Georgina Barton

Dr Georgina Barton is a lecturer in the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. For over twenty years Dr Barton has been a classroom teacher and literacy educator in schools. She has worked with teachers, particularly in socio-disadvantaged areas, in developing literacy programs to improve students’ outcomes. She is also an arts teacher, researcher and practitioner having performed both nationally and internationally in various music ensembles. She is currently researching in the area of arts literacies and aesthetics education. Her latest edited book is Literacy in the Arts: Retheorising Learning and Teaching published by Springer. Her other work focusses on multiliteracies, modalities, arts and music education, ethnomusicology, and teacher education.