Publications

Our publications are aimed at delivering positive educational outcomes for children and young people.

Search below for fact sheets, contract research reports, journal articles and submissions to government inquiries and consultations, as well as radio appearances.

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Our new book explores how COVID-19 affected student learning.

Learning from home was emblematic of COVID-19, to reduce the risk of disease transmission. But, despite being least likely to get seriously ill, children and young people were some of the most adversely affected due to school lockdowns.

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Formal learning (in school)

A Framework for Quality Flexible Learning Programs

2020 Book chapter

Te Riele, K.

A portrait of connection through consultation: Tasmanian senior secondary sport and recreation management students—cross-sectoral partners and the role of authentic and meaningful pedagogy to impact a small island community

2019 Journal article

Craw, M.J., Strand, B., Woodroffe, J.J. & Latham, R.

A trialectical approach to understanding ‘classroom readiness’ for teaching literacy

2021 Journal article

Stewart, S., Stratford, E., & te Riele, K.

An Evaluation of the Launceston Big Picture School: Executive Summary and Report

2020 Report PDF (17.0 MB)

Emery, S., West, M., Shelley, B., Te Riele, K., Stratford, E. & Grant, O.

Collective ed. survey 2021

2021 Report PDF (1.7 MB)

Emery, S., Te Riele, K., Crellin, T. & Shelley, B.

Connection, connectivity and choice: Learning during COVID-19 restrictions across mainstream schools and Flexible Learning Programmes in Australia

2022 Journal article

Plage, S., Cook, S., Povey, J. Rudling, E., Te Riele, K., McDaid, L. & Western, M.

Cultural Well-Being in Classroom Communities in Australia

2021 Book chapter

Emery, S. 

Disrupting Perception: Mapping An Understanding Of Educational Attainment

2017 Journal article

Sutton, G., McLeod, C., Fraser, S. and Corbett, MJ.

Distance travelled: outcomes and evidence in flexible learning options

2017 Journal article

Thomas, J., McGinty, S., te Riele, K. and Wilson, K.

Education and Equity in Times of Crisis: Learning, Engagement and Support

2023 Book

Rudling, E. S., Emery, S., Shelley, B., Te Riele, K., Woodroffe, J., & Brown, N.

Education Transforms – Papers and Reflections

2015 Conference paper PDF (9.7 MB)

Stratford, E., & Kilpatrick, S.

Educational Transition from Custody. Final report

2020 Report PDF (1.6 MB)

MacDonald, F., Te Riele, K., White, J., Corcoran, T., Moylan, P., Baker, A. & Manan, R.

Enablers of literacy teaching and learning

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Exploring the affective dimension of teachers’ work in alternative school settings

2017 Journal article

Te Riele, K., Mills, M., McGregor, M. and Baroutsis, A.

Gauging the Value of Education for Disenfranchised Youth: Overview, Conclusions and Implications

2018 Book chapter

Lewthwaite, B., Babacan, H., Te Riele, K., Murray, D., and Thomas, J.

Harnessing the Transformative Power of Education

2020 Book

Shelley, B., Te Riele, K., Brown, N. & Crellin, T.

Improving educational connection for young people in custody

2019 Report

White, J., Te Riele, K., Corcoran, T., Baker, A., Moylan, P. and Manan, R.

Improving the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students within Catholic Education Tasmani- final report

2022 Report

O’Mara, J., Te Riele, K., Andersen, C., Auld, G., Brown, N., Corcoran, T., Hicks, D., Moss, J., Delphine, T., Rudling, E., Chandir, H. & Crellin, T.

Improving the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students within Catholic Education Tasmania

2022 Report PDF (6.6 MB)

O’Mara, J., Te Riele, K., Andersen, C., Auld, G., Brown, N., Corcoran, T., Hicks, D., Moss, J., Delphine, T., Rudling, E., Chandir, H. & Crellin, T.

Improving the outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students within Catholic Education Tasmania. Literature Review

2021 Report PDF (835.3 KB)

Auld, G., O’Mara, J., Andersen, C., Auld, G., Brown, N., Corcoran, T., Te Riele, K., Moss, J., Delphine, T., Hicks, D., Chandir, H., Crellin, T. & Rudling, E.,

Incarcerated Young People, Education and Social Justice

2023 Book

Te Riele, K., Corcoran, T., MacDonald, F., Baker, A. & White, J.

Inspiring the next generation of scientists: children as researchers and storytellers

2019 Journal article

Wright, S., Fitzallen, N., Shelley, B. & Lang, M.

It takes a special type of teacher. An investigation into the capabilities of staff working with disengaged students

2020 Journal article

Thomas, J., Cruickshank, V., Herrlander Birgerson, E., Reid, D. & te Riele, K.

Kentish Community Learning Strategy and Plan

2016 Report PDF (3.1 MB)

Auckland, S., Woodroffe, J., Kilpatrick, S., Eyles, K., Jackson, E., Grant, O., & Stratford, E.

Learning at home during COVID-19: Effects on vulnerable young Australians

2020 Report PDF (6.1 MB)

Brown, N., Te Riele, K., Shelley, B. & Woodroffe, J.

Learning from alternative schools to enhance school completion. In: Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of Education

2020 Book chapter

Te Riele, K., McGregor, G., Mills, M., Baroutsis, A., & Hayes, D.

