Kayoko Enomoto

Associate Professor Kayoko Enomoto

Associate Professor

School of Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Kayoko Enomoto is the Deputy Dean (People & Culture) in the Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics. She has previously held significant leadership roles, including Head of Department for Asian Studies in the School of Social Sciences (2018-2024) and Associate Dean (Student Experience) in the same faculty (2018-2024). Kayoko has served on a wide range of committees and working groups for reviewing University policies and developing University-wide student experience and engagement plans. As an Associate Professor of Japanese studies, Kayoko has over 30 years of experience teaching Japanese to university students in the UK and Australia.

Kayoko is an executive member and past Secretary & Treasurer of the Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) National Committee. In 2021, Kayoko was appointed by the (then) Minister for Education, Hon John Gardner, to the Multicultural Education and Languages Committee (MELC) as the representative of the South Australian Vice Chancellor’s Committee (SAVCC). The MELC is a Ministerial Advisory Committee that works across the three schooling sectors and provides advice to the South Australian Minister for Education. In 2023, the current Minister, Hon. Blair Boyer, re-appointed her to represent the SAVCC. In 2022, Kayoko gained the status of Senior Fellow (SFHEA) in the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) in the United Kingdom. She also contributes to the University’s Teaching Review Program as a certified University Teaching Reviewer with the Adelaide College of Reviewers.

Kayoko’s research interests lie in higher education and language education, focusing on student diversity, assessment and promotion of student learning, flexible learning and teaching using new technologies, including GenAI, curriculum innovation and design, and the first-year experience. She has published extensively in these areas, including edited volumes such as Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices in Higher Education (Libri Publishing, 2018), Intersections in Language Planning and Policy (Springer, 2020), Teaching and Learning Innovations in Higher Education (Libri Publishing, 2021), Active Learning in Higher Education (Libri Publishing, 2022) and Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education (Libri Publishing, forthcoming). Kayoko is a registered reviewer for the International Journal of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics (Springer) and the Journal of Japanese Studies (Routledge). She is the First Editor of the Learning in Higher Education Series (Libri Publishing Ltd, Oxon, UK) and an Editorial Board member for the LCNAU Studies in Languages and Cultures series (ANU Press). As Honorary Co-director of the Institute for Learning in Higher Education (LiHE, Copenhagen, Denmark - https://lihe.info/), she co-leads an international higher education research community of over 16,000 academics across various disciplines. LiHE is an international not-for-profit European-based academic association for the advancement of learning-centred higher education.

Kayoko has continually developed innovative teaching practices and implemented research-informed curriculum design and assessment strategies to respond to the unique challenges of meeting diverse learning needs. Her pedagogical innovations have culminated in various excellence in teaching awards: a National Award for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2011), a Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012), a Student-led Teaching Award (2018), a Special Commendation - COVID19 Emergency Teaching Response (2020) and most recently, the Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in the category of Excellence in the Leadership, Support and Enhancement of Teaching Practice (2021). In 2021, in recognition of outstanding and sustained demonstration of innovation and leadership in the teaching of languages, Kayoko was also awarded the Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence (2021), the highest University Award for Teaching Excellence that may be conferred to one academic in a given year.

Kayoko has published in the fields of higher education and language education. Her recent publications appear as refereed chapters in edited books and also peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings. These research publications have specifically examined the effectiveness of educational approaches involving learner-centred curriculum development, reflective learning, self-regulated learning, team-based learning, and technology-enhanced language learning. Her research and publications directly inform a wide range of strategies by which we can improve student engagement, learning experiences and learning outcomes beyond the boundaries of disciplines. Kayoko has specific research interests and expertise in the following areas: Approaches to student diversity; Assessment and promotion of student learning; Flexible learning and teaching; Curriculum innovation, design and renewal; Innovation, including new technologies; Learning and teaching in larger classes; The first year experience. Kayoko’s recent publications include edited books:  Innovative Teaching and Learning Practices in Higher Education. Libri Publishing (2018),  Intersections in Language Planning and Policy. Springer (2020), Teaching and Learning Innovations in Higher Education. Libri Publishing (2021) Active Learning in Higher Education. Libri Publishing (2022) and Enhancing Learning Outcomes in Higher Education. Libri Publishing (2023). 



