Associate Professor David Cole

Associate Professor in Secondary Literacy with ESL/English Curriculum & Pedagogy, 7-12,
Secondary Education

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Biography

David R Cole is currently the strand leader of the globalisation research in the Centre for Educational Research (CER).

He is Associate Professor in Literacies, English and ESL. Before becoming a university lecturer in 2004, David was an international English teacher for eleven years, working in Egypt, Colombia and the UK. Since 2004, he has held teacher education positions at the University of Tasmania and the University of Technology, Sydney. In that time he has directed Bachelor of Teaching courses, been responsible for the Honours course, led doctoral writing groups and initiated distance learning programs.

David is an expert in mixed methods educational research and the philosophy of education. He has been working on how to change educational practice through the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari since the 1990s in the UK.

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Qualifications

PhDEd University of Warwick (UK)

Professional Memberships

Philosophy of Education Society of Australasia (PESA) (2005 - 2018)

Organisational Unit (School / Division)

Secondary Education

Contact

Email:	David.Cole@westernsydney.edu.au
Phone:	(02) 47360 154 (02) 47360 154
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Location:	J.G.16 Penrith (Kingswood)J.G.16 Penrith (Kingswood)

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Publications

Books

Bradley, J. and Cole, D. (2023), 'Deleuze, Guattari, and Global Ecologies of Language Learning', : Peter Lang Publishing 9781433191640.
Cole, D. (2022), 'Education, the Anthropocene, and Deleuze/Guattari', : Brill 9789004505964.
Cole, D. and Bradley, J. (2018), 'Principles of Transversality in Globalization and Education', : Springer 9789811305825.
Cole, D. and Bradley, J. (2016), 'A Pedagogy of Cinema', : Sense 9789463005548.
Cole, D. and Woodrow, C. (2016), 'Super Dimensions in Globalisation and Education', : Springer 9789811003103.
Cole, D. (2014), 'Capitalised Education: An Immanent Materialist Account of Kate Middleton', : Zero Books 9781782790365.
Cole, D. (2013), 'Traffic Jams : Analysing Everyday Life throught the Immanent Materialism of Deleuze & Guattari', : punctum books 9780615767000.
Cole, D. (2012), 'Surviving Economic Crises through Education', : Peter Lang 9781433114786.
Masney, D. and Cole, D. (2012), 'Mapping Multiple Literacies: an Introduction to Deleuzian Literacy Studies', : Continuum International Publishing Group 9781441149206.
Cole, D. (2011), 'Educational Life-forms: Deleuzian Teaching and Learning Practice', : Sense Publishers 9789460916106.
Pullen, D. and Cole, D. (2010), 'Multiliteracies and Technology Enhanced Education: Social Practice and the Global Classroom', : IGI Global 9781605666730.
Cole, D. and Pullen, D. (2010), 'Multiliteracies in Motion: Current Theory and Practice', : Routledge 9780415801577.
Masny, D. and Cole, D. (2009), 'Multiple Literacies Theory: A Deleuzian Perspective', : Sense Publishers 9789087909093.

