Catherine Ferguson

About Catherine Ferguson

Catherine Ferguson, With an exceptional h-index of 8 and a recent h-index of 8 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Edith Cowan University, specializes in the field of Adult literacy, Higher Education, School Leadership.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Readability of Australian road safety information for the general public

Balancing school improvement strategies with workload pressures: a participatory action research case study

Leadership teams supporting teacher wellbeing by improving the culture of an Australian secondary school

School librarians supporting students’ reading for pleasure: A job description analysis

Communications in the time of a pandemic: the readability of documents for public consumption

How can an adult literacy tutoring program help participants build confidence and meet their goals?

Yes, adult literacy should be improved. But governments can make their messages easier to read right now

Most government information on COVID-19 is too hard for the average Australian to understand

Catherine Ferguson Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

374

Citations(since 2020)

263

Cited By

150

hIndex(all)

8

hIndex(since 2020)

8

i10Index(all)

8

i10Index(since 2020)

5

Email

University Profile Page

Google Scholar

Catherine Ferguson Skills & Research Interests

Adult literacy

Higher Education

School Leadership

Top articles of Catherine Ferguson

Readability of Australian road safety information for the general public

Journal of road safety

2023/8/23

Catherine Ferguson
Catherine Ferguson

H-Index: 5

Balancing school improvement strategies with workload pressures: a participatory action research case study

Educational Action Research

2023/8/8

Leadership teams supporting teacher wellbeing by improving the culture of an Australian secondary school

Issues in Educational Research

2022/3/1

Catherine Ferguson
Catherine Ferguson

H-Index: 5

Susan Hill
Susan Hill

H-Index: 4

Graeme Lock
Graeme Lock

H-Index: 15

School librarians supporting students’ reading for pleasure: A job description analysis

Australian Journal of Education

2021/8

Catherine Ferguson
Catherine Ferguson

H-Index: 5

Communications in the time of a pandemic: the readability of documents for public consumption

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

2021/4/1

Catherine Ferguson
Catherine Ferguson

H-Index: 5

Margaret Merga
Margaret Merga

H-Index: 21

How can an adult literacy tutoring program help participants build confidence and meet their goals?

The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy

2021/2

Catherine Ferguson
Catherine Ferguson

H-Index: 5

Yes, adult literacy should be improved. But governments can make their messages easier to read right now

The Conversation

2021

Most government information on COVID-19 is too hard for the average Australian to understand

The Conversation

2021

Building effective school–community partnerships in Aboriginal remote school settings

The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

2021/12

The role of leadership in establishing a positive staff culture in a secondary school

Educational Management Administration & Leadership

2020/9

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