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Stahl, Garth, Scholes, Laura, McDonald, Sarah, Mills, Reece, Lunn, Joanne, & Comber, Barbara (2024) Scoping review of conceptions of literacy in middle school science. Research Papers in Education, 39(1), pp. 134-154.

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Boggs, George L., Spina, Nerida, Alvermann, Donna E., & Comber, Barbara (2022) Critical literacy out of the comfort zone: Productive textual tantrums. In Pandya, Jessica Zacher, Mora, Raúl Alberto, Alford, Jennifer Helen, Golden, Noah Asher, & de Roock, Roberto Santiago (Eds.) The Handbook of Critical Literacies. Routledge, New York, NY, pp. 327-334.

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Scholes, Laura, Spina, Nerida, & Comber, Barbara (2021) Disrupting the 'boys don't read' discourse: Primary school boys who love reading fiction. British Educational Research Journal, 47(1), pp. 163-180.

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Scholes, Laura, Stahl, Garth, Comber, Barbara, McDonald, Sarah, & Lunn, Joanne (2021) ‘We don’t read in science’: student perceptions of literacy and learning science in middle school. Cambridge Journal of Education, 51(4), pp. 451-466.

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Lampert, Jo, Burnett, Bruce, Comber, Barbara, Ferguson, Angela, & Barnes, Naomi (2020) 'It's not about punitive': exploring how early-career teachers in high-poverty schools respond to critical incidents. Critical Studies in Education, 61(2), pp. 149-165.

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Hruby, George G., Janks, Hilary, & Comber, Barbara (2020) In Dimmed Memory of Otto and Hayes: Workforce Literacy at Wanda's Fish Fry. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 63(4), pp. 453-456.

Woods, Annette & Comber, Barbara (2020) Bringing together what we know about literacy and equity: A discussion about what's important. In Woods, A & Exley, B (Eds.) Literacies in early childhood: Foundations for equity and quality. Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 38-52.

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Creagh, Susan, Kettle, Margaret, Alford, Jennifer, Comber, Barbara, & Shield, Paul (2019) How long does it take to achieve academically in a second language?: Comparing the trajectories of EAL students and first language peers in Queensland schools. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 42(3), pp. 145-155.

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Scholes, Laura, Comber, Barbara, & Spina, Nerida (2019) Disrupting the 'boys' don't read' discourse: Elementary school boys' stories of a love of reading. In European Conference on Educational Research, 2019-01-01.

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Kervin, Lisa, Woods, Annette, Comber, Barbara, & Baroutsis, Aspa (2019) Mobilising critical literacies: Text production in children's hands. In Oakley, G (Ed.) Mobile technologies in children's language and literacy: Innovative pedagogy in preschool and primary education. Emerald Group Publishing Limited, United Kingdom, pp. 119-132.

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Baroutsis, Aspa, Kervin, Lisa, Woods, Annette, & Comber, Barbara (2019) Understanding children's perspectives of classroom writing practices through drawings. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 20(2), pp. 177-193.

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Comber, Barbara & Grant, Helen (2018) Working Critically and Creatively With Fake News. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 62(3), pp. 329-332.

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Comber, Barbara, Klenowski, Val, & Harris, Jess (2018) Listening to the voices of teachers. In Harris, Jess, Carrington, Suzanne, & Ainscow, Mel (Eds.) Promoting Equity in Schools: Collaboration, Inquiry and Ethical Leadership. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 45-68.

Comber, Barbara & Woods, Annette (2018) Pedagogies of belonging in literacy classrooms and beyond: What's holding us back? In Halse, C (Ed.) Interrogating belonging for young people in schools. Palgrave Macmillan, Switzerland, pp. 263-281.

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Lampert, Jo, Burnett, Bruce, Comber, Barbara, Ferguson, Angela, & Barnes, Naomi (2018) Quality teaching discourses: a contested terrain. In Gannon, S, Hattam, R, & Sawyer, W (Eds.) Resisting educational inequality: Reframing policy and practice in schools serving vulnerable communities. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 150-158.

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Grant, Sandra, Comber, Barbara, Danby, Susan, Theobald, Maryanne, & Thorpe, Karen (2018) The quality agenda: governance and regulation of preschool teachers' work. Cambridge Journal of Education, 48(4), pp. 515-532.

