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Dena Attar

Senior Lecturer

The Open University Faculty of Education and Language Studies Centre for Language and Communication

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Profile

Education Staff Tutor, London Region

Senior Staff Tutor Manager (Regions 1,2, 6, 13)

Teaching Interests

Gender and education, online literacies, researching literacy practices

Research Interests

Current research:

Writing as Professional Practice, Metaknowledge and online literacies

Previous research: The gendered process of developing new literacy practices(DPhil thesis Women Reading Online)

Gendered literacy practices amongst 7 to 9 year olds (The Fact and Fiction Project)

Gender and home economics, the history of home economics

The literature of domestic economy (nineteenth and early twentieth century)

 

Publications

Conference Item
Cable, C.; Goodliff, G. and Attar, D. (2007). Work-based learning and transitions in professional identity: women in the early years workforce. In: Women in Lifelong Learning Network, 18 May 2007, Birkbeck College, University of London.
Journal Article
Attar, Dena (2006). Public space and private confusions: the problems of handling email petitions. Auto/Biography Studies, 21(1), pp. 32–43.
Attar, Dena (2005). Dismay and disappointment: perspectives of inexperienced adult learners on becoming webpage readers. International Journal of Educational Research, 43(7-8), pp. 495–508.