Mrs Sarah Rose

Sarah provides research assistance for members of the Centre for Studies in Literacy, Policy and Learning Cultures (LPLC), a research concentration in the Hawke Research Institute. She has worked for UniSA for ten years on various projects including the Socio-economically disadvantaged students and the development of literacies in school project (1998-2001) and the Children of the new millennium project (2002-2004). Currently she is working on the Mapping multiliteracies evaluation project (2007-2008) in association with DECS.

Sarah has a website looking at the history of Australian children's literature - www.Australianchildrensliterature.com - and is totally chuffed with it! And is even more chuffed with the domain name, since she can now extend the site to include contemporary children's literature as well - when she can find the time!

Master of Education
Specialising in Children's Literature
(University of Southern Queensland 1998)

Bachelor of Early Childhood Education
(University of South Australia 1997)

• Children's literature
• Early literacy acquisition
• Electronic literacies

       

       

Author of 26 titles for the Alphakids (1997-2000) school reader series published by Eleanor Curtain Publishing, Victoria.

Author of several case studies for the Socio-economically disadvantaged students and the development of literacies in school project (2001). An ARC Strategic Partnership with Industry Research and Training (SPIRT) funded project with the South Australian Department of Education, Training and Employment and members of the LPLC.

Author (together with Dr John Foster) of the final report - An investigation of young people’s reading in South Australia (2001). A survey conducted by the School of International Studies, UniSA in conjunction with colleagues from Britain, South Africa and Canada to compare reading trends across the different nations.

Contributor to the final report - Mapping Multiliteracies - from the Children of the new millennium: Using ICT for playing and learning in the information age project (2004). An Australian Research Council (ARC) funded Linkage project with DECS and Associate Professor Susan Hill, from the DeLissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies.

Contributor to - Building literacy before school (2006-2007) - a handbook produced for The Little Big Book Club Training and Development Program, Adelaide and Associate Professor Susan Hill.

Contributor to the final report - How do you spell bird? (2008). A research report from the DECS commissioned project The effectiveness of early childhood parent programs in diverse contexts conducted in schools across Adelaide. With researchers from UniSA and Flinders University exploring the various programs available to help parents of young children encourage literacy learning at home.