Associate Professor Robyn Cox

Robyn Cox is a member of the School of Education in the College of Design and Social Context. She specializes in language and literacy education and has particular expertise in Initial Teacher Education in teaching early reading. Robyn is regularly called upon to give expert advice on early reading for State and Federal government bodies.

Robyn’s work in governance and NFP organisations further demonstrates her focus on school education and initial teacher education.

Teaching Areas

• English literacy pedagogy in the primary school

Primary Research Area/s

• Early reading; Teacher leadership in schools in literacy; Language education; Teacher education for teaching reading and literacy
• Research Interests
• Literacy teaching leadership
• Multilingualism in schools

Authored Books

• Cox, R (2023) High Impact Practices: Literacy. ACER Pres
• Maclusky, J. and Cox, R. (2011) Teaching Creative Writing in the Primary School: Delight, Entice, Inspire. Open University Press
  

Edited Books

• Cox, R., Feez, S. & Beveridge, L. (2019) The Alphabetic Principle and Beyond. Sydney, NSW Primary English Teaching Association.
  
• Cox, R. (2012) Primary English teaching: An introduction to Language, Literacy and Learning. The Australian Version. Melbourne, Hawker Brownlow.
  
• Cox, R. (2011) Primary English teaching: An introduction to Language, Literacy and Learning. London: SAGE
  

Chapters in Books

• Cox, R. (2019) The Role of Spoken Interaction. In Cox, R., Feez, S. & Beveridge, L. (2019) The Alphabetic Principle and Beyond. Sydney, NSW Primary English Teaching Association.
  
• Cox, R., Feez, S., & Beveridge, L. (2019) Reading: an essential activity in our society, In Cox, R., Feez, S. & Beveridge, L. (2019) The Alphabetic Principle and Beyond. Sydney, NSW Primary English Teaching Association.
  
• Cox, R., Feez, S., & Beveridge, L. (2019) Teaching the alphabetic principle: some tentative steps forward. In Cox, R., Feez, S. & Beveridge, L. (2019) The Alphabetic Principle and Beyond. Sydney, NSW Primary English Teaching Association
  
• Cox, R. (2017) Fast and Furious: Early reading policy in Australia today. In Clark, M., Gardner, P., Adoniou, M., Cox, R., Brooks, G., Wrigley, T. & Dombey, H. Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning. Birmingham, UK: Witley Press.
  
• Cox, R. (2011) Oral language in the literacy classroom in Cox, R (Ed) (2011) Primary English teaching: An introduction to Language, Literacy and Learning London: SAGE
  
• Cox, R. (2011) Language, Literacy and Learning in Cox, R (Ed) (2011) Primary English teaching: An introduction to Language, Literacy and LearningLondon: SAGE
  
• Cox, R. and Durrant, C. (2012) An Introduction to the Australian Curriculum: English in Cox, R. (2012) Primary English teaching: An introduction to Language, Literacy and Learning. The Australian Version. Melbourne, Hawker Brownlow.
  
• Robertson, C. and Cox, R. (2008) ‘How we do things around here’: Educational change and effective Faculty leadership in Post Blair Britain. In McConachie, J., Danaher, P.  & Singh, M. Changing University Learning and Teaching: Engaging and Mobilising Leadership, Quality and Technology. Rockhampton: Central Queensland University, Australia.
  

Selected International Refereed Journal Articles

• Cox, R. (2015). Contextualising Multilingualism in Australia Today. English In Australia 50(1), 13-20.
  
• Cox, R. (2015). 'What Language are You?' A Glimpse into Multilingual Childhoods. English In Australia, 50(1), 49-54.
  
• Durrant, C. & Cox, R. (2015). English teaching in globalised educational contexts. English In Australia, 50(1), 2-7.
  
• Cox, R., O'Brien, K., Walsh, M., & West, H. (2015). Working with Multilingual Learners and Vocabulary Knowledge for Secondary Schools: Developing Word Consciousness. English In Australia (0155-2147), 50(1), 77-84.
  
• Robertson, C., Robbins, A. and Cox, R. (2009) Co-constructing a Community Ethos: Challenging Culture and Managing Change in Higher Education, a case study undertaken over two years. In Management in Education. 23(1), 32-40
  
• Cox, R. and Schaetzel, K. (2007) A preliminary study of pre-service teachers as readers in Singapore.Language Teaching Research 11(3).
  
• Khine, M.S., & Cox, R. (2002) A conversation analysis of online discussion among teacher trainees in an ICT course. New Education and Computer, 18(8).
  
• Cox, R. (2001) Listening to Children: What teachers can learn. In REACT Journal 2(1) 41-48.
  
• Cox, R. (2001) Investigating literacy and gender in an Islamic context. In Muslim Education Quarterly. 17(4): 20-29.
  
• Cox, R. (2001) Talking with students can reveal scientific aspects of cultural knowledge: The Australian South Sea Islanders. Language Curriculum and Culture 14(3): 235-244.
  

Thesis

• Cox, R. (2001) Knowledge about Language: System and Pedagogy, Unpublished PhD thesis James Cook University.
  

• PhD (James Cook)
• MEdStud (UoW)
  
• GradDip in Multicultural Ed (ACAE/UNE)
  
• DipTeach (ACAE/UNE)
  

• Australian Association for Research in Education - AARE
• British Educational Research Association - BERA
  
• United Kingdom Literacy Association - UKLA
  
• National Association for the Teachers of English - NATE
  

Executive posts held:

• President Primary English Teachers Association of Australia (PETAA) (2014-2020)
  
• Former UKLA National Executive Member Board member (2005-2009)
  
• Former Vice President of the English Language and Literature Teachers' Association of Singapore (ELLTAS) (2001-2003)
  

Consultancy Interests

• Initial teacher education in teaching early reading
• Literacy programs in schools
  
• Reading diagnosis and remediation school programs