Literacy learning in the early years of school. Fact sheet 7/2020 (for parents/carers)

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Literacy learning in the secondary years. Fact sheet 11/2020 (for parents/carers)

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Literacy learning in the upper primary years. Fact sheet 9/2020 (for parents/carers)

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Literacy teaching in Tasmania: Teaching practice and teacher learning

2019 Report PDF (3.2 MB)

Stewart, S., Te Riele, K. & Stratford, E.

Literacy teaching in the early years of school. Fact sheet 6/2020 (for teachers)

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Literacy teaching in the secondary years. Fact sheet 10/2020 (for teachers)

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Literacy teaching in the upper primary years. Fact sheet 8/2020 (for teachers)

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Literacy Teaching Practice in Tasmanian Schools. Stakeholder Report

2019 Report PDF (1.5 MB)

Stewart, S., Te Riele, K. & Stratford, E.

Making sense of school learning environments as infrastructures of care and spatial typologies

2020 Journal article

Stratford, E., Stewart, S., Te Riele, K. & Watson, P.

Mathematics

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Monitoring literacy teaching and learning

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Motivation to learn

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Outcomes from Flexible Learning Options for disenfranchised youth: What counts?

2017 Journal article

Te Riele, K., Wilson, K., Wallace, V., McGinty, S., & Lewthwaite, B.

Paving the Way: University as a Post-school Option for Tasmanian School Students

2023 Report PDF (3.6 MB)

Lang, M., Emery, S. & te Riele, K.

Positive youth transitions

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Psychosocial justice for students in custody

2019 Journal article

Corcoran, T., White, J., Te Riele, K., Baker, A. and Moylan, P.

Reflecting on belonging, space and marginalised young people

2018 Book chapter

Te Riele, K.

Reforming Tasmania’s Youth Justice System (2022) Submission

2022 Submission PDF (3.0 MB)

Peter Underwood Centre

Reimagining schooling for education. Socially just alternatives

2017 Book

McGregor, G., Mills, M., Te Riele, K., Baroutsis, A. and Hayes, D.

Research with and by children: A systematic literature review

2023 Journal article

Bakhtiar, A., Lang, M., Shelley, B., & West, M. 

School data walls: sociomaterial assemblages to aid children’s literacy outcomes

2022 Journal article

Stratford, E., Stewart, S., & te Riele, K.

School is not for me': young people's perceptions of being a self-directed learner in a small rural Tasmanian town

2022 Journal article

Schmidt M, Ooi CS, Shelley B

Science learning

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Senate Inquiry into School Refusal (2022) Submission

2022 Submission PDF (947.7 KB)

Peter Underwood Centre

Summary of Insights at Three Round-Table Discussions on Educational Attainment in Tasmania Incorporating the involvement of Honourable Henry De Sio Jr

2016 Report PDF (634.5 KB)

Stratford, E., Field, M., Grant, O., & Ambrose, K.

Tasmanian Child and Youth Wellbeing Strategy (2021) Submission

2021 Fact sheet PDF (6.3 MB)

Peter Underwood Centre

Teaching in alternative and flexible education settings

2018 Book

Mills, M., Te Riele, K., McGregor, G., and Baroutsis, A.

Teaching in alternative and flexible education settings

2017 Journal article

Mills, M., Te Riele, K., McGregor, G. & Baroutsis, A.

Teaching literacy: Review of literature

2017 Report PDF (896.5 KB)

Doyle, K., te Riele, K., Stratford, E. & Stewart, S.

Teen parents

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Terms of engagement: A provocation paper about engagement with learning for the Peter Underwood Centre. Part 1 in Engagement with Learning

Report PDF (1.9 MB)

Sefton-Green, J.

The context of flexible learning options

2018 Book chapter

Te Riele, K.

The Transformative Potential of Education

2020 Book chapter

Shelley, B., Te Riele, K., Brown, N. & Wilson, J.

Twenty-first century capabilities

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Understanding Tasmanian school students’ post-school pathway intentions. Phase Three: Analysis of TASC and University of Tasmania data

2020 Report

Bakhtiar, A., Brown, N., Te Riele, K., Crellin, T. & West, M.

Uneven impacts of COVID-19 on the attendance rates of secondary school students from different socioeconomic backgrounds in Australia: A quasi-experimental analysis of administrative data

2022 Journal article

Tomaszewski, W., Zajac, T., Rudling, E., Te Riele, K., McDaid, L. & Western, M.

Vignette B: Exploring Successful Learning with Lucas and Lily

2020 Book chapter

Woodroffe, J., Viney, T., Craw, M., Spencer, L. & Long, L.

What Do We Really Mean by Educational Attainment?

2020 Book chapter

Beams, K. & Brown, N.

What is literacy?

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Whole school approaches to literacy

Fact sheet

Peter Underwood Centre

Whole school change for literacy teaching and learning: purposes and processes

2022 Journal article

Te Riele, K., Stewart, S., & Stratford, E.

Year 8 and Year 10 students’ views and experiences in Collective Ed. schools in 2019

2019 Report PDF (2.8 MB)

Crellin, T., Te Riele, K., & Shelley, B.

Youth justice, Educational Inclusion and Moral Panic

2021 Book chapter

Moylan, P., White, J., Corcoran, T., te Riele, K. and Baker, A.

ABC Radio segment

The Peter Underwood Centre participates regularly in an ABC Radio segment on Drive with Lucy Breaden. We also speak on other radio programs when invited.

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