Dr Ly Thi Tran

Position

Senior Lecturer

School /
Work Unit

Education

Contact Details

+(61 3) 9925 9802

lythi.tran@rmit.edu.au

Location

Building: 98
Level: 01
Room: 01A

City Campus

College/Portfolio

Design & Social Context

 

Key activities

Ly Tran is the lecturer in the Master of Education program and an ARC Research Fellow. She is currently working on a Discovery Project funded by the Australian Research Council. The project analyses international students’ learning experiences and the teaching of international students in the VET sector. Ly has also been involved in a number of projects on international education and intercultural studies. She coordinated Working with Diversity and Strategic Management in Education within the Master of Education program.

Qualifications

B.A (Hons) Hue University, M.Ed Monash University, PhD University of Melbourne

PhD Thesis: Journeys of Chinese and Vietnamese international students’ adaptation to academic practices in Australian higher education

Masters Thesis: Weaving the threads of classroom contexts: Students’ voices and teaching practices in EFL classrooms in Vietnam

Honours Thesis: The Shadow of Ghost: The image of an Asian immigrant woman in the US multicultural society in Maxim Hong Kingston’s work – The Woman Warrior

Accomplishments

  • 2009-2013, APD Fellowship, Australian Research Council
  • 2002, Award for Excellence in Masters of Education, Monash University (for the Masters student graduating with the highest overall grade in Education and with outstanding thesis result)
  • 2003-2007, Ph.D. Scholarships, Endeavour IPRS Scholarship from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations and Melbourne International Research Scholarship (MIRS) from the University of Melbourne
  • 2007, Prize for best student-authored refereed article, Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne
  • 2007, Travel Award from the ALAA Conference based on the merit of submitted paper
  • 2007, Co-publication Award, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, the University of Melbourne
  • 2006, Award for ‘excellent paper’ at the Conference of Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
  • 2006, Award for ‘excellent paper’ at the International Student Advisors Network of Australia (ISANA) Conference
  • 2006, Award for research student of Vietnamese origin to participate in Asia Pacific Week, Australia.

Reviewer

  • Higher Education
  • Educational Review
  • Asia Pacific Education Review
  • Teacher’s Edition

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