Eunju earned a Bachelor of Education (Kindergarten/Elementary) at McGill University, where she researched Children’s/YA Literature and Social Justice Education. She recently completed a Master of Philosophy in Education (Critical Approaches to Children’s Literature) at the University of Cambridge, focusing on the use of Indigenous life-narrative picturebooks to facilitate Truth and Reconciliation discussions in elementary classrooms.
During her time at Cambridge, she contributed to conversations surrounding social justice education and classroom dialogues by presenting her research findings on “Promoting Adolescents’ Agency towards Critical Literacy”, a project in which she worked as a RA with Professor Teresa Strong-Wilson at McGill University.
After completing her master’s, she presented her MPhil dissertation titled: “Every Child Matters”: Canadian Pre-service Teachers’ Critical Engagement with Indigenous Life-Narrative Picturebooks, at several international conferences, including those at the University of Calgary and the University of British Columbia in Canada, as well as the International Association for Research in L1 Education (ARLE) Conference at the University of Melbourne, Australia.”
Stemming from her research interests around critical literacy, her DPhil project at Oxford aims to examine how the International Baccalaureate (IB) English A Language and Literature curriculum could better integrate intercultural perspectives, moving beyond its predominantly Eurocentric orientation. She is particularly interested in investigating how meta-cognitive practices can empower international students to engage with the curriculum in ways that reflect their unique cultural contexts.
Supervisors
Professor Velda Elliot and Dr Gary Snapper
Publications
2024 Recreational Technology Use Guide
Chandaria Research Centre (CRC), Branksome Hall, Toronto · Apr 26, 2024
https://www.branksome.on.ca/2024-recreational-technology-use-guide
Co-authors: Jordan Sutcliffe, Natasha Koustova