Professor Victoria Carrington

Professor Victoria Carrington joined the University in 2007 as SA Research Chair. Victoria has worked with universities in Queensland, Tasmania and more recently the University of Plymouth in the UK. She brings her expertise in many areas of education with a focus on new technologies and new literacies. Victoria writes extensively in the fields of sociology of literacy and education and has a particular interest in the impact of new digital media on literacy practices both in and out of school.

Her research interests in the field of digital technologies and digital cultures have informed much of her work around early adolescents. She has authored or co-authored more than a dozen national and international publications, including editing a special edition of the (Taylor & Francis) journal Discourse: Studies in the cultural politics of education, which have been designed to draw attention to issues of text production, identity and literacy practices within the affordances of digital technologies.

Her contributions to the field have been recognized in the many keynotes and seminars she has presented at a range of national and international forums. Further reflecting expertise and reputation in the field of digital cultures and text production, Victoria was a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Edmonton in 2007 at the invitation of the Faculty of Education Technology Council.

Hawke Research Institute (HRI)

Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures (LPLC)

• Digital technologies
• Digital cultures
• Text production
• Literacy practices
• Identity
• Youth cultures

BOOKS
Carrington, V. (2006). Rethinking middle years: Early adolescents, schooling and digital cultures. Sydney: Allen & Unwin.

Carrington, V. (2002). New times: New families. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press.

Carrington, V., Mitchell, J., Rawolle, S. & Zavros, A. (Eds) (2002). Troubling Practice. Brisbane: Post Pressed.

BOOK CHAPTERS
Carrington, V. (in press 2008). Digital cultures, play, creativity: Trapped underground.jpg. In M. Robinson & R. Willett (Eds). Play, Creativity and digital cultures. London: Routledge. Accepted September 2007.

Carrington, V. (2007). Digital literacies and social inclusion. In E. Bearne, & J. Marsh (Eds). Closing the gap: Literacy and social inclusion.(pp. 103-114) London: Trentham.

Carrington, V. (2005). New textual landscapes, information, new childhood. In J. Marsh, (Ed) Popular culture: Media and digital literacies in early childhood. London: Sage.

Luke A. & Carrington, V. (2004). Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice. Republished in T. Grainger (Ed) RoutledgeFalmer reader in language and literacy. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Luke, A., Carrington, V. & Kapitzke, C. (2003). Textbooks and early childhood literacy. In J. Marsh (Ed) Handbook of early childhood literacy (pp. 249-257). London: Falmer.

Carrington, V. & Luke, A. (2003). Reading, homes and families: From postmodern to modern? In A. van Kleeck, S. Stahl & B. Bauer (Eds) On reading to children: Parents and teachers. Mahway, NJ: Erlbaum.

Luke A. & Carrington, V. (2002). Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice. In. R. Fisher, M. Lewis & G. Brooks (Eds). Raising standards in literacy. London: RoutledgeFalmer.

Carrington, V., Mitchell, A., Rawolle, S. & Zavros, A. (2002). The trouble is... In V. Carrington, J. Mitchell, S. Rawolle & A. Zavros (Eds). Trouble Practice (pp. 13-19). Brisbane: Post Pressed Publications.

JOURNAL ARTICLES
Carrington, V. (2008). ‘I’m Dylan and I’m not going to say my last name’: Some thoughts on childhood, text and new technologies. British Educational Research Journal, 34(2), 151-166.

Hunter, L., Stevents, L., Pendergast, D., Bahr, N., Mitchell, J. & Carrington, V. (forthcoming 2008). Middle years of schooling: New perspectives. Australian Educational Researcher.

Stevens, L., Hunter, L., Pendergast, D., Carrington, V., Bahr, N., Kapitzke, C. & Mitchell, J. (2007). Reconceptualizing the possible narratives of adolescence. Australian Educational Researcher, 34(2),107-128.

Carrington, V. (2005). The uncanny, digital texts and literacy. Language and Education, 19(6).

Carrington, V. (2005). Txting: The end of civilization (again). Cambridge Journal of Education, 35(2), Summer 2005, 161-175.

Carrington, V. (2004). Texts and literacies of the Shi Junrui, British Journal of the Sociology of Education, 25(2) 215-228.

Carrington, V. (2004). Midterm review: The middle years. Curriculum Perspectives.

Carrington, V. (2004). I’m in a bad mood: Let’s go shopping. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 3(1), 83-98.

Mitchell, J. Kapitzke, C., Mayer, D., Carrington, V., Stevens, L., Bahr, N., Pendergast, D. & Hunter, L. (2003). Aligning school reform and teacher education reform in the middle years: An Australian case study. Teaching Education, 14(1), 69-82.

Carrington, V. (2001). Globalization and nation. Discourse: Studies in the cultural politics of education, 22(2), 185-196.