Chapters in Books

Cole, D. (2023), 'Unwriting for the Anthropocene : looking at the disaster from the inside', New Perspectives on Academic Writing: The Thing that Wouldn't Die, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350231535.
Cole, D. (2023), 'No media ...', Deleuze, Guattari and the Schizoanalysis of Postmedia, Bloomsbury Academic 9781350180505.
Cole, D. and Baghi, Y. (2023), 'Housing', Handbook of the Anthropocene: Humans between Heritage and Future, Springer 9783031259098.
Cole, D. (2021), 'A new science of contemporary educational theory, practice and research', Navigating the Postqualitative, New Materialist and Critical Posthumanist Terrain Across Disciplines: An Introductory Guide, Routledge 9780367484705.
Cole, D. (2020), 'Learning to think in the Anthropocene : what can Deleuze-Guattari teach us?', Global Perspectives on Eco-Aesthetic and Eco-Ethics: A Green Critique, Lexington Books 9781498598224.
Cole, D. (2018), 'Educational non-philosophy', Educational Philosophy and New French Thought, Routledge 9781138080669.
Naughton, C. and Cole, D. (2018), 'Philosophy and pedagogy in arts education ', Art, Artists and Pedagogy: Philosophy and the Arts in Education, Routledge 9781138500518.
Cole, D. (2018), 'Dicing the meat : Bacon in the middle of an arts-based sandwich', Art, Artists and Pedagogy: Philosophy and the Arts in Education, Routledge 9781138500518.
Cole, D. and Somerville, M. (2018), 'Thinking school curriculum through Country with Deleuze and Whitehead : a process-based synthesis', Art, Artists and Pedagogy: Philosophy and the Arts in Education, Routledge 9781138500518.
Bradley, J. and Cole, D. (2018), 'Afterword : Zhibo, existential territory, inter-media-mundia ', Principles of Transversality in Globalization and Education, Springer 9789811305825.
Cole, D. and Bradley, J. (2018), 'Principles of transversality in globalization and education', Principles of Transversality in Globalization and Education, Springer 9789811305825.
Cole, D. and Mirzaei Rafe, M. (2018), 'Transversality, constraint and desire in Australian and Iranian classrooms', Principles of Transversality in Globalization and Education, Springer 9789811305825.
Cole, D. (2018), 'Learning to fear the monstrous : Klossowski and The Immortal Adolescent', Writing with Deleuze in the Academy: Creating Monsters, Springer 9789811320644.
Cole, D. (2017), 'Unmaking the work of pedagogy through Deleuze and Guattari', Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory, Springer 9789812875891.
Cole, D. (2017), 'Deleuze studies in education ', Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, Oxford University Press 9780190264093.
Cole, D. (2016), 'Unearthing the forces of globalisation in educational research through Guattari's cartographic method', Super Dimensions in Globalisation and Education, Springer 9789811003103.
Cole, D. and Woodrow, C. (2016), 'Super dimensions in globalisation and education', Super Dimensions in Globalisation and Education, Springer 9789811003103.
Cole, D. (2015), 'Finance-subjectivity : thinking through the consequences of the Global Financial Crisis in education', The Global Financial Crisis and Educational Restructuring, Peter Lang 9781433125409.
Cole, D. (2015), 'Deleuze and learning', The SAGE Handbook of Learning, SAGE 9781446287569.
Zhao, D. and Cole, D. (2015), 'Teaching Chinese language and culture to Australian high school beginners through intercultural language teaching ', Linguistics and Language Education in New Horizons: The Link Between Theory, Research and Pedagogy, Nova Science Publishers 9781634828000.
Cole, D. (2014), 'Inter-collapse ... : educational nomadology for a future generation', Deleuze and Guattari, Politics and Education: For a People-Yet-to-Come, Bloomsbury Academic 9781441166166.
Cole, D. (2014), 'Latino families becoming-literate in Australia : Deleuze, literacy and the politics of immigration', Education and the Politics of Becoming, Routledge 9780415741194.
Cole, D. (2013), 'Lost in data space : using nomadic analysis to perform social science', Deleuze and Research Methodologies, Edinburgh University Press 9780748644100.
Cole, D. (2013), 'Affective literacies : Deleuze, discipline and power', Deloeuze and Education, Edinburgh University Press 9780748643028.
Cole, D. (2013), 'Deleuze and the subversion(s) of 'the real' : pragmatics in education ', Cartographies of Becoming in Education : A Deleuze-Guattari Perspective, Sense 9789462091689.
Cole, D. (2012), 'Doing work as a reflection of the other : notes on the educational materialism of Deleuze & Guattari', Surviving Economic Crises through Education, Peter Lang 9781433114786.
Cole, D. (2012), 'Introduction to Surviving economic crises through education', Surviving Economic Crises through Education, Peter Lang 9781433114786.
Cole, D. (2012), 'The actions of affect in Deleuze : others using language and the language that we make ...', The Power In/Of Language, Wiley-Blackwell 9781444367010.
Cole, D. and Moyle, V. (2010), 'Cam-capture Literacy and Its Incorporation into Multiliteracies', Multiliteracies and Technology Enhanced Education: Social Practice and the Global Classroom, IGI Global 9781605666730.
Cole, D. and Pullen, D. (2010), 'Introduction to multiliteracies in motion: Current theory and practice', Multiliteracies in Motion: Current Theory and Practice, Routledge 9780415801577.
Cole, D. and Pullen, D. (2010), 'Multiliteracies and the agency involved with computer operations in education', Multiliteracies in Motion: Current Theory and Practice, Routledge 9780415801577.
Cole, D. (2010), 'Multiliteracies and the politics of desire', Multiliteracies in Motion: Current Theory and Practice, Routledge 9780415801577.
Masny, D. and Cole, D. (2009), 'Introduction to Multiple Literacies Theory: A Deleuzian Perspective', Multiple Literacies Theory: A Deleuzian Perspective, Sense Publishers 9789087909093.
Cole, D. (2009), 'MLT as a Minor Poststructuralism of Education', Multiple Literacies Theory: A Deleuzian Perspective, Sense Publishers 9789087909093.
Cole, D. (2009), 'Indexing the Multiple: An Autobiographic Account of Education through the lens of Deleuze and Guattari', Multiple Literacies Theory: A Deleuzian Perspective, Sense Publishers 9789087909093.
Cole, D. (2009), 'Deleuzian Affective Literacy for Teaching Literature: A Literary Approach to Multiple Literacies Theory', Multiple Literacies Theory: A Deleuzian Perspective, Sense Publishers 9789087909093.
Cole, D. (2008), 'Deleuze and the Narrative forms of Educational Otherness', Nomadic education: Variations on a theme by Deleuze and Guattari, Sense Publishers 9789087904111.
Cole, D. (2008), 'Technological and affective literacies', Perspectives on Multiple Literacies: International Conversations, Detselig Ent 9781550593624.