 

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2024 - ongoing Deputy Dean, People & Culture, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics University of Adelaide
    2023 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide
    2022 - ongoing Associate Dean, Student Experience, Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics University of Adelaide
    2018 - ongoing Head of Department University of Adelaide
    2018 - 2022 Director, Student Experience University of Adelaide
    2013 - 2023 Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide
    1992 - 2012 Lecturer University of Adelaide

  • Awards and Achievements
    Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
    2022 Fellowship Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) AdvanceHE (Higher Education Academy) United Kingdom -
    2022 Achievement University of Adelaide Peer Reviewer of Teaching The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2021 Award The Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in the category of Excellence in the Leadership, Support and Enhancement of Teaching Practice University of Adelaide Australia AU$8,000.00
    2021 Award The Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence in recognition of outstanding and sustained demonstration of innovation and leadership in the teaching of languages University of Adelaide Australia AU$2,000.00
    2020 Award Special Commendation - COVID 19 Emergency Teaching Response The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2018 Award Student-led Teaching Award The University of Adelaide Australia $2,000-00
    2012 Teaching Award The Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching The University of Adelalide Australia $8,000.00
    2012 Teaching Award Award for Outstanding Student Feedback in Learning and Teaching (Individual) The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2011 Teaching Award Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning Office for Learning and Teaching Australia $10,000.00
    2011 Teaching Award Award for Outstanding Student Feedback in Learning and Teaching (Individual) The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2010 Teaching Award Award for Outstanding Student Feedback in Learning and Teaching (Team) The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2009 Teaching Award A High Commendation for the Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching. The University of Adelaide Australia -
    2009 Teaching Award The Executive Dean's Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Individual Teacher) The University of Adelaide Australia $1,000.00

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Japanese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Research Interests
    Asian Languages Higher Education Japanese Language Language Studies Language, Communication and Culture Languages & Linguistics Linguistic Structures LOTE, ESL and TESOL Curriculum and Pedagogy

2024 Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics Learning & Teaching Grant (AU$2,193.00).

 

2024 Adelaide Education Academy Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant (AU$ 5,000.00).

 

2023 School of Social Sciences Learning & Teaching Grant Scheme (AU$2,000.00).

 

2023 Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics Learning & Teaching Grant (AU$3,000.00).

 

2023 Adelaide Education Academy Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant (AU$ 680.00 Professional Development Grant).

 

2022 School of Social Sciences Conference Support Scheme (AU$2,000.00).

 

2022 Adelaide Education Academy Learning and Teaching Advancement Grant (AU$2,000.00 Travel Grant).

 

2022 Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics Learning & Teaching Grant (AU$8,916.40) titled 'Japanese Kanji Video Resources for Active Learning'.

 

2016 Project Leader: University of Adelaide Priority Partner Grant (AU$5,000.00) entitled 'Collaborating to Enhance the Exchange Student Learning Experience'.

 

2014 German Research Foundation (DFG) Travel Grant for attending the 2014 German Applied Linguistics Congress, 'Applied Linguistics in Teaching, Teaching Applied Linguistics' (1,040 Euros).

 

2014 Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences Learning & Teaching Development and Innovation Grant (AU$2,000.00).

 

2014 Project member: Office of Learning Teaching Innovation and Development Grant (AU$220,000.00) entitled 'Online resources to support international students' (Project Leader: J. Miller). See our grant project by visiting: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni/ ; http://www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni/essay-writing/ ; http://www.adelaide.edu.au/english-for-uni/prepositions/

 

2013 Project Leader: University of Adelaide E-learning Development Grant (AU$15,000.00) entitled 'Blogging to build transferable reflective learning capabilities'.

Kayoko has earned 11 teaching excellence awards, including an Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) National Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (2011), a Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching (2012), a Student-led Teaching Award that is based entirely on student nominations (2018), a Special Commendation COVID19 Emergency Teaching Response Award (2020), and most recently, the Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in the category of Excellence in the Leadership, Support and Enhancement of Teaching Practice (2021). In 2021, Kayoko was also awarded the Vice-Chancellor and President's Award for Excellence in recognition of outstanding and sustained demonstration of innovation and leadership in the teaching of languages. Over the years, Kayoko has progressively developed her leadership through active engagement in a wide range of pedagogical enhancement initiatives and research-led teaching innovations, which she has continued to share with colleagues locally, nationally and internationally, positively influencing teaching practices of others. Kayoko adopts a teaching philosophy that enables language students to recognise and use their knowledge of a second language – Japanese – as a learning tool for gaining new knowledge, rather than just as a learning goal in its own right. With this teaching philosophy, Kayoko inspires and facilitates students to become ‘active creators’ instead of ‘sole consumers' of the language content they are learning in the classroom. Her teaching enhancement initiatives typically involve learning theory-led curriculum design, which systematically integrates language-specific (Japanese) and employability (transferable) skills development.

