A research collaboration between the Learning Science Institute Australia, Australian Catholic Unive
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Education Action Plan 2010-2014 aims to close the gap in education
outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Mainstream educational practices are based on beliefs about knowing and being that marginalise the literacy learning of Indigenous Australian students. This research will develop a model for multimodal literacy learning based on Indigenous com
31/05/2016
Prof Kathy Mills will present at the ISQ Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Education Network & Curriculum PD Day - Wednesday, June 1st, ISQ Professional Learning Centre, 500 Queen Street, Brisbane. Places are fully booked out! Participants will learn how to embed Indigenous knowledge in the curriculum.
01/04/2016
12/01/2016
LITERACY THEORIES FOR THE DIGITAL AGE by Kathy Mills is out now - paperback, hardback or ebook.
James Paul Gee reviewed: "Digital and social media, multimedia, multimodality, and massive social and cultural changes in our global world are transforming what is literacy is and how we ought to study it. Kathy Mills’ book is, by far and away, the best guide yet to this new world. It is the New ‘New Literacy Studies’.
Available from: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/results.asp?sf1=ctitle%2Ccontributor&sort=sort_date%2Fd&st1=literacy+theories
12/01/2016
Check out new chapter Doing Digital Composition on the Social Web: Knowledge Processes in Literacy Learning a new book edited by Cope and Kalantzis: http://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781137539717
12/01/2016
Great read for 2016 - chapter by Mills and Park: Race, the Senses, and the Materials of Writing practices in new book by AATE: http://www.aate.org.au/products/alea-publications/teaching-writing-in-todays-classroom
12/01/2016
Essential reading by Mills and Unsworth: Literacy Curriculum: A critical Review in a new book edited by Wyse, Hayward and Panda: https://au.sagepub.com/en-gb/oce/the-sage-handbook-of-curriculum-pedagogy-and-assessment-2v/book242832
12/01/2016
Students at Hymba Yumba in Jane's class created graphic novel using an e-book creator.
12/01/2016
Indigenous students created a rap video with Josh Darrah:
https://youtu.be/nMJWzdr2BBA
21/10/2015
National Summit on Student Engagement, Learning and Behaviour: Summit Opening AARE President Professor Martin Mills (UQ) opens the National Summit on Student Engagement, Learning and Behaviour, hosted by QUT in July 2015.
05/10/2015
Twitter Masterclass by Dr Kelli McGraw :
National Summit on Student Engagement, Learning & Behaviour: Twitter Masterclass Twitter Masterclass presented by Dr Kelli McGraw at the National Summit on Student Engagement, Learning and Behaviour, hosted by QUT in July 2015.
28/08/2015
Professor Kathy Mills - Valuing Indigenous Heritage through multimodal literacy with youtu.be/sYRNnC-OfmU via
National Summit on Student Engagement, Learning & Behaviour: Indigenous Heritage Presentation on the Valuing Indigenous heritage through multimodal literacy, made by Dr Kathy Mills (QUT) at the National Summit on Student Engagement, Learn...
05/08/2015
Professor Kathy Mills Radio interview on Issues with NAPLAN, Is it real or just media hype? Why more tests won't reform education
A NAPLAN to improve? - 2SER - Real Radio 107.3 FM Naplan results this week suggest our children are not improving.