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Kirkby, Jane; Carabott, Kelly; Wilson, Sue; Rafi, Haleh; White, Pennie – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2022
This paper looks at students' motivation and engagement in the context of the "Read Like a Demon (RLAD)" project across a two-year period, in Melbourne, Victoria. This "RLAD" project was shaped over several years and targeted to students aged between 8 and 11 years. It utilized innovative reading experiences, including the…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Programs, Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students
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Day, Leanne – Australian Library Journal, 2007
This paper examines the high levels of social connectedness and civic engagement between the [North] Brisbane School of Arts and the local metropolitan newspapers in their eagerness to establish and promote a reading club that would curb what they felt was the local community's preoccupation with reading popular novels. The Brisbane Literary…
Descriptors: Novels, Working Class, Outreach Programs, Clubs