Our publications

  • Mifsud, C.L. et al (2024) Studying the media education practices of young children at home - Methodological lessons from a cross-national qualitative study on digital activities at home, in Fastrez, P., & Landry, N. (Éds.) Media Literacy and Media Education Research Methods : A Handbook. Routledge.
  • Mifsud, C.L. & Vella, LA. (2022) Early language education in Malta, in Schwartz, M. (Ed) Handbook of Early Language Learning, Springer Nature, Springer US. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47073-9_29-1 
  • Mifsud, C.L., Georgieva, R. & Kucirkova, N. (2021). Parent-child joint reading of digital books in bilingual families in Malta, International Journal of Educational Research,109, 101844, ISSN 0883-0355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2021.101844.
  • Mifsud C.L. (2021) The professional development of teachers using tablets in bilingual primary classrooms. In: Marcus-Quinn A.,& Hourigan T. (Eds), Handbook for online learning contexts: Digital, mobile and open. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67349-9_17
  • Dockrell, J.E., Papadopoulos, T.C., Mifsud, C.L., et al (2021). Teaching and learning in a multilingual Europe: findings from a cross-European study. European Journal of Psychology of Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-021-00539-z
  • Søndergaard Knudsen, H. B., Donau, P. S., Mifsud, C. L., Papadopoulos, T. C. & Dockrell, J. E. (2020) Multilingual classrooms—Danish teachers’ practices, beliefs and attitudes, Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, https://doi.org/10.1080/00313831.2020.1754903
  • Martins, M. A., Sousa, O., Castro S. C., Dockrell, J. E., Papadopoulos, T. C., Mifsud, C. L. (2019) Views from Portuguese teachers on multilingualism and educational practices in multilingual classrooms, Analise Psicologica, 47(4), 493-506 https://doi.org/10.14417/ap.1622
  • Mifsud, C. L., Bus, A., Hoel, T., Aliagas, C., Jernes, M., Korat, O., & Van Coillie, J. (2019) Availability and quality of storybook apps across five less widely used languages. In O. Erstad, R. Flewitt, B. Kümmerling-Meibauer, & I.S.P. Pereira (Eds.), The Routledge handbook of digital literacies in early childhood, Routledge, UK. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203730638
  • Mifsud, C. L., Wang, X. C., & Christ, T. (2019).  “iPad has everything!”: How young children with diverse linguistic backgrounds in Malta and the US process multimodal digital text. Early Child Development and Care, 102, 2563- 2580. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2019.1593157
  • Mifsud, C.L. (2019) Lorraine Kaye (ed.), Young children in a digital age. Supporting learning and development with technology in early years. A David Fulton Book. Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1468798419890741
  • Milosevic, T., Dias, P., Mifsud, C., & Trültzsch-Wijnen, C. (2019). Media Representation of Children’s Privacy in the Context of the Use of ‘Smart Toys’ and Commercial Data Collection. Medijske studije/Media Studies, 9(18), 6–25
  • Mifsud, C.L. & Vella, L. (2018) Teacher agency and language mediation in two Maltese preschool bilingual classrooms. Language, Culture and Curriculum, 31 (3), 272-288 Routledge DOI: 10.1080/07908318.2018.1504400 
  • Mifsud, C. L. & Vella, L. (2018) To mix languages or not? Preschool bilingual education in Malta. In M. Schwartz (Ed.) Preschool bilingual education. Agency in interaction between children, teachers and parents (pp. 57-98). Springer USA https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77228-8
  • Mifsud, C. L. & Petrova, Z. (2018) Literacy education in the digital age. In M. Barzillai, J. Thomson, S. Schroeder & P. van den Broek (Eds.). Learning to read in a digital world (pp. 165-184). John Benjamins, Netherlands https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.17.07mif
  • Khabbazbashi, N., Khalifa, H., Robinson, M., Ellis, S. & Mifsud, C. L. (2017) Understanding language learning in Malta. Cambridge English Research Notes, 65, 3-23.
