For the past fifteen years, Susan Markose has had the pleasure of working as a tutor and occasional lecturer in undergraduate units at the Department of Educational studies, Macquarie University. She has tutored in reading acquisition, educational psychology and intercultural learning. Her published articles report on cross-cultural research findings into family literacy practices and their relation to academic achievement at school. Susan has previously worked as a school teacher at both primary and secondary school levels in Australia and overseas.
Diane Alperstein has lived and worked in different multicultural societies from South Africa to Israel, Canada and finally Sydney, Australia, where she has settled and raised her family. She has taught largely in secondary schools and tertiary institutions, with a special interest in the areas of English as a second language, special education, gifted education, and increasingly, multicultural literacy. She enjoys creative writing which constantly reminds her of how difficult language mastery can be. After thirty-five years of teaching, many spent at Macquarie University, she feels it is the intercultural diversity of the students she meets which breathes new life and relevance into every learning experience she has been part of.
