Rate My Professor Kylie Bradfield

Bradfield's research specializations center on what teachers know and do to teach literacy, language, and literature in primary classrooms, encompassing children's literature, pedagogical content knowledge, primary grammar, teaching reading, comprehension, and grammar. Her scholarly contributions include 36 research outputs, with recent publications such as 'Defending the environmental status quo: an ecocritical analysis of the lived spaces of indigenous animals in contemporary Australian picturebooks' (2025, co-authored with Kelly-Jane Carabott and Ketki Bhandari, The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy), 'Designing english curriculum courses for primary preservice teachers: a focus on the transformative potential of postmodern picture books' (2025, co-authored with Beryl Exley and Debbie Heinrichs Henry, Education Sciences), 'Primary teachers’ curriculum making dilemmas: including and excluding children’s literature' (2025, co-authored with Beryl Exley, The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy), 'Literature as a tool for inclusion' (2025, Literacy Learning: the Middle Years), and 'I’ve always been a writer: teachers as writers' (2025, Literacy Learning: the Middle Years). She serves as co-editor and associate editor for the journal Literacy Learning: the Middle Years, organizes the 2025 AATE/ALEA National Conference, and contributes to professional development initiatives like 'Addressing the Needs of English as an Additional Language (EAL) Students in Primary Classrooms.' In her teaching, she emphasizes student diversity, transparent learning processes, collaborative knowledge construction, and ethical use of digital and AI literacies to build confidence and engagement.