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Woods, Annette, Baroutsis, Aspa, Kervin, Lisa, & Comber, Barbara (2017) Learning to write should not be hijacked by NAPLAN: New research shows what is really going on. EduResearch Matters [Web log post], 21 August 2017. [Article]

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Comber, Barbara, Woods, Annette, & Grant, Helen (2017) Literacy and imagination: Finding space in a crowded curriculum. Reading Teacher, 71(1), pp. 115-120.

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Baroutsis, Aspa, Comber, Barbara, & Woods, Annette (2017) Social geography, space, and place in education. In Noblit, G W (Ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. Oxford University Press, United States of America, pp. 1-16.

Kervin, Lisa, Comber, Barbara, & Woods, Annette (2017) Toward a sociomaterial understanding of writing experiences incorporating digital technology in an early childhood classroom. Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 66(1), pp. 183-197.

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Scholes, Laura, Lampert, Joanne, Burnett, Bruce, Comber, Barbara, Hoff, Lutz, & Ferguson, Angela (2017) The politics of quality teacher discourses: Implications for pre-service teachers in high poverty schools. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 42(4), Article number: 3 19-43.

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Comber, Barbara & Kerkham, Lyn (2016) Gus: 'I can't write anything' [The situated cases: Child agency, cultural resources, language]. In Dyson, A H (Ed.) Child cultures, schooling, and literacy: Global perspectives on composing unique lives. Routledge, United States of America, pp. 53-64.

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Kerkham, Lyn & Comber, Barbara (2016) Literacy leadership and accountability practices: Holding onto ethics in ways that count. In Sellar, S, Lingard, B, & Thompson, G (Eds.) National testing in schools: an Australian assessment [Local/Global Issues in Education series]. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 86-97.

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Comber, Barbara & Woods, Annette (2016) Literacy teacher research in high-poverty schools: Why it matters. In Lampert, J & Burnett, B (Eds.) Teacher education for high poverty schools [Education, Equity, Economy, Volume 2]. Springer, Switzerland, pp. 193-210.

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Comber, Barbara (2016) Literacy, place, and pedagogies of possibility. Routledge, United States of America.

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Comber, Barbara (2016) Poverty, place and pedagogy in education: research stories from front-line workers. Australian Educational Researcher, 43(4), pp. 393-417.

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Comber, Barbara (2016) The relevance of composing: Children's spaces for social agency. In Dyson, A H (Ed.) Child cultures, schooling, and literacy: Global perspectives on composing unique lives. Routledge, United States of America, pp. 119-132.

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Marsh, Jackie, Larson, Joanne, Vasquez, Vivian, & Comber, Barbara (2015) Critical literacy. In Larson, Joanne & Marsh, Jackie (Eds.) Making Literacy Real Theories and Practices for Learning and Teaching [2nd. Ed.]. Sage Publications, London, pp. 33-60.

Comber, Barbara (2015) Critical literacy and social justice. Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 58(5), pp. 362-367.

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Comber, Barbara, Thomson, Patricia, & Wells, Margaret (2015) Critical literacy finds a 'place': Writing and social action in a low-income Australian grade 2/3 classroom. In Winograd, K (Ed.) Critical literacies and young learners: connecting classroom practice to the common core. Routledge, United States of America, pp. 147-158.

Comber, Barbara (2015) Foreword. In Yoon, B & Sharif, R (Eds.) Critical literacy practice: Applications of critical theory in diverse settings. Springer, Singapore, vii-ix.

Comber, Barbara (2015) Interview with Barbara Comber [Critical literacy]. In Marsh, J & Larson, J (Eds.) Making literacy real : theories and practices for learning and teaching (2nd edition). SAGE Publications Ltd, United Kingdom, pp. 52-59.

Woods, Annette, Comber, Barbara, & Iyer, Radha (2015) Literacy learning: Designing and enacting inclusive pedagogical practices in classrooms. In Smith, R, Loreman, T, Florian, L, & Deppeler, J M (Eds.) Inclusive pedagogy across the curriculum [International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Volume 7]. Emerald Group Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 45-71.

