Thi Kim Anh Dang
Biographic Data
| ID | 768119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thi Kim Anh Dang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thi Kim Anh |
| FAMILY NAME | Dang |
| SIGNATURE | DANG T K A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9006-1477 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Teachers’ workplace interaction in English as a lingua franca, awareness of Global Englishes, and professional identities
Despite a growing body of research on teachers’ awareness of Global Englishes (GE), little empirical evidence addresses how teachers’ workplace interactions in English as a lingua franca (ELF) promote the development of GE awareness and professional identities. Adopting a Vygotskian perspective combined with globalization theory, this study investigated the interplay between authentic ELF interactions teachers experienced in workplace settings, G…
Teachers’ transformative agency in English-medium instruction in higher education in Vietnam
Higher education worldwide has witnessed a rapid growth of English-as-amedium-of-instruction (EMI) courses.Research reported complex challenges teachers encounter in transitioning from using L1 as a medium-of-instruction to EMI and acknowledged the importance of teachers' agency and perceptions.However, little is known about how teachers exercise agency to act on demands of EMI teaching and the role their perceptions play in this process.Within E…
Professional learning for educators teaching in English-medium-instruction in higher education
Educators’ agency in implementing English-medium-instruction in Chinese higher education
The internationalisation of higher education (HE) worldwide has led to an expansion of courses using English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) in non-native-English-speaking countries. Research has identified complex challenges facing EMI educators in implementing EMI policies and suggested separately the significant roles educators' agency and perceptions of EMI play on their EMI practice. However, little is known about how individual educators e…
How academics manage individual differences to team teach in higher education
Ideology-In-Activity
Teachers’ English language ideologies play a crucial role in English language education reforms. It is important to understand how their ideologies evolve outside and inside the classroom. This paper explores how micro-level factors shape teachers’ English-only ideology, encompassing both their beliefs and their associated pedagogical practices. Adopting a Vygotskian sociocultural theory and activity theory perspective, this case-study research f…
Exploring teachers’ relational agency in content–language teacher collaboration in secondary science education in Australia
Lost in translation? Polycentricity and the mutation of concepts across fields
This paper explores the emergence of the term ‘polycentricity’ in education policy research and compares its use in education to its historical use in its ‘parent fields’ of political science and economics. We focus on the leading role of Stephen Ball and colleagues in popularising the term in education, inspiring other education scholars to harness the term to examine contemporary governance arrangements. Our primary argument is that in broad de…
English-medium instruction in the Australian higher education
The literature on English-medium instruction (EMI) has predominantly focused on contexts where English is not the first language. Little is known about EMI in traditional English-speaking (Anglophone) contexts like Australia, where English is the first language. The highly internationalised Australian higher education has witnessed a growing cohort of foreign-born students and academics, many from non-native English-speaking backgrounds (NESB). W…
Exploring contextual factors shaping teacher collaborative learning in a paired-placement
Improving the participation and engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in business education
Most Australian universities have among their goals to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at their institutions. In the Australian higher education context, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are seriously under-represented, particularly in business education compared to other disciplines. An understanding of why a larger proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students do not choose to s…
The impacts of globalisation on EFL teacher education through English as a medium of instruction
Recent research on language planning and policy highlights the effects of globalisation in spreading the English language as a medium of instruction (EMI) in non-native English speaking (NNES) countries. This trend has encouraged many universities in NNES countries to offer EMI education programmes with the objective of developing national human capital with proficiency in English. One such country is Vietnam, where the Ministry of Education and …
Global learning through the lens of Vygotskian sociocultural theory
Vygotsky saw mental and cultural development as ‘mediated’ by artefacts, including tools and signs. He used his ‘genetic method’ to investigate higher cognitive processes in historical context. These insights are foundational to sociocultural theory, which is widely used in education research. However, since Vygotsky, communicative globalization has changed the conditions of theorization, research, policy and practice. Global convergence is chara…
Identity in activity
Identity in activity
The impacts of globalisation on EFL teacher education through English as a medium of instruction
Recent research on language planning and policy highlights the effects of globalisation in spreading the English language as a medium of instruction (EMI) in non-native English speaking (NNES) countries. This trend has encouraged many universities in NNES countries to offer EMI education programmes with the objective of developing national human capital with proficiency in English. One such country is Vietnam, where the Ministry of Education and …
Global learning through the lens of Vygotskian sociocultural theory
Vygotsky saw mental and cultural development as ‘mediated’ by artefacts, including tools and signs. He used his ‘genetic method’ to investigate higher cognitive processes in historical context. These insights are foundational to sociocultural theory, which is widely used in education research. However, since Vygotsky, communicative globalization has changed the conditions of theorization, research, policy and practice. Global convergence is chara…
Teachers’ transformative agency in English-medium instruction in higher education in Vietnam
Higher education worldwide has witnessed a rapid growth of English-as-amedium-of-instruction (EMI) courses.Research reported complex challenges teachers encounter in transitioning from using L1 as a medium-of-instruction to EMI and acknowledged the importance of teachers' agency and perceptions.However, little is known about how teachers exercise agency to act on demands of EMI teaching and the role their perceptions play in this process.Within E…
English-medium instruction in the Australian higher education
The literature on English-medium instruction (EMI) has predominantly focused on contexts where English is not the first language. Little is known about EMI in traditional English-speaking (Anglophone) contexts like Australia, where English is the first language. The highly internationalised Australian higher education has witnessed a growing cohort of foreign-born students and academics, many from non-native English-speaking backgrounds (NESB). W…
