ERIC - Search Results

Descriptor

Foreign Countries	2
Reading Habits	2
Adolescents	1
Comparative Analysis	1
Critical Reading	1
Higher Education	1
Motivation Techniques	1
Reading Attitudes	1
Reading Motivation	1
Second Language Instruction	1
Second Language Learning	1
Teacher Role	1
More ▼

Source

Australian Review of Applied…

Author

Cox, Sarah Mayor	1
Kirkpatrick, Andy	1
Mulligan, Denise	1
Nieuwenhuizen, Agnes	1

Publication Type

Opinion Papers	2
Journal Articles	1
Reports - Evaluative	1

Education Level

Audience

Location

Australia

Laws, Policies, & Programs

Assessments and Surveys

What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Showing all 2 results Save | Export

Young Australians: Reading or Not? PEN.

Download full text

Nieuwenhuizen, Agnes; Cox, Sarah Mayor – 2002

In 2001, the Australian Centre for Youth Literature released "Young Australians Reading," a report on the reading attitudes of Australia's 10- to 18-year-olds prepared by Woolcott Research, that suggests there is a large body of young people who are waiting for guidance, support, and inspiration if they are to become lifelong readers.…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Motivation Techniques, Reading Attitudes

Cultures of Learning: Critical Reading in the Social and Applied Sciences.

Peer reviewed

Kirkpatrick, Andy; Mulligan, Denise – Australian Review of Applied Linguistics, 2002

Compares course requirements and student reading practices in a selection of units in business, engineering, health science, and social science and the findings challenge prevailing ideas of what constitutes tertiary literacy in Australian universities. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Critical Reading, Foreign Countries, Higher Education