Publications
Cooper, J. (2008). "Embedding literacy in Indigenous education through assistant teachers: lessons from the National Accelerated Literacy Program." The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 37: 120-129.
Cowey, W. (2008)."'The teacher says I have to make my writing interesting, but, how do I do that?': teaching students to use the writing techniques of successful authors", Proceedings of Stories, space, places: literacy and identity. National conference for teachers of english and literacy. Adelaide, Pelvin and Associates.
Harley, J. (2008). Hey teacher! You're waking me up! Ngoongjook, 33, 73-82.
McCormack, J. N., Cowey, W. (2008). Accelerated Literacy teaching and its links with Indigenous learning. Ngoonjook, 33, 61-72.
Gray, B. (2007). Accelerating the literacy development of Indigenous students. Darwin: CDU Press.
Cowey, W. (2007) Exploring the potential of classroom questioning in the National Accelerated Literacy Program. Paper presented to
Australian Literacy Educators Association National Conference July 2007, Canberra
Cowey, W. (2005) A Brief Description of the National Accelerated Literacy Program. TESOL in Context, 15 (2): 3-14.
Gray, B. (1998) Accessing the Discourses of Schooling: Language and Literacy Development with Aboriginal children in Mainstream Schools. PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne.
Gray, B., and Cowey, W. (2001) Some Reflections on the Literacy Development of Children at Amata School: 1998-2000. In, National Year Book on Research in Education for 2001, Canberra: DEETYA.
Gray, B, Cowey, W. and Rose, D. (2000) What do we mean by an educational culture of survival. Report prepared for the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra.
Download excerpt from report here
Providing access to academic-literate discourses for Indigenous learners (with B. Gray & W. Cowey). In Ngoonjook: a journal of Australian Indigenous issues. December 1998, 62-70
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Scaffolding Reading and Writing for Indigenous Children in School (with B. Gray & W. Cowey). In P. Wignell (ed.) Double Power: English literacy and Indigenous education. Melbourne: NLLIA, 1999, 23-60
Rose, D., Gray, B, Cowey, W. "Scaffolding Reading and Writing for Indigenous Children in School", in P. Wignell (ed.) Double Power: English literacy and Indigenous education. Melbourne: NLLIA, 1999, 23-60
Rose, D., Gray, B, Cowey, W. "Providing access to academic-literate discourses for Indigenous learners" (with B. Gray & W. Cowey), in Ngoonjook: a journal of Australian Indigenous issues. December 1998, 62-70
Related publications
Adoniou, M. and Macken-Horarik, M. (2007) Scaffolding Literacy meets ESL: Some insights from ACT classrooms. TESOL in Context, 17 (1): 5-14.
Mullin, K. Let's begin embarking on the reading journey with Kindergarten and Pre Primary students. Booklet prepared for the Association of Independent Schools of Western Australia.
Promotional materials
National Accelerated Literacy Program 5-minute promotional DVD (Quicktime format, 10MB)
National Accelerated Literacy Program 8-page booklet (pdf)