Journal Articles

Cole, D. and Baghi, Y. (2024), 'Housing in the capitalocene : environmental education and sustainable living', Journal of Environmental Education, vol 55, no 1 , pp 13 - 25.
Cole, D. (2024), 'The praxis and imaginary of environmental and sustainability education in the capitalocene', Journal of Environmental Education, vol 55, no 1 , pp 1 - 12.
Cole, D. (2024), '[In Press] Patchwork vectors for the Anthropocene : the role of creative ecologies', Qualitative Inquiry, .
Cole, D. (2023), 'Rebooting the end of the world : teaching ecosophy through cinema', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 55, no 10 , pp 1170 - 1180.
Cole, D. and Baghi, Y. (2023), 'Fitting the human body into 3D printed houses : a requiem to the Phallocene', International Journal of Body, Nature and Culture, vol 2, no 1 , pp 15 - 34.
Cole, D. and Somerville, M. (2022), 'The affect(s) of literacy learning in the mud', Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, vol 43, no 2 , pp 188 - 204.
Cole, D. (2022), 'Caught between the air and earth : a schizoanalytic critique of the role of the education in the development of a new airport', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 54, no 4 , pp 422 - 433.
Cole, D. and Moustakim, M. (2022), 'The flash of a van : a cartography of a mobile educational initiative in the Claymore district of Sydney', European Educational Research Journal, vol 21, no 6 , pp 900 - 921.
Cole, D. and Baghi, Y. (2022), 'When two worlds collide : creatively reassessing the concept of a house beyond the human', Qualitative Inquiry, vol 28, no 5 , pp 531 - 540.
Cole, D. (2022), '[In Press] Anti-Oedipus in the Anthropocene : education and the deterritorializing machine', Educational Philosophy and Theory, .
Cole, D., Bradley, J. and Lee, A. (2021), 'A pedagogy of the Parasite', Studies in Philosophy and Education, vol 40, no 5 , pp 477 - 491.
Cole, D. and Moustakim, M. (2021), 'Caught in the fish traps : an immanent analysis between Programming the Future (PtF) and Aboriginal youth', Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, vol 24, no 1-2 , pp 54 - 71.
Cole, D., Parada, R., Gray, T. and Curry, C. (2020), 'Learning attribution in the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award (DoEIA)', Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, vol 20, no 1 , pp 49 - 67.
Cole, D. (2019), 'Nowhere : Erewhon', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 51, no 3 , pp 255 - 264.
Cole, D. (2019), 'Analysing the matter flows in schools using Deleuze's method', Studies in Philosophy and Education, vol 38, no 3 , pp 229 - 240.
Cole, D. (2019), 'The designation of a Deleuzian philosophy for environmental education and its consequences...', Australian Journal of Environmental Education, .
Cole, D. and Malone, K. (2019), 'Environmental education and philosophy in the Anthropocene', Australian Journal of Environmental Education, vol 35, no 3 , pp 157 - 162.
Cole, D. (2018), 'Individuation, vitalism and space in the overseas study tour', Higher Education Research and Development, vol 37, no 2 , pp 241 - 253.
Cole, D. and Mirzaei Rafe, M. (2018), 'An analysis of the reality of authoritarianism in pedagogy : a critique based on the work of Deleuze, Guattari and Bhaskar', Espacio, Tiempo y Educacion, vol 5, no 1 , pp 41 - 56.
Cole, D. and Mirzaei Rafe, M. (2018), 'Positioning Whitehead as a means to enhance social justice in education', Interchange, vol 49, no 3 , pp 377 - 391.
Bradley, J., Cabell, C., Cole, D., Kennedy, D. and Poje, J. (2018), 'From which point do we begin? : on combining the multiliteral and multiperspectival', STEM Journal, vol 19, no 2 , pp 65 - 93.
Sellar, S. and Cole, D. (2017), 'Accelerationism : a timely provocation for the critical sociology of education', British Journal of Sociology of Education, vol 38, no 1 , pp 38 - 48.
