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Sawyer, Wayne; Singh, Michael; Zhao, Dacheng – English in Australia, 2009
The issue of boys' literacy has been explicitly named as "dangerous territory"--difficult to negotiate in terms of the validity of "failure" rhetoric, the stereotyping of boys' abilities and interests and the intersection of gender with factors such as class and geographical location. In this article, we address the issue of…
Descriptors: Reading Improvement, Disadvantaged, Literacy, Males
Australian Journal of Reading, 1980
Reviews remedial reading programs at the secondary level in the six areas of Australia. (HTH)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties, Reading Improvement, Reading Programs
Grocke, Margaret – 1982
Computer-based reading programs have been used at the City Educational Clinic in Canberra, Australia, to improve the reading skills of children who are "reading disabled." Children interacted with the computer via a graphic display, touch sensitive screen, and synthesized speech. The first program taught a basic sight vocabulary and…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions