Emeritus ProfessorCatherine Beavis

Emeritus Professor

Faculty of Arts and Education/Office of the Executive Dean Arts and Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS

* The changing nature of literacy and text in the digital age
* English and Literacy Curriculum, Pedagogy and History
* Young people's engagement in the digital world and the implications for education.
* Digital Games and Digital Culture in and out of school
* Literacy, learning and digital games

GRANTS

  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Virtual Learning Principles for Teachers: Best Practices.
    3 May 2019 - 30 Sep 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    DETVic Grant - Research - Department of Education and Training Victoria - CONTR2019/00949 - $45,454.54
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Data Smart: Developing Social Media Literacies in 'Pre-Teen' Students (Datos Intelligentes: Desarrollo de la alfabetizacion en estudiantes pre-adolescentes sobre redes sociales)
    5 Jul 2018 - 30 Oct 2019
    People funded by this grant:
    Universidad ORT Uruguay - $59,536.09
  • CONTRACT RESEARCH
    Development and delivery of the Digital Literacy and Digital Citizenship Pilot Program
    24 Jan 2018 - 30 Aug 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    Department of Premier and Cabinet Vic - $166,889.99
  • GRANT
    International students in secondary schools
    1 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC - Discovery Projects - DP160103181 - $318,332.02
  • GRANT
    Serious Play: Using digital games in school to promote literacy and learning in the twenty first century
    1 Jun 2012 - 31 Dec 2013
    People funded by this grant:
    • Beavis C,
    • Dezuanni M,
    • O'Mara J,
    • Prestridge S,
    • Rowan L
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 2 - LP110200309 - $122,500.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games.
    28 Feb 2007 - 27 Dec 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    ARC Linkage - Projects Rnd 1 - LP0775072 - $131,822.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games.
    28 Feb 2007 - 27 Feb 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    ACMI -The Australian Centre for the Moving Image - $20,000.00
  • COLLABORATIVE GRANT
    Literacy in the digital world of the twenty-first century: learning from computer games.
    28 Feb 2007 - 27 Feb 2010
    People funded by this grant:
    DETVic Department of Education and Training Victoria - $60,000.00