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Comber, Barbara (2015) School literate repertoires: that was then, this is now. In Rowsell, J & Sefton-Green, J (Eds.) Learning and literacy over time: longitudinal perspectives. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 16-31.

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Mills, Kathy & Comber, Barbara (2015) Socio-spatial approaches to literacy studies: Rethinking the social constitution and politics of space. In Pahl, K & Rowsell, J (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of literacy studies [Routledge Handbooks in Applied Linguistics]. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 91-103.

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Comber, Barbara, Morgan, Anne-Marie, & Freebody, Peter (2014) Collaborative literacy research and why it matters. In Nixon, H, Grant, H, Wells, M, White, M, Morgan, A M, Comber, B, et al. (Eds.) Literacy in the middle years: learning from collaborative classroom research. Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA), Australia, pp. 132-141.

Freebody, Peter, Morgan, Anne-Marie, Comber, Barbara, & Nixon, Helen (2014) Collaborative literacy research: a middle years project. In Nixon, H, Grant, H, Wells, M, White, M, Morgan, A M, Comber, B, et al. (Eds.) Literacy in the middle years: learning from collaborative classroom research. Primary English Teaching Association Australia (PETAA), Australia, pp. 1-14.

Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2014) Critical literacy across the curriculum: Learning to read, question and re-write designs. In Avila, J & Zacher Pandya, J (Eds.) Moving critical literacies forward: A new look at praxis across contexts. Routledge, United States of America, pp. 83-97.

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Morgan, Anne-Marie, Comber, Barbara, Freebody, Peter, Nixon, Helen, Grant, Helen, Trimboli, Ruth, Wells, Margaret, & White, Melissa (2014) Literacy in the Middle Years: Learning From Collaborative Classroom Research. Primary English Teaching Association Australia, Newtown, N.S.W..

Comber, Barbara (2014) Literacy, place, and pedagogies of possibility: Working against residualization effects and deficit discourses in poor school communities. In Berends, M (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2014 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. American Educational Research Association (AERA), United States of America, pp. 1-11.

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Comber, Barbara (2014) Literacy, poverty and schooling: what matters in young people's education? Literacy, 48(3), pp. 115-123.

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Burnett, Bruce, Lampert, Joanne, Patton, Wendy, & Comber, Barbara (2014) Teacher education targeting high-poverty schools: The national Exceptional Teachers for Disadvantaged Schools program. In Berends, M (Ed.) Proceedings of the 2014 American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. American Educational Research Association (AERA), United States of America, pp. 1-5.

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Comber, Barbara (2013) Critical literacy in the early years: Emergence and sustenance in an age of accountability. In Marsh, J & Larson, J (Eds.) The SAGE handbook of early childhood literacy (2nd Edition). Sage Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 587-601.

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Comber, Barbara (2013) Critical theory and literacy. In Chapelle, C A (Ed.) The encyclopedia of applied linguistics [10 Volumes]. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 1-10.

Hall, Kathy, Cremin, Teresa, Comber, Barbara, & Moll, Luis (2013) Editors' introduction: Literacy, learning, and culture. In Hall, K, Moll, L, Cremin, T, & Comber, B (Eds.) International handbook of research on children's literacy, learning and culture. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc., United Kingdom, xxxvii-xlix.

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Cormack, Phillip & Comber, Barbara (2013) High-stakes literacy tests and local effects in a rural school. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 36(2), pp. 78-89.

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Hall, Kathy, Cremin, Teresa, Comber, Barbara, & Moll, Luis (Eds.) (2013) International Handbook of Research on Children's Literacy, Learning, and Culture. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford.

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Simpson, Alyson, White, Simone, Freebody, Peter, & Comber, Barbara (2013) Language, Literacy and Literature. Oxford University Press, Australia.

Dooley, Karen, Exley, Beryl, & Comber, Barbara (2013) Leading literacies: Literacy teacher education for inclusion and social justice. In Beck, C, Simon, R, Kosnik, C, Rowsell, J, & Williamson, P (Eds.) Literacy teacher educators: Preparing teachers for a changing world. Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 65-78.

