Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100200215
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Supporting schools and teachers to improve students' reading achievement in rural communities. This project focuses on improving student reading achievement in rural and mining communities and developing school-community links around reading. The project will deliver lasting benefits that include: raising the literacy standards of Australia's students and its future citizens and employees; maintaining a knowledgeable and effective teaching workforce in rural and mining communities; developing a sustainable professional learning program that can be used in education systems nationally and internationally; providing empirical data on the efficacy of strategies for reading instruction and intervention; and creating reading-related connections among schools, communities and mining companies that are positive and empowering.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 04-2011
End Date: 04-2015
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $469,045.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators | Primary Education (excl. Māori) | English and Literacy Curriculum and Pedagogy (excl. LOTE, ESL and TESOL) | Curriculum and Pedagogy |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Learner and Learning Achievement | Teacher and Instructor Development
