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Larissa McLean Davies

Associate Professor In Languages & Literacies Edu
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
education & educational research
social sciences
education
english
literature
partnership
curriculum and pedagogy
curriculum
australian literature
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A/Prof

Larissa McLean Davies

 
Division
Melbourne Graduate School of Education
 
Primary Interest
Literary Education; Digital Literacy and Learning; Literature teaching in first and second language contexts
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Projects

Displaying the 7 most recent projects by Larissa McLean Davies.

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MGSE Literary Education Lab and Stella Prize partnership

2020 - 2021
Active
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Attraction and Retention: A Two-Pronged Approach to Teacher Shortage

2019 - 2021
Completed
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Literacy Across the Curriculum. An Evaluation of Literacy at Parade College.

2019 - 2020
Completed
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Literacy Teaching Toolkit

2019 - 2020
Completed
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Investigating literary knowledge in the making of English teachers.

This project aims to create new understanding of the role of literary knowledge within subject English. English education is mandated in Aus..

2016 - 2020
Completed
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Investigating literary knowledge in the making of English teachers

2015 - 2016
Completed
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National stories: a study of Australian literature in the secondary curriculum

2010 - 2010
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

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Research Contracts

2

Internal Research Grant

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Research Grant

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Larissa McLean Davies.

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On Being ‘Well Read’

Larissa McLean Davies, Wayne SAWYER

Book Chapter  |  2020

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Reading Perspectives and Practices focuses on the experiences of reading from a young age to maturity a..

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Reading in the (post)digital age: Large databases and the future of literature in secondary English classrooms

Larissa McLean Davies, Katherine Bode, Susan K Martin, Wayne Sawyer

Journal article  |  2020  |  English in Education

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The Capaciousness of No: Affective Refusals as Literacy Practices

Sarah E Truman, Abigail Hackett, Kate Pahl, Larissa McLean Davies, Hugh Escott

Journal article  |  2020  |  Reading Research Quarterly

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Teacher-researchers: a pilot project for unsettling the secondary Australian literary canon

Larissa Davies, Sarah E Truman, Lucy Buzacott

Journal article  |  2020  |  Gender and Education

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Literary sociability: a transnational perspective

Claudio Mello, Brenton Doecke, Larissa McLean Davies, Lucy Buzacott

Journal article  |  2019  |  English in Education

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Conceptualising the impact of initial teacher education

Fiona Ell, Alyson Simpson, Diane Mayer, Larissa McLean Davies, Janet Clinton, Georgia Dawson

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Australian Educational Researcher

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School English, literature and the knowledge-base question

Lyn Yates, Larissa McLean Davies, Lucy Buzacott, Brenton Doecke, Philip Mead, Wayne Sawyer

Journal article  |  2019  |  The Curriculum Journal

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(K)now you see it, (k)now you don't: literary knowledge in the Australian Curriculum: English

Larissa McLean Davies, Wayne Sawyer

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF CURRICULUM STUDIES

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Growing the nation: The influence of Dartmouth on the teaching of literature in subject English in Australia

L Buzacott, Larissa McLean Davies, Susan K MARTIN

Book Chapter  |  2018

Bringing together leading voices in contemporary English education, this book celebrates the Conference and its legacy, drawing at..

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Blowing and Blundering in Space: English in the Australian Curriculum

L McLean Davies, Brenton DOECKE, Wayne SAWYER

Book Chapter  |  2018

The book will assist in understanding and analysing the debates and tensions around the Australian Curriculum, how these played ou..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Curriculum and Pedagogy
Teaching and Instruction
Specialist Studies in Education
Curriculum
Communication
Education Systems
Literary Studies
Curriculum Studies
Other Education
Secondary Education

News

Displaying the 4 most recent news articles by Larissa McLean Davies.

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The enduring ‘cultural cringe’ about teaching Australian literature

Larissa McLean Davies, Sarah E. Truman, Lucy Buzacott

February 16, 2020
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5 Australian books that can help young people understand their place in the world

Larissa McLean Davies, Jessica Gannaway, Lucy Buzacott

December 22, 2019
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Old white men dominate school English booklists. It's time more Australian schools taught Australian books

Larissa McLean Davies

November 19, 2019
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Rewriting the book on literature teaching

Larissa McLean Davies

September 5, 2016

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Credentials

Positions

Associate Professor In Languages & Literacies Edu

Melbourne Graduate School of Education

Ex-Officio Committee Member

Association for the Study of Australian Literature (ASAL)

Member Of Academic Advisory Group

Australia India Institute

Individual Member

Victorian Association for the Teaching of English (VATE)

Education

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

University of Melbourne

BACEHLOR OF MUSIC (HONOURS)

University of Melbourne

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)

University of Melbourne

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