Improving the participation and engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in business education
Most Australian universities have among their goals to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at their institutions. In the Australian higher education context, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are seriously under-represented, particularly in business education compared to other disciplines. An understanding of why a larger proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students do not choose to s…
Educators’ agency in implementing English-medium-instruction in Chinese higher education
The internationalisation of higher education (HE) worldwide has led to an expansion of courses using English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) in non-native-English-speaking countries. Research has identified complex challenges facing EMI educators in implementing EMI policies and suggested separately the significant roles educators' agency and perceptions of EMI play on their EMI practice. However, little is known about how individual educators e…
Ideology-In-Activity
Teachers’ English language ideologies play a crucial role in English language education reforms. It is important to understand how their ideologies evolve outside and inside the classroom. This paper explores how micro-level factors shape teachers’ English-only ideology, encompassing both their beliefs and their associated pedagogical practices. Adopting a Vygotskian sociocultural theory and activity theory perspective, this case-study research f…
Exploring contextual factors shaping teacher collaborative learning in a paired-placement
Global learning through the lens of Vygotskian sociocultural theory
Vygotsky saw mental and cultural development as ‘mediated’ by artefacts, including tools and signs. He used his ‘genetic method’ to investigate higher cognitive processes in historical context. These insights are foundational to sociocultural theory, which is widely used in education research. However, since Vygotsky, communicative globalization has changed the conditions of theorization, research, policy and practice. Global convergence is chara…
Identity in activity
The impacts of globalisation on EFL teacher education through English as a medium of instruction
Recent research on language planning and policy highlights the effects of globalisation in spreading the English language as a medium of instruction (EMI) in non-native English speaking (NNES) countries. This trend has encouraged many universities in NNES countries to offer EMI education programmes with the objective of developing national human capital with proficiency in English. One such country is Vietnam, where the Ministry of Education and …
Improving the participation and engagement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in business education
Most Australian universities have among their goals to increase the number of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students at their institutions. In the Australian higher education context, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students are seriously under-represented, particularly in business education compared to other disciplines. An understanding of why a larger proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students do not choose to s…
Exploring contextual factors shaping teacher collaborative learning in a paired-placement
English-medium instruction in the Australian higher education
The literature on English-medium instruction (EMI) has predominantly focused on contexts where English is not the first language. Little is known about EMI in traditional English-speaking (Anglophone) contexts like Australia, where English is the first language. The highly internationalised Australian higher education has witnessed a growing cohort of foreign-born students and academics, many from non-native English-speaking backgrounds (NESB). W…
Exploring teachers’ relational agency in content–language teacher collaboration in secondary science education in Australia
Lost in translation? Polycentricity and the mutation of concepts across fields
This paper explores the emergence of the term ‘polycentricity’ in education policy research and compares its use in education to its historical use in its ‘parent fields’ of political science and economics. We focus on the leading role of Stephen Ball and colleagues in popularising the term in education, inspiring other education scholars to harness the term to examine contemporary governance arrangements. Our primary argument is that in broad de…
How academics manage individual differences to team teach in higher education
Ideology-In-Activity
Teachers’ English language ideologies play a crucial role in English language education reforms. It is important to understand how their ideologies evolve outside and inside the classroom. This paper explores how micro-level factors shape teachers’ English-only ideology, encompassing both their beliefs and their associated pedagogical practices. Adopting a Vygotskian sociocultural theory and activity theory perspective, this case-study research f…
Professional learning for educators teaching in English-medium-instruction in higher education
Educators’ agency in implementing English-medium-instruction in Chinese higher education
The internationalisation of higher education (HE) worldwide has led to an expansion of courses using English-as-a-medium-of-instruction (EMI) in non-native-English-speaking countries. Research has identified complex challenges facing EMI educators in implementing EMI policies and suggested separately the significant roles educators' agency and perceptions of EMI play on their EMI practice. However, little is known about how individual educators e…
Teachers’ transformative agency in English-medium instruction in higher education in Vietnam
Higher education worldwide has witnessed a rapid growth of English-as-amedium-of-instruction (EMI) courses.Research reported complex challenges teachers encounter in transitioning from using L1 as a medium-of-instruction to EMI and acknowledged the importance of teachers' agency and perceptions.However, little is known about how teachers exercise agency to act on demands of EMI teaching and the role their perceptions play in this process.Within E…
Teachers’ workplace interaction in English as a lingua franca, awareness of Global Englishes, and professional identities
Despite a growing body of research on teachers’ awareness of Global Englishes (GE), little empirical evidence addresses how teachers’ workplace interactions in English as a lingua franca (ELF) promote the development of GE awareness and professional identities. Adopting a Vygotskian perspective combined with globalization theory, this study investigated the interplay between authentic ELF interactions teachers experienced in workplace settings, G…
Pedagogy (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Political science (7 works) · Second Language Learning and Teaching (7 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (6 works) · Social science (6 works) · Mathematics education (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Context (archaeology (4 works) · Higher education (4 works)