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Comber, Barbara & Freebody, Peter (2013) Literacy education in a changing policy environment: Introduction [Editorial]. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 36(2), pp. 65-66.

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Comber, Barbara (2013) Literacy for a sustainable world. In White, S, Comber, B, Simpson, A, & Freebody, P (Eds.) Language, literacy and literature. Oxford University Press, Australia, pp. 26-48.

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Kerkham, Lyn & Comber, Barbara (2013) Literacy, place-based pedagogies, and social justice. In Green, B & Corbett, M (Eds.) Rethinking rural literacies: Transnational perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan USA, United States, pp. 197-217.

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Lampert, Joanne, Burnett, Bruce, & Comber, Barbara (2013) Reflections from early career graduates of the exceptional teachers for disadvantaged schools project. In Renn, K A (Ed.) Education and Poverty : Theory, Research, Policy and Praxis: Proceedings of the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. American Educational Research Association (AERA), United States of America, pp. 1-4.

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Comber, Barbara (2013) Schools as meeting places: Critical and inclusive literacies in changing local environments. Language Arts, 90(5), pp. 361-371.

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Mills, Kathy, Comber, Barbara, & Kelly, Pippa (2013) Sensing place: Embodiment, sensoriality, kinesis, and children behind the camera. English Teaching, 12(2), pp. 11-27.

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Mills, Kathy & Comber, Barbara (2013) Space, place, and power: The spatial turn in literacy research. In Hall, K, Moll, L, Cremin, T, & Comber, B (Eds.) International handbook of research on children's literacy, learning and culture. John Wiley & Sons, United Kingdom, pp. 412-423.

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Comber, Barbara (2013) Teachers as researchers: a 'fair dinkum' learning legacy. English in Australia, 48(3), pp. 54-61.

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Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2013) Urban renewal, migration and memories: The affordances of place-based pedagogies for developing immigrant students' literate repertoires. Multidisciplinary Journal of Educational Research, 3(1), pp. 42-68.

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Hattam, R. & Comber, B. (2013) The primary school as a logic machine. In Ladwig, J. & Albright, J. (Eds.) On the within School Stratification of Social Inequities of Learning and Achievement : the Current state of knowledge and Affairs in Australian and New Zealand Schools. Australian Association of Research in Education.

Nixon, Helen & Comber, Barbara (2012) Collaborative inquiries into literacy, place and identity in changing policy contexts: Implications for teacher development. In Day, C (Ed.) The Routledge International Handbook of Teacher and School Development. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 175-184.

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Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2012) Collaborative research into the affordances of place for primary school children's literacy learning. In Le, Q, Le, T, Fan, S, & Yue, Y (Eds.) Proceedings of the 2012 International Conference: Innovative Research in a Changing and Challenging World [Conference Proceedings A]. Australian Multicultural Interaction Institute (AMII), Australia, pp. 400-413.

Comber, Barbara (2012) Foreword. Literacy and Education, 2012. [Article]

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Comber, Barbara (2012) Mandated literacy assessment and the reorganisation of teachers' work: federal policy, local effects. Critical Studies in Education, 53(2), pp. 119-136.

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Comber, Barbara (2011) Changing literacies, changing populations, changing places - English teachers' work in an age of rampant standardisation. English Teaching, 10(4), pp. 5-22.

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Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2011) Critical reading comprehension in an era of accountability. Australian Educational Researcher, 38(2), pp. 167-179.

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Comber, Barbara & Cormack, Phillip (2011) Education policy mediation: Principals' work with mandated literacy assessment. English in Australia, 46(2), pp. 77-86.

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Comber, Barbara (2011) Making space for place-making pedagogies: Stretching normative mandated literacy curriculum. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 12(4), pp. 343-348.

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Nixon, Helen & Comber, Barbara (2011) Redesigning school spaces: Creating possibilities for learning. In Jones, K, Thomson, P, Bresler, L, & Sefton-Green, J (Eds.) The Routledge International Handbook of Creative Learning. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 253-263.

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Gale, Trevor, Sellar, Sam, Parker, Stephen, Hattam, Robert, Comber, Barbara, Tranter, Deborah, & Bills, Dianne (2010) Interventions early in school as a means to improve higher education outcomes for disadvantaged (particularly low SES) students: A design and evaluation matrix for university outreach in schools. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia.

