Dr Wendy Cumming-Potvin specialises in a socio-cultural and critical approach to researching teaching and learning, with a particular emphasis on scaffolding and multiliteracies. She has a strong interest in investigating the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in school communities. Currently, she is heading a Murdoch Research Excellence Grant Project designed to enhance literacy learning via the integration of ICT into a classroom through an action research model involving students, parents and teachers. Through her teaching, Wendy uses WebCT to create additional on-line support materials for more than 300 Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma students in Murdoch University's Initial Teacher Training Program. Overseas and in Australia, Wendy has conducted a number of research projects involving learning and development in educational communities. Her work has focused on the application of qualitative methods, involving the analysis of interviews, focus groups and video sequences. Wendy is also currently co-supervising research relating to intercultural interaction in tertiary settings.

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