Societies are facing fundamental transformations as digital technologies are changing the
ways we live, interact, work, study and read. The social and cultural impact of the digitization …

ABSTRACT First Nations writing within English literary studies risks contemporary
colonisation if encountered as a literary object for close reading without context or reflection …

Despite the widespread acknowledgement of the importance of academic reading, much
research tends to focus on academic writing. The role of academic writing in the …

This article explores the close association between higher education and reading. I draw on
the resources of literary studies to illuminate the phenomenon of educational 'engagement'. I …

Why read? What is the point of reading in higher education if students can succeed in their
classes without reading? Using Wigfield and Eccles' Expectancy-Value theory of motivation …

Based on qualitative data on students' approach to reading this paper argues that student
learning be significantly improved by facilitating reading to unfold as a method of inquiry …

As university teachers of literature, we tend to accept the rhetoric that students lack the
capacity to interpret texts meaningfully, without questioning our own biases about the kinds …

Introduction Students need to acquire high level self-regulatory skills if they are to be
successful within higher education, and academics need support in facilitating this. In this …

This article presents the authors' successful experiences with Cirrus, a purpose-built Digital
Humanities teaching and learning platform developed at The University of Queensland …

This chapter focuses on the review of school-based practices as part of a community of care
for reading literacy development. There is a large corpus of knowledge on effective schools …