Linda-Dianne Willis

Linda currently coordinates The University of Queensland’s (Australia) Master of Teaching (Primary) program. Her role draws on over three decades as an educator, including the past seven years when she has taught in English and Literacy and other learning areas across several Queensland universities. Linda is particularly interested in ways to cultivate and sustain productive relationships among educational stakeholders such as parents, schools, communities and universities. Her PhD research investigated coteaching and cogenerative dialoguing as an innovative educational approach to engage parents and teachers in schools. Linda is presently using cogenerative dialogues to research what and how experiences of preservice teachers in university and school fields contribute to their professional learning and development.