Gale, Trevor, Tranter, Deborah, Bills, Dianne, Hattam, Robert, & Comber, Barbara (2010) Interventions early in school as a means to improve higher education outcomes for disadvantaged (particularly low SES) students: Component A: A review of the Australian and international literature. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia.

Gale, Trevor, Hattam, Robert, Parker, Stephen, Comber, Barbara, Bills, Dianne, & Tranter, Deborah (2010) Interventions early in school as a means to improve higher education outcomes for disadvantaged (particularly low SES) students: Component B: A survey of the nature and extent of outreach activities conducted by Australian higher education (Table A). Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia.

Sellar, Sam, Hattam, Robert, Bills, Dianne, Comber, Barbara, Tranter, Deborah, & Gale, Trevor (2010) Interventions early in school as a means to improve higher education outcomes for disadvantaged (particularly low SES) students: Component C: Case studies of selected Australian university outreach activities. Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Australia.

Cormack, Phillip, Comber, Barbara, Wilkinson, L., Bills, Dianne, Barnett, J., Brennan, M., Chartres, Mike, Hattam, Robert, Jorgenson, R., Kerkham, Lyn, Reid, A., & Sullivan, P. (2010) Literacy and numeracy project: Final report 2009. South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services, Australia.

Cormack, Phillip, Comber, Barbara, Wilkinson, L., Hattam, Robert, Brennan, M., Kerin, Rosemary, Kerkham, Lyn, Reid, A., & Walsh, J. (2010) Literacy report 2008 [2008 futureSACE School to Work Innovation Program]. South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services, Australia.

Comber, Barbara (2010) Preface. In Jennings, L., Jewitt, P. T, Souto-Manning, M., & Wilson, J. (Eds.) Sites of Possibility : Critical Dialogue In and Out of School. Hampton Press, Creskill, N.J, vii-x.

Comber, Barbara (2010) Preface. In Laman, T T, Jewett, P C, Wilson, J L, Jennings, L B, & Souto-Manning, M V (Eds.) Sites of possibility: Critical Dialogue Across Educational Settings. Hampton Press, United States of America, vii-x.

Comber, Barbara (2010) Reading places. In Hall, K, Ellis, S, Soler, J, Goswami, U, & Harrison, C (Eds.) Interdisciplinary perspectives on learning to read : Culture, cognition and pedagogy. Taylor & Francis, United States, pp. 32-43.

Comber, Barbara (2009) Critical literacies in place: Teachers who work for just and sustainable communities. In Lavia, J & Moore, M (Eds.) Cross-cultural perspectives on policy and practice: Decolonizing community contexts. Taylor & Francis, United States, pp. 43-57.

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Bloustien, Gerry, Comber, Barbara, & Mackinnon, Alison (Eds.) (2009) The Hawke Legacy: Towards a Sustainable Society. Wakefield Press, Kent Town, S.A.

Bloustien, Gerry, Mackinnon, Alison, & Comber, Barbara (2009) Introduction. In Comber, B, Bloustien, G, & MacKinnon, A (Eds.) The Hawke legacy: towards a sustainable society. Wakefield Press, Australia, viii-xvii.

Nixon, Helen, Comber, Barbara, Kerin, Rosemary, & Milroy, Philippa (2009) Investigating Literacy Years 4-9: A pilot Final Report 2009. South Australian Department of Education and Children's Services, Australia.

Nixon, Helen, Comber, Barbara, & Kerin, Rosie (2009) Investigating literacy years 4-9 : a pilot. Final report. University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia.

Nixon, Helen & Comber, Barbara (2009) Literacy, landscapes and learning in a primary classroom. In Power, K, Somerville, M, & de Carteret, P (Eds.) Landscapes and learning: Place studies for a global world. Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 119-138.

Hattam, Robert, Brennan, Marie, Zipin, Lew, & Comber, Barbara (2009) Researching for social justice: Contextual, conceptual and methodological challenges. Discourse, 30(3), pp. 303-316.