Bradley, J., Hunt, J. and Cole, D. (2017), 'CLIL-multiliteracies-multiple literacies theory : on the passage from active viewing to active filmmaking', STEM Journal, vol 18, no 2 , pp 179 - 202.
Cole, D. and Mirzaei Rafe, M. (2017), 'Conceptual ecologies for educational research through Deleuze, Guattari and Whitehead', International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol 30, no 9 , pp 849 - 862.
Cole, D. and Gannon, S. (2017), 'Teacher-education-desiring-machines', Issues in Teacher Education, vol 26, no 3 , pp 78 - 95.
Cole, D., Dolphijn, R. and Bradley, J. (2016), 'Fukushima : the geo-trauma of a futural wave', Trans-Humanities, vol 9, no 3 , pp 211 - 233.
Cole, D. and Bradley, J. (2015), 'Educational philosophy and "New French Thought"', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 47, no 10 , pp 1006 - 1008.
Cole, D. (2015), 'Educational non-philosophy', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 47, no 10 , pp 1009 - 1022.
Cole, D., Ullman, J., Gannon, S. and Rooney, P. (2015), 'Critical thinking skills in the International Baccalaureate's "Theory of Knowledge" subject : findings from an Australian study', Australian Journal of Education, vol 59, no 3 , pp 247 - 264.
Cole, D. and Bradley, J. (2014), 'Japanese English learners on the edge of 'chaosmos' : Felix Guattari and 'becoming-otaku'', Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, vol 13, no 1 , pp 83 - 95.
Cole, D. and Woodrow, C. (2014), 'Introduction to 'globalisation : now'', Knowledge Cultures: A Multidisciplinary Journal, vol 2, no 4 , pp 11 - 21.
Cole, D. and Bradley, J. (2014), 'On conjuring the pea-and-thimble trick', Journal of Engaged Pedagogy, vol 13, no 1 , pp 1 - 9.
Cole, D. (2014), ''Cthulhuic literacy' : teaching secondary English with a dose of Lovecraft', English in Australia, vol 49, no 1 , pp 72 - 80.
Cole, D. (2014), 'Strange assemblage', Portal: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies, vol 11, no 2 .
Cole, D. (2013), 'Deleuze and narrative investigation : the multiple literacies of Sudanese families in Australia', Literacy, vol 47, no 1 , pp 35 - 41.
Cole, D. (2012), 'Latino families becoming-literate in Australia : Deleuze, literacy and the politics of immigration', Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, vol 33, no 1 , pp 33 - 46.
Cole, D. and Masny, D. (2012), 'Education and the politics of becoming', Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, vol 33, no 1 , pp 1 - 3.
Cole, D. (2012), 'Matter in motion : the educational materialism of Gilles Deleuze', Educational Philosophy & Theory, vol 44, no S1 , pp 3 - 17.
Cole, D. (2011), 'The actions of affect in Deleuze : others using language and the language that we make', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 43, no 6 , pp 549 - 561.
Cole, D. and Hager, P. (2010), 'Learning-practice : the ghosts in the education machine', Education Inquiry, vol 1, no 1 , pp 21 - 40.
Cole, D. (2010), 'The Reproduction of Philosophical Bodies in Education with Language', Educational Philosophy and Theory, vol 43, no 8 , pp 816 - 829.
Cole, D. (2009), 'The power of emotional factors in English teaching', Power and Education, vol 1, no 1 , pp 57 - 70.
Cole, D. and Burke, L. (2008), 'Curriculum design at a crossroads : a comparative approach to re-evaluating knowledge frameworks', Curriculum Perspectives, vol 28, no 3 , pp 27 - 37.
Cole, D. and Yang, G. (2008), 'Affective literacy for TESOL teachers in China', Prospect, vol 23, no 1 , pp 37 - 45.
Cole, D. and Throssell, P. (2008), 'Epiphanies in action : teaching and learning in synchronous harmony', The International Journal of Learning, vol 15, no 7 , pp 175 - 184.
Cole, D. (2008), 'Explorations of affective literacy amongst middle school English teachers', Literacy Learning: The Middle Years, vol 16, no 3 , pp 44 - 56.
Cole, D. (2005), 'An examination of Hegelian and Spinozian philosophy and their relationships with the International Baccalaureate subject, Theory of Knowledge', Journal of Research in International Education, .

