Jane Doe
I teach how children learn to read.
I research what changes when they read on screens.
Senior Lecturer, School of Education
Northgate University
Office hours: Tuesday and Thursday, 2 to 4 pm, Room B2.14
Teaching
I teach future primary teachers and practising teachers. Every course ends with a classroom project instead of an exam.
EDU 5012
Master’s, Semester 1
Literacy and the Digital Child
How children read on paper and on screens, and how to plan lessons for both.
EDU 3104
Undergraduate, Semester 1
Reading Assessment in Primary Classrooms
Running records, stamina checks and how to use the results to group readers.
EDU 3110
Undergraduate, Semester 2
Children’s Literature in the Classroom
Choosing, reading aloud and discussing picture books and early chapter books.
Selected publications
2026
Journal article
Scrolling and comprehension: how Year 4 readers navigate long digital texts
Doe, J., & Lim, K.
Northgate Review of Education, 12(3), 45-67
2026
Conference paper
Teaching close reading with tablets: a classroom design study
Doe, J.
Proceedings of the Northgate Conference on Literacy and Learning, 88-97
2025
Journal article
Read-aloud in the age of audiobooks
Okafor, A., Doe, J., & Reyes, M.
Harbourline Journal of Reading Research, 9(2), 101-118
2025
Book chapter
Screens, paper and the young reader
Doe, J.
In P. Lindqvist (Ed.), Literacy in Transition. Northgate University Press, 112-130
2024
Journal article
Assessing reading stamina in primary classrooms
Doe, J., & Patel, S.
Harbourline Journal of Reading Research, 8(1), 1-19
Talks and workshops
February 20, 2027
Keynote
What the scroll does to the story
Harbourline Literacy Summit, Harbourline
November 14, 2026
Workshop
Reading on screens: a practical session for primary teachers
Northgate Teachers’ Network, Online
June 12, 2026
Invited talk
Tablets in the reading corner
Westbrook Teachers’ College, Westbrook
Contact
Office
Room B2.14
School of Education, Northgate University
Profiles