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Cazden, C., Kwek, D., & Comber, B. (2009) Subject English in bilingual and multilingual settings: Embracing the linguistic other (Editorial). English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 8(2), pp. 1-5.

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Comber, Barbara & Kamler, Barbara (2009) Sustaining the next generation of teacher-researchers to work for social justice. In Noffke, S E & Somekh, B (Eds.) The SAGE handbook of educational action research. Sage Publications, United States, pp. 226-237.

Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2009) Teachers' work and pedagogy in an era of accountability. Discourse, 30(3), pp. 333-345.

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Kerin, Rosemary & Comber, Barbara (2008) Assessing the risk and possibilities: Standardised literacy testing at Year 9. Curriculum Perspectives, 28(3), pp. 65-70.

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Prosser, Brenton, McCallum, Faye, Milroy, Philippa, Comber, Barbara, & Nixon, Helen (2008) 'I am smart and I am not joking': Aiming high in the middle years of schooling. Australian Educational Researcher, 35(2), pp. 15-35.

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Kamler, Barbara & Comber, Barbara (2008) Making a difference: Early career English teachers research their practice. Changing English, 15(1), pp. 65-76.

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Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2008) Spatial literacies, design texts, and emergent pedagogies in purposeful literacy curriculum. Pedagogies, 3(4), pp. 221-240.

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Kerin, Rosemary & Comber, Barbara (2008) A national English curriculum for all Australian youth: Making it work for teacher and students everywhere. English in Australia, 43(3), pp. 21-27.

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Comber, Barbara (2007) Assembling dynamic repertoires of literate practices : teaching that makes a difference. In Marsh, J & Bearne, E (Eds.) Literacy and social inclusion : closing the gap. Trentham Books, United Kingdom, pp. 115-131.

Comber, Barbara & Cormack, Phillip (2007) Constituting the teacher of reading in contemporary Australian literacy debates. In Soler, J & Openshaw, R (Eds.) Reading across international boundaries: history, policy, and politics. Information Age Publishing, United States of America, pp. 87-109.

Cremin, T., Comber, B., & Wolf, S. (2007) Editorial. Literacy, 41(2), pp. 55-61.

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Comber, Barbara, Reid, Jo-Anne, & Nixon, Helen (2007) Environmental communications: pedagogies of responsibility and place. In Reid, J, Nixon, H, & Comber, B (Eds.) Literacies in place:Teaching environmental communications. Primary English Teaching Association, Australia, pp. 5-18.

Comber, Barbara, Nixon, Helen, & Reid, Jo-Anne (Eds.) (2007) Literacies in place : teaching environmental communications. Primary English Teaching Association, Australia.

Kerkham, Lyn & Comber, Barbara (2007) Literacy, places and identity: The complexity of teaching environmental communications. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 30(2), pp. 134-148.

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Comber, Barbara (2007) Reading places: creative and critical literacies for now and the future. In Simpson, A (Ed.) Proceedings of the Future Directions in Literacy Conference 2007: International conversations. Sydney University Press, Australia, pp. 5-28.

Nixon, Helen, Comber, Barbara, & Cormack, Phillip (2007) River literacies: Researching in contradictory spaces of cross-disciplinarity and normativity. English Teaching, 6(3), pp. 92-111.

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Reid, Jo-Anne, Nixon, Helen, & Comber, Barbara (2007) Teaching for environmental sustainability: Combining critique with hope. In Reid, J, Nixon, H, & Comber, B (Eds.) Literacies in place:Teaching environmental communications. Primary English Teaching Association, Australia, pp. 142-154.

Comber, Barbara & Reid, Jo-Anne (2007) Understanding literacy pedagogy in and out of school. In Makin, L, McLachlan, C, & Jones Diaz, C (Eds.) Literacies in early childhood: Changing views, challenging practice (2nd edition). Elsevier, Australia, pp. 43-55.

Cormack, Phillip & Comber, Barbara (2007) Young people's representations of the Murray-Darling Basin. In McKay, J, Potter, E, McKenzie, S, & Mackinnon, A (Eds.) Fresh water : new perspectives on water in Australia. Melbourne University Press, Australia, pp. 134-152.

Comber, Barbara (2007) The work of women teachers in primary literacy education: knowing and doing. English in Education, 41(2), pp. 7-26.

