Dr Maya Antoun

Position: Senior Lecturer
Study Area: Early Childhood Education
Location: Berwick Campus, Room 129B
Phone: 8768 5505
Email: m.antoun@federation.edu.au
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4192-9700

Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy – Monash University – 2016

Master of Education – Monash University – 2009

Bachelor of Arts in Education – University of Balamand – 2000

Teaching

Courses

  • Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood)
  • Bachelor of Education (Early Childhood and Primary)

Units

  • Early Childhood and Literacies (EDECE 2020)
  • Catering for Diversity in Inclusive Early Childhood Settings (EDECE3024)
  • Differentiating for Learning and Teaching (EDBED 4010)

Biography

Dr. Maya Antoun is Senior Lecturer in the Institute of Education, Arts & Community at Federation University. Maya completed her PhD at Monash University in 2016 and is currently teaching a number of courses in early childhood and primary education. She supervises Masters students with research interests in inclusive education. Her teaching and research interests are in the field of inclusive education, teacher education, and professional development.​ She has published in several reputable Scopus indexed journals. Maya is a Lebanese Delegate on the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.

Areas of Expertise

  • Effective student engagement
  • Inclusive education
  • Teacher education
  • Classroom management

Research interests

  • Inclusive education
  • Gifted Education
  • Teacher education
  • Teacher professional development

Supervision

Nada Mallak - "Examining Middle School Students’ and Teachers’ Perception of Differentiated Practices and Student Engagement in Biology Classrooms" - External Supervisor

Publications

Refereed journal articles

Salloum, S., Younes, R., & Antoun, M. (2024).  Interplay among Language and Home Variables in Lebanese Students’ Science TIMSS Performance: A Linguistic and Economic Capital Perspective. Research in Science Education.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11165-024-10212-2

Younes, R., Salloum, S., & Antoun, M. (2023).  The effects of language and home factors on Lebanese students’ mathematics performance in TIMSS.

Large-scale Assessments in Education 11(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-023-00180-w

Antoun, M., & Plunkett, M. (2023). A Roadmap for Change: Charting the Course of Gifted Educational Provision in Lebanon. International Journal of Educational Reform. Published online. https://doi.org/10.1177/10567879231163538

Antoun, M., Younes, R., & Salloum, S. (2023). Investigating the status of highly able students        through the lens of the Lebanese national policy and the mathematics and science centralized curricula and textbooks. European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 11(2), 1-19, 215-233.

Antoun, M. (2022). Framing the Education for Gifted Lebanese and Gifted Refugees in Lebanon. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1077278

Antoun, M., Plunkett, M., & Kronborg, L. (2022). Gifted education in Lebanon: Time to rethink teaching the gifted. Roeper Review, 44(2), 94-110, DOI: 10.1080/02783193.2022.2043502

Antoun, M. (2022). The relation between teachers’ background and school type and their perceptions of the gifted and gifted education. Gifted and Talented International. DOI: 10.1080/15332276.2022.2083533

Antoun, M., Kronborg, L., & Plunkett, M. (2020). Investigating Lebanese primary school teachers’ perceptions of gifted and highly able students. Gifted and Talented International, 35(1), 39-57, DOI: 10.1080/15332276.2020.1783398

Conference presentations

Dannaoui, C. & Antoun, M. (2024, June). Play-based ECE and teachers’ professional development: Impact on vulnerable children’s education. Paper presented at PCE2024 conference, Paris, France.

Antoun, M. (2022, April). Teaching Gifted Students: Myths and realities. Paper presented at EDUTECH conference, Beirut, Lebanon.

Antoun, M., Younes, R. G., & Salloum, S. (2021, January). Science &Mathematics Textbooks Review: Evaluating Materials for Highly Able Learners. Paper presented at LAES Conference on Rethinking the Curriculum in Lebanon and the Arab World: “Reconciliating Ideologies and Pedagogies” organized by the Center of Lebanese Studies, LAES, and LAU. A Virtual Conference.

Salloum, S., Younes, R. G., Antoun, M., & BouJaoude, S. (2021, January,). How are school textbooks faring as mediating and supportive resources for diverse learners? Symposium presented at “Rethinking the Curriculum in Lebanon and the Arab World: Reconciliating Ideologies and Pedagogies” organized by the Center of Lebanese Studies, LAES, and LAU. A Virtual Conference.

Younes, R. G., Salloum, S., & Antoun, M., (2020, March). The Effects of Language and Other Home factors on Lebanese Students' Performance in TIMSS. Paper accepted for the 2020 NARST Annual International Conference, Portland, OR.

Antoun, M., Younes, R. G., & Salloum, S. (2019, July). Does the Lebanese Education System Hinder the Performance of the Highly Able Learners? Paper presented at the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children 23rd World Conference, Nashville, TN

Younes, R., Salloum, S., & Antoun, M. (2019, May). The effects of language and parents’ education on performance in mathematics and science. Paper presented at the International Conference on Teaching Science and Mathematics in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Settings. Nicosia, Cyprus.

Younes, R. G., Antoun, M., & Salloum, S. (2019, March). Will it Crack? A STEM Project Based Learning Activity? Paper presented at the Twenty First Annual Science and Mathematics Educators Conference (SMEC 21), AUB-Beirut, Lebanon.

Antoun, M., Younes, R. G., & Salloum, S. (2018, December). Are we Failing our Highly Able Students in Lebanon? Paper presented at the Second Inter-Regional Research Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, Beirut, Lebanon.

Antoun, M. (2017, July). The importance of culture in defining and accommodating giftedness: A Lebanese perspective. Paper presented at the 22nd Biennial World Conference: Global Perspectives in Gifted Education, UNSW, Sydney.

Bibi, H., Antoun, M., Abdallah M., Badran, N., El Homsi, R,. Hassan, C,. & Nasser, B. (2014, November 29). Towards a National Strategy for Empowering the Gifted & Talented in Lebanon: The role of Ministry of Education and educational institutions “Role of school, society, NGOs, and government”. Paper presented at le 1er Congrès scientifique international pour la prise en charge des surdoués et des tolentueux: Algeria, Algeria.

Associations

  • Member of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
    • Lebanese delegate for the World Conference of Gifted and Talented (WCGTC) – 2018 to present
  • Victorian Institute of Teaching
  • Golden Key International Honour Society