LitPlus Research and Professional Learning Community

LitPlus draws on research to advocate for a whole community approach to literacy education. We support literacy education that brings together a commitment to literacy achievement for all children with fostering enjoyment of reading.

What we focus on within the LitPlus community

There are two aspects to the LitPlus community:

Research

Find out more about our latest research on literacy education.

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Professional learning

View events and other resources to support literacy education professionals.

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Our researchers in the news

Ruth Boyask talks to The Panel about the Importance of children learning to read for pleasure

Kiwi kids once led the world in reading – this 1950s primary school syllabus still has lessons for today

Ruth Boyask cited in Greg Bruce: It’s time to make school fun again

Learning to read for pleasure is a serious matter (John Milne, Celeste Harrington, Jayne Jackson, Ruth Boyask)

Kids do better out of the class if they are reading for pleasure, and not as a chore, research shows

Kiwi kids who read for pleasure will do well in other ways – it’s everyone’s responsibility to encourage them (Ruth Boyask, Celeste Harrington and John Milne)

Meet the team

Learn more about our literacy education researchers and the LitPlus community at AUT.

Our people

Our team

Our publications

Quilt of books _{Quilt by LitPlus researcher Jayne Jackson}

View the latest publications on literacy education from researchers in the LitPlus community based at AUT.

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Get in touch

Find out more about LitPlus and its research.

Email litplus@aut.ac.nz