Leonard Freeman, James Cook University

Leonard Freeman

Projects 0
Publications 11
Awards 2

Contact Details

Senior Lecturer

Activities

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Arts, The University of Melbourne
Masters of Education (International), Charles Darwin University
Masters of Applied Linguistics (TESOL), Charles Darwin University
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education, University of New South Wales

Awards

Penny McKay Memorial Award
2023
Chancellor's Medal
2015

Associations

Queensland Association of TESOL (QATESOL)
Primary English Teachers Association of Australia (PETAA).

Employment

Senior Lecturer, Education (Primary English), James Cook University
Lecturer in Education, Charles Darwin University
English Second Language Consultant, Northern Territory Department of Education and Training
Teaching Principal, Baniyala Garrangali School
Principal, Yirrkala School

Output

Fair vs. useful: evaluating the fairness and validity of interpretations and uses of remote Aboriginal students' national reading test performances
2022
Freeman, Leonard A. (2022) Fair vs. useful: evaluating the fairness and validity of interpretations and uses of remote Aboriginal students' national reading test performances. [Thesis]
Other Publication ResearchOnline@JCU
Explicit phonological awareness instruction in three rural Northern Territory preschools
2026
Staley, Bea; Freeman, Leonard; Seamer, Jocelyn; Papatraianou, Lisa (2026) 'Explicit phonological awareness instruction in three rural Northern Territory preschools'. Australian and International Journal of Rural Education, 36 (1). [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Assessment equity for remote multilingual Australian Aboriginal students through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals
2023
Freeman, Leonard; Staley, Bea; Wigglesworth, Gillian (2023) 'Assessment equity for remote multilingual Australian Aboriginal students through the lens of Sustainable Development Goals'. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 25 (1):157-161. [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Barriers to inclusion: Aboriginal pre-service teachers’ perspectives on inclusive education in their remote Northern Territory schools
2019
Staley, Bea; Freeman, Leonard A.; Tipunwuti, Bertram; King, Kial; Mullins, Melanie; Portaminni, Edwina; Puantulura, Rachel; Williams, Marcus; Jason, Nikita; Busch, Anthony (2019) 'Barriers to inclusion: Aboriginal pre-service teachers’ perspectives on inclusive education in their remote Northern Territory schools'. Learning Communities: International Journal of Learning in Social Contexts, 25 :78-89. [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
The positioning of Aboriginal students and their languages within Australia’s education system: A human rights perspective
2018
Freeman, Leonard A.; Staley, Bea (2018) 'The positioning of Aboriginal students and their languages within Australia’s education system: A human rights perspective'. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 20 (1):174-181. [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Digital storytelling as student-centred pedagogy: Empowering high school students to frame their futures
2017
Staley, Bea; Freeman, Leonard (2017) 'Digital storytelling as student-centred pedagogy: Empowering high school students to frame their futures'. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 12 . [DOI]
Journal Publication Open Access ResearchOnline@JCU
Playing with sounds: Differentiating phonological awareness activities for young students
2022
Staley, Bea; Freeman, Leonard (2022) 'Playing with sounds: Differentiating phonological awareness activities for young students' Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 27 (3) :4-7.
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
NAPLAN: A Thin Veil of Fairness – Excerpt from Senate Submission into the effectiveness of NAPLAN
2018
Freeman, Leonard (2018) 'NAPLAN: A Thin Veil of Fairness – Excerpt from Senate Submission into the effectiveness of NAPLAN' TESOL in Context, 23 (1 & 2) :74-81.
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
The importance of explicitly teaching language and literacy to English language learners
2017
Freeman, Leonard (2017) 'The importance of explicitly teaching language and literacy to English language learners' Practical Literacy, 22 (2) :37-39.
Journal Contribution ResearchOnline@JCU
Standardized Testing and School Achievement: The Case of Indigenous-Language-Speaking Students in Remote Australia
2020
Freeman, Leonard; Wigglesworth, Gillian (2020) 'Standardized Testing and School Achievement: The Case of Indigenous-Language-Speaking Students in Remote Australia' In: Freeman, Leonard, and Wigglesworth, Gillian (2020) Standardized Testing and School Achievement: The Case of Indigenous-Language-Speaking Students in Remote Australia. In: Mirhosseini, Seyyed-Abdolhamid, and De Costa, Peter I., (eds.) The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing. Bloomsbury Academic, London, UK, pp. 23-45(Eds.). The Sociopolitics of English Language Testing. London, UK : Bloomsbury Academic. [DOI]
The Areyonga Case: Utulu Kutju Nintiringanyi ‘Learning Together’
2017
Freeman, Leonard; Bell, Neil; Andrews, Tarna; Gallagher, Peggy (2017) 'The Areyonga Case: Utulu Kutju Nintiringanyi ‘Learning Together’' In: Freeman, Leonard, Bell, Neil, Andrews, Tarna, and Gallagher, Peggy (2017) The Areyonga Case: Utulu Kutju Nintiringanyi ‘Learning Together’. In: Devlin, Brian, Disbray, Samantha, and Devlin, Nancy, (eds.) History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory : People, Programs and Policies,. Language Policy, 12 . Springer, Singapore, pp. 219-236(Eds.). History of Bilingual Education in the Northern Territory : People, Programs and Policies. Singapore : Springer. [DOI]