Conference Papers

Hall, T., Gray, T., Downey, G., Sheringham, C., Cole, D., Power, A. and Jones, B. (2016), 'EPITOME : rethinking student mobility for a global future', Asia-Pacific Association for International Education. Conference, Melbourne, Vic..
Bradley, J. and Cole, D. (2016), 'On multiple literacies and language learning : video production and embodied subjectivities', CELC Symposium, National University of Singapore.

Other Publications

2023, 'Mobilise: Children's Rights Education through Creative Arts & New Technologies in Youth Justice Settings in NSW, Qld & Victoria', Report
2022, '3D Printed Sustainable Houses for Education', Report
2019, 'Programming the Future: Harnessing the Transformative Potential of New and Emerging Technologies with Children and Young People in Regional NSW', Report
2016, 'Research into Outdoor Education Learner Attribution Theory: The Effects Of the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award on Learning', Report
2014, 'IB Programme: Theory of Knowledge (TOK): Exploring Learning Outcomes, Benefits, and Perceptions', Report

Current Projects

Title:	Analysing academic trends through participation in the Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia
Funder:	The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award - Australia
Western Researchers:	David Cole and Roberto Parada
Years:	2021-07-26 - 2024-12-21
ID:	P00027463

Previous Projects

Title:	IB Diploma Programme: Theory of Knowledge (TOK): Exploring learning outcomes, benefits, and perceptions
Funder:	International Baccalaureate Organization (INT'L B)
Western Researchers:	David Cole, Susanne Gannon, Jacqueline Ullman and Paul Rooney
Years:	2012-10-01 - 2014-06-30
ID:	P00021163
Title:	Programming the Future: Harnessing the transformative potential of new and emerging technologies
Funder:	Save the Children Australia
Western Researchers:	Mohamed Moustakim and David Cole
Years:	2018-10-15 - 2019-09-30
ID:	P00025366
Title:	Peer assessment in formative assessment classroom in Tertiary Education in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam: Student-centred assessment
Funder:	Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam
Western Researchers:	David Cole and Prathyusha Sanagavarapu
Years:	2017-09-15 - 2021-09-15
ID:	P00024695
Title:	Mobilise: Children's Rights Education through Creative Arts and New Technologies in Juvenile Justice Settings in NSW, Queensland & Victoria
Funder:	Save the Children Australia
Western Researchers:	Mohamed Moustakim and David Cole
Years:	2021-04-01 - 2022-12-16
ID:	P00027062

Supervision

Associate Professor Cole is available to be a principal supervisor for doctoral projects

Current Supervision

Thesis Title:	Extensive Reading in the Bangladeshi English Lessons: An exploration into the Australian EFL Classroom
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Thesis Title:	Thinking Literacy, Learning Literacy - Assessing and Teaching Metacognitive Skills to Tasmanian Senior Secondary Students
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Thesis Title:	Using Virtual Worlds to Develop Skills in T.E.S.O.L
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Thesis Title:	Reconciliatory Education Reform Issues: The Case of Cyprus
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Thesis Title:	The Role of Theory of Knowledge (TOK) as a Foundation for Thematic Exploration and Practical Application within the Visual Arts IBDP Course
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Previous Supervision

Thesis Title:	Genre-mixing in Undergraduate Nursing Texts
Field of Research:	English As A Second Language Teaching; Nursing Education Teacher Training
Thesis Title:	Metadiscourse in Academic Writing Instruction for Iraqi EFL Tertiary Students: A Mixed Methods Approach.
Field of Research:	Education
Thesis Title:	A Qualitative, Semiotic Analysis of ABC Audiovisual Materials Among Arabic-Speaking Primary School Students in Greater Western Sydney
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