  • Board Memberships
    Date Role Board name Institution name Country
    2017 - ongoing Board Member Faculty Board - Faculty of Arts The University of Adelaide Australia

  • Committee Memberships
    Date Role Committee Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Member Support for Students Policy Implementation Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member AI Action Plan working group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Adelaide University Cross Domain Access & Equity Project Group Adelaide University Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics Enrolment Load Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economic Student Bursary Selection Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Integration Management Office (IMO) Subject Matter Expert (SME) – Asian Languages Adelaide University Australia
    2024 - ongoing Member Equity & Access (Entry Requirements/Pathways) Working Group Adelaide University Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member Selection Committee - Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, and Economics Prizes for Excellence in Teaching University of Adelaide Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member FABLE International Student Forum The University of Adelaide Australia
    2022 - ongoing Member Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics Learning and Teaching Committee University of Adelaide Australia
    2021 - ongoing Member Arts Faculty Language Committee University of Adelaide Australia
    2020 - ongoing Treasurer Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Australia
    2020 - 2022 Secretary Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Australia
    2020 - ongoing Member Student Retention and Success Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2019 - ongoing Member SELT Response Rate Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2019 - ongoing Member Student Retention and Success Plan - Implementation Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2019 - ongoing Member Academic Progress by coursework Students Policy Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2019 - ongoing Member JAFA Prizes for Excellence in Japanese Studies Selection Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2018 - ongoing Member Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) Executive Committee Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities Australia
    2018 - ongoing Member Language Other than English (LOTE) Communication with Students Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2018 - ongoing Member School of Social Sciences Learning & Teaching Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2018 - ongoing Chair Department of Asian Studies Assessment Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2018 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Master of Arts (Translation, Interpreting and Transcultural Communication) Advisory Committee University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member Faculty of Arts Academic Progress Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member STUDENT AS PARTNERS FRAMEWORK WORKING GROUP The University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member FACULTY OF ARTS LEARNING & TEACHING COMMITTEE The University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - 2017 Member Languages and Cultures Network for Australian Universities (LCNAU) National Colloquium Organising Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - 2019 Member Transforming Student Experience Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - ongoing Member Academic Progress by Coursework Students Policy Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2015 - ongoing Member Bachelor of International Studies Advisory Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2014 - ongoing Member First Year Experience (FYE) Working Group The University of Adelaide Australia
    2014 - ongoing Member Bachelor of Languages Advisory Committee The University of Adelaide Australia
    2013 - ongoing Member Pre-enrolment English Program Advisory Committee The University of Adelaide Australia

  • Community Engagement
    Date Title Engagement Type Institution Country
    2024 - ongoing Language Strategies - MELC subcommittee Public Community Engagement Ministerial Advisory Committee, MELC - Government of South Australia Australia
    2024 - ongoing Curriculum - MELC subcommittee Public Community Engagement Ministerial Advisory Committee, MELC - Government of South Australia Australia
    2021 - ongoing Ministerial Advisory Committee - Multicultural Education and Languages Committee (MELC) - Department of Education, Government of South Australia Australia
    2021 - ongoing Review of the Australian Curriculum F-10 - MELC subcommittee - Ministerial Advisory Committee, MELC - Government of South Australia Australia
    2021 - ongoing Digital Learning - MELC subcommittee - Ministerial Advisory Committee, MELC - Government of South Australia Australia
    2021 - ongoing Award for Leadership in Languages and Cultures – Selection panel - MELC subcommittee - Ministerial Advisory Committee, MELC - Goverment of South Australia Australia
    2018 - ongoing Holiday Activities Reference Group Public Community Engagement Department of Education & School of Languages in South Australia Australia
    2013 - ongoing Japanese Language Proficiency Test (JLPT) Public Community Engagement The Japan Foundation, Sydney Australia
    2010 - ongoing Japan-Australia Friendship Association (JAFA) Public Community Engagement Japan-Australia Friendship Association (JAFA) Australia
    1997 - ongoing The Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme Public Community Engagement Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) Japan

  • Editorial Boards
    Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country
    2021 - ongoing Board Member Editorial Board of LCNAU Studies in Languages and Cultures Series ANU Press Australia

  • Review, Assessment, Editorial and Advice
    Date Title Type Institution Country
    2023 - ongoing Review of the Postgraduate Programs in Public Health Advice University of Adelaide Australia
    2022 - ongoing University Peer Reviewer of Teaching Peer Review University of Adelaide Australia
    2017 - ongoing Corpus Pragmatics - International Journal of Corpus Linguistics and Pragmatics Peer Review Springer Nature Switzerland
    2011 - ongoing Review Board Member for the Institute for Learning in Higher Education (LiHE) Peer Review Institute for Learning in Higher Education (LiHE) Denmark
  • Position: Associate Professor
  • Phone: 83134284
  • Email: kayoko.enomoto@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83133772
  • Campus: North Terrace
  • Building: Kenneth Wills, floor 6
  • Org Unit: School of Social Sciences
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