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Further West again

Further West again

On Tuesday we visited our second Victorian school, this time in a rural district heading towards the South Australian border. This area lies in a lush, dairy farming area, and consequently, hard hit by the general difficulties facing that sector. The image above shows...

Victorian Fieldwork Underway

Our data collection in Victoria started with a visit to the chilly but wonderful Western Region. Obviously, for ethics reasons, we can't identify the town or school, so the bucolic image of dam and rolling hills is my attempt to capture the feel of the day. Many...

WA Metropolitan Fieldwork Complete

WA Metropolitan Fieldwork Complete

During July and early August, Dr Margaret Merga from Murdoch University has been visiting schools in the Perth Metropolitan area, battling dodgy internet connections, traffic and, in the case of the last school, soldiering on despite a debilitating virus. The kids and...

About the teen reading project

Welcome to the teen reading blog. Here, our research team shares with interested stakeholders information about our research into teen reading practices as it unfolds. Little is known about how digital media devices are shaping Australian teenagers’ reading culture....

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It hurts my eyes (but only when reading)

iPads and other LCD tablets are widely used in educational settings. They are ‘do it all’ devices which can perform many functions. They can be cameras, music players, web browsers, as well as displaying text word processing or notetaking software, or in book apps...

Where do adolescents read eBooks?

Often we think of  eBooks as being more portable - going on the road more than those heavy-to-lug paper door stoppers. In our Teen Reading pilot survey we asked Australian adolescents where they usually read eBooks. They could pick multiple locations, but guess what...

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