B(Ed) (Special Ed)(Hons, Class 1) Natalie Thompson is a lecturer in education who specialises in literacy studies, subject English, inclusive education and post-structural philosophies, specifically post-qualitative inquiry and critical posthumanism. Natalie’s teaching and research is positioned within critical theories of education, particularly in relation to literacies, disability, inclusion and teacher education. She is interested in promoting dialogue around education as a public good, the purpose of education and the relationship between pedagogy, democracy and politics. Natalie is interested in supervising honours, masters and PhD projects and welcomes any inquiries about these. Natalie is currently the co-editor of the professional teacher journal, Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years and is an active member of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association. Natalie is currently the literacy and English curriculum discipline lead within the School of Education and teaches a range of subjects within the Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary), Bachelor of Education (K - 12), Bachelor of Education (Primary), Bachelor/Master of Teaching and Master of Education programs, in the areas of: In 2024-2025, Natalie designed a suite of disability-affirming and disability-informed short-courses for anyone interested in progressing inclusive education. For more information, visit https://study.csu.edu.au/micros-teaching Natalie's doctoral research, which she completed in 2023, was titled Talking to Children about Literacies In and Out of School in the 21st Century. This thesis was post-qualitative in nature and drew on sociomaterial and affective understandings of literacy to explore 8–9-year-old children’s changing literate lives. It revealed contrasts between school-based, teacher-led tasks and diverse, self-directed digital literacies outside school. While children used technologies daily and creatively, they lacked critical skills like understanding algorithms which meant that they were particularly susceptible to misinformation and opportunistic capitalism.The study highlights the urgent need for broader understandings of literacy as a process of making meaning-with different technologies, and was awarded the 2024 ALEA Doctoral Thesis Award. Natalie is now working on a number of post-doctoral research projects in the areas of:
Teaching and Research Staff
Dr Natalie Thompson
Lecturer in Education
Albury / Wodonga
Building 763, Room 134