.S Embassy RELO Vietnam grant for attending TESOL Convention 2023, Portland, Oregon, USA

2018 The Award for International Participation at TESOL

2018-2017 HDR success! EDResearch, School of Education, The University of Newcastle

2017 “Honorable Mention” Distinction of TIRF Doctoral Dissertation Grant (DDG)


My Research Activities

Current projects

Students’ continuance intention towards online education programs


My Engagement

Services

- Editorial team member of Vietnam Association of English Language Teaching and Research.

- Chair of 2022-2025 Awards Professional Council, TESOL International Association.

- Peer mentor of Peer Mentoring Program at The University of Newcastle.

- Reviewer of The Journal of Teaching English with Technology, MEXTESOL Journal, Journal of Distance Education

Memberships

- Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE) since 2024

- JALT, Japan since 2023

- American Educational Research Association since 2019

- TESOL International Association since 2017

- Vietnam Association of English Language Teaching and Research since 2015


My Teaching

Instructor/Tutor/Marker

EDST5888 Capstone Professional Inquiry Project

EDST5441 Advanced TESOL Curriculum Design and Assessment

EDST5440 Advanced TESOL Method

EDST5325 TESOL Professional Practice

EDST5150 Teacher Language Awareness

EDST5131 Oral Communication Across the Curriculum

EDST2003 Learning and Teaching: Language, Literacy and Numeracy

EDST1104 Social Perspectives in Education

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