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'Adrian Ashman received a BA (Hons) in Applied Psychology from the University of New South Wales, and a MEd and PhD from the University of Alberta, Canada. His research and teaching interests ... focused on theory and practice in cognitive education, special education, and intellectual disability and he ... published numerous books including ... Educating Children with Diverse Abilities (2002, with John Elkins). He ... published ... articles and book chapters in special education, disability, and related areas. Because of an ... interest in students' reading and creative writing, he completed a Master of Art degree in Creative Writing in 1999 (Queensland University of Technology) and studied a second PhD in that field at Griffith University, Queensland. His ... research interests include young adults' recreational reading, the behaviour of at-risk youth, and cooperative learning.'

Source: Text : The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs 11.2 , October, 2007.