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Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (in press, to appear 2008). Motivations, perceptions, and aspirations concerning teaching as a career for different types of beginning teachers. Learning and Instruction.

† Watt, H.M.G. & Richardson, P.W. (in press, to appear 2008). Guest editorial: Motivation for teaching. Learning and Instruction.

Richardson, P.W. & Eccles, J. S. (2007). Rewards of reading: Toward the development of possible selves and identities. International Journal of Educational Research, 46, 341-356. [pdf available]

Tan, K.E. & Richardson, P.W. (2007). Writing short messages in English: Out-of-school practices of Malaysian High School students. International Journal of Educational Research, 45(6), 325-340. [pdf available]

Watt, H. M. G. & Richardson, P.W. (2007). Motivational factors influencing teaching as a career choice: Development and validation of the 'FIT-Choice' Scale. Journal of Experimental Education, 75(3), 167-202. [ISI Impact Factor .727]. [feature article: pdf available]

† Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2006). Who chooses teaching and why?: Profiling characteristics and motivations across three Australian universities. The Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 34(1), 27-56. [pdf available]

Richardson, P.W. & Watt, H.M.G. (2005).  “I’ve decided to become a teacher”: Motives for career change. Teaching and Teacher Education, 21(5), 475-489. [ISI Impact factor .462]. [pdf available]

Richardson, P.W. (2004). Reading and writing from introductory textbooks in higher education: A case study from Economics. Studies in Higher Education, 29(4), 505-521. [pdf available here]

Richardson, P.W. (1999). Is it just a matter of telling it like it is? English in Australia, 124(April), 114-120.

Richardson, P.W. (1998). Literacy, learning and teaching. Educational Review, 50(2), 115-134.

Ballis, P.H. & Richardson, P.W. (1997) Roads to Damascus: Conversion stories and their implications for literacy educators. English in Australia, 119/120, 110-119.

Richardson, P.W. (1997). The new literacy studies and situated cognition. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 20(4), 333-340.

Richardson, P.W. (1997). The battleground of literacy policy. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 20(3), 250-256.

Richardson, P.W. (1997). Beginning reading: Phonemic awareness and whole texts. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 20(1), 82-87.

Richardson, P.W. (1996). Students as researchers in the Information Age. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(4), 372-376.

Richardson, P.W. (1996). The culture of education. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(3), 276-280.

Richardson, P.W. (1996). Researching Literacy: The role of ethnography. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(2), 187-192.

Richardson, P.W. (1996). Making Connections: The brain and neural networks. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 19(1), 90-96.

Richardson, P.W. (1995). Re-awakening to L. S. Vygotsky. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(4), 315-320.

Richardson, P.W. (1995). What expert literacy teachers know. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(3), 235-240.

Richardson, P.W. (1995). Reading Recovery: Re-reading the research findings. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(2), 156-160.

Richardson, P.W. (1995). Human motives, cultural models and literacy. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 18(1), 76-80.

Richardson, P.W. (1994). Doing school literacy at home. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(4), 333-336.

Richardson, P.W. (1994). Government policy and the reshaping of teachers’ work. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(3), 253-256.

Richardson, P.W. (1994). Literacy, culture and explicit teaching. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(2), 172-176.

Richardson, P.W. (1994). New perspectives on writing conferences. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 17(1), 73-80.

Richardson, P.W. (1991). Language as personal resource and as social construct: Competing views of literacy pedagogy in Australia. Educational Review, 43(2), 171-190.

Richardson, P.W. (1983). Garnet Walch's Australia Felix: A reconstruction. Australasian Drama Studies, 1(2), 63-81.

Richardson, P.W. (1982). Harlequin in the Antipodes, Southerly, 2(June), 212-220.


† Richardson and Watt are equal first authors