Fort Street High School is participating in \u201c\u201cDiscovering a \u2018Good Read\u2019: Cultural Pathways to Reading for Australian Teens in a Digital Age\u201d, a research project being undertaken by Deakin University, Victoria. The aim of the project is to support schools and libraries to increase teenagers\u2019 recreational reading. Research has shown that reading for pleasure has a positive outcome on students\u2019 learning across all subjects so we believe this is a valuable project for Fortians to undertake.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe research maps a broad digital and cultural economy of reading, investigating how teens discover books, and the cultural and material factors that influence their choices. It also studies the role of different cultural intermediaries, ranging from professionals such as librarians, publishers and booksellers, to new digital intermediaries and networks in the digital ecology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Deakin University, Teen Reading in the Digital Era, <\/em>accessed 24\/062022 https:\/\/teenreading.net\/research\/<\/a><\/p>\n Fort Street\u2019s participation involves some students taking an anonymous twenty minute survey online regarding their reading habits, and interviews with our Teacher Librarian and English Teachers. To find out more, please follow this link:<\/p>\n