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Janks, Hilary & Comber, Barbara (2006) Critical literacy across continents. In Pahl, K & Rowsell, J (Eds.) Travel notes from the new literacy studies : instances of practice. Multilingual Matters, United Kingdom, pp. 95-117.

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Comber, Barbara (2006) Critical literacy educators at work: examining dispositions, discursive resources and repertoires of practice. In White, R & Cooper, K (Eds.) The practical critical educator : critical inquiry and educational practice. Springer, Netherlands, pp. 51-65.

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Nixon, Helen & Comber, Barbara (2006) Differential recognition of children's cultural practices in middle primary literacy classrooms. Literacy, 40(3), pp. 127-136.

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Comber, Barbara & Reid, Jo-Anne (2006) Literacy education : what's new and what needs to be new? In Howie, M, Doecke, B, & Sawyer, W (Eds.) Only connect : English teaching, schooling and community. Wakefield Press, Australia, pp. 335-348.

Comber, Barbara (2006) Pedagogy as work: Educating the next generation of literacy teachers. Pedagogies, 1(1), pp. 59-67.

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Comber, Barbara & Kamler, Barbara (2006) Redesigning literacy pedagogies: The complexities of producing sustainable change. In Lee, K, Osborne, M D, & Bokhorst-Heng, W D (Eds.) Redesigning pedagogy : reflections on theory and praxis. Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 19-31.

Comber, Barbara, Nixon, Helen, Ashmore, Louise, Loo, Stephen, & Cook, Jackie (2006) Urban renewal from the inside out: Spatial and critical literacies in a low socioeconomic school community. Mind, Culture, and Activity, 13(3), pp. 228-246.

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Thomson, Pat, Nixon, Helen, & Comber, Barbara (2006) A case of intention deficit disorder? ICT policy, disadvantaged schools, and leaders. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 17(4), pp. 465-482.

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Nixon, Helen & Comber, Barbara (2005) Behind the scenes. In Marsh, J (Ed.) Popular culture, new media and digital literacy in early childhood. Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 219-236.

Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2005) Children re-read and re-write their neighborhoods : critical literacies and identity work. In Evans, Janet (Ed.) Literacy Moves On : Popular Culture, New Technologies and Critical Literacy in the Elementary Classroom. Heinemann, Portsmouth, NH, pp. 127-148.

Kamler, Barbara & Comber, Barbara (2005) Designing turn-around pedagogies and contesting deficit assumptions. In Comber, B & Kamler, B (Eds.) Turn-around pedagogies : literacy interventions for at-risk students. Primary English Teaching Association, Australia, pp. 1-14.

Comber, Barbara (2005) Interview with Barbara Comber. In Marsh, J & Larson, J (Eds.) Making literacy real : theories and practicies for learning and teaching. Sage, United Kingdom, pp. 61-67.

Comber, Barbara (2005) Making use of theories about literacy and justice: teachers re-searching practice. Educational Action Research, 13(1), pp. 43-56.

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Kamler, Barbara & Comber, Barbara (2005) Turn-around pedagogies: improving the education of at-risk students. Improving Schools, 8(2), pp. 121-131.

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Comber, Barbara & Nixon, Helen (2004) Children re-read and re-write their neighbourhoods: critical literacies and identity work. In Evans, J (Ed.) Literacy moves on : using popular culture, new technologies and critical literacy in the primary classroom. David Fulton Publishers, United Kingdom, pp. 115-132.

Comber, Barbara & Kamler, Barbara (2004) Getting out of deficit: Pedagogies of reconnection. Teaching Education, 15(3), pp. 293-310.

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Comber, Barbara (2004) Three little boys and their literacy trajectories. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 27(2), pp. 114-127.

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Kamler, Barbara & Comber, Barbara (2004) The new English teacher: Redesigning pedagogies. English in Australia, 2004(139), pp. 131-142.

Luke, Allan, Comber, B, & Grant, H (2003) Literacy and Cultural Studies in the Classroom. In Bull, G & Anstey, M (Eds.) The Literacy Lexicon. Pearson Education, Australia, New South Wales, Frenchs Forest, pp. 1-2.

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