Luke Beck

Doctoral student in curriculum studies

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I am a doctoral student in the School of Education and Tertiary Access at the University of the Sunshine Coast.

My research explores how programmatic curriculum texts and institutional discursive practices shape teacher professional practice, with a particular focus on Japanese language education in Queensland secondary schools.

In my work I draw on systemic functional linguistics, critical discourse analysis, and institutional ethnography to investigate issues in educational policy and curriculum theory.

If you would like to discuss research or potential collaborations, do not hesitate to reach out. I can be contacted at lbeck@usc.edu.au .

Publications

Articles

  • Beck, L., Grainger, P., & Durbidge, L. (2025). Curriculum form and professional practice: Insights from systemic functional linguistics. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2025.2551362

Conference presentations

  • Beck, L. (2025, November 17-19). Professional constraints and contemporary trends in curriculum: Exacerbating language education challenges in Queensland senior schooling [Conference presentation]. Applied Linguistics Association of Australia Conference 2025, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
  • Beck, L. (2024, November 29). The Queensland Japanese Senior Syllabus and the mediation of teacher agency [Conference presentation]. CHASS/ALAA/Curtin HDR Symposium for Students in the Fields of Languages and Applied/Sociolinguistics, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.