  • Mifsud, C. L. & Kupiainen (2017) The Internet of Toys and gender. In G. Mascheroni & D. Holloway (Eds.) The Internet of Toys: A report on media and social discourses around young children and IoToys (pp. 39-42). DigiLitEY http://digilitey.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/IoToys-June-2017-reduced.pdf  
  • Mifsud, C. L. & Zaman, B. (2017) Editorial: Young children’s use of digital media and parental mediation. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 11(3)  https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2017-3-xx
  • Mifsud, C. L. & Petrova, R. (2017) Young children (0-8) and digital technologies. Report for the EU Joint research Committee of the European Union https://www.um.edu.mt/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/314400/YoungChildrenandDigitalTechnology-TheNationalReportforMalta.pdf
  • Mifsud, C. L. & Grech, L. (2017). Literacy teaching with tablets in bilingual primary classrooms: The Malta TabLit Study. In N. Kucirkova & G. Falloon (Eds) Apps, technology and younger learners: International evidence for teaching. London: Routledge, UK. 
  • Mifsud, C. L., Vella, R., & Camilleri, L. (2016). Attitudes towards and effects of the use of video games in classroom learning with specific reference to literacy attainment. Research in Education, 90(1), 32–52.  https://doi.org/10.7227/RIE.90.1.3
  • Mifsud, C.L. (2014) Multimodal and digital literacies in the early years, In Prepare for life! Raising awareness for early literacy learning. Stiftung Lesen, Germany. https://www.lesen-in-deutschland.de/html/content.php?object=journal&lid=1219
  • Mifsud, C.L., Granić, A. & Ćukušić, M., (2009). Design, implementation and validation of a pedagogical framework for e-Learning. Computers and Education, 53(4), 1052-1081 Elsevier, US. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2009.05.018
  • Mifsud, C.L., Ćukušić, M., Granić, A., & Zammit, M. (2008) A best practices approach to the enhancement of e-and m-learning experiences: the UNITE approach. 7th European Conference on e-Learning, ECEL Aya Napa, Cyprus.
  • Mifsud, C.L., Granić, A., Ćukušić, M. & Zammit, M. (2007) National and school specifics as a prerequisite for successful design of an e-learning system: the UNITE approach. 18th International Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems, University of Zagreb, Varazdin, Croatia.
  • Mifsud, C. L., Grech, R., Muscat, D. & Rudd, P. (2006). A study of young people following basic skills courses in Malta. Floriana: Department of Further Studies & Adult Education. 
  • Mifsud, C.L., Grech, R., Hutchison, D., Morrison, J., Rudd, P. & Hanson, J. (2005). The Malta Primary Literacy Value-Added Project – A template for value added in small island states?. Research Papers in Education, 20(3), 303-345. Routledge, UK. https://doi.org/10.1080/02671520500193942
  • Mifsud, C.L., Grech, R., Hutchison, D. & Morrison, J., (2005) The Malta National Literacy Survey of Year 5 pupils (aged 9-10). Research in Education, 73(1), 36-52,  Manchester University Press, UK. https://doi.org/10.7227%2FRIE.73.4
  • Mifsud, C.L., Richard, S., Hutchison, D. & Grech, R., (2005) Mathematics in Malta: The national mathematics survey of year 1 pupils, Department of Planning and Development, Education Division, Malta. https://education.gov.mt/en/resources/documents/policy%20documents/maths_in_malta.pdf
  • Mifsud, C.L. & Zammit, M., (2005) A framework for autonomous language learning via the internet. Best Practices in e-learning,  Editorial Ariel S. S., Spain.
  • Zammit, M. & Sarlo, D. (eds.), (2005) Linking literacies – sustaining literacy skills through information and communication technologies. Education Division, Malta and the Literacy Unit, University of Malta, Malta.
  • Mifsud, C.L., Grech, R., Hutchison, D., Morrison, J., Rudd, P. & Hanson, J., (2004) Literacy for school improvement – value added for Malta. Agenda Publishers, Malta (supported by the UNESCO Participation Programme).
  • Mifsud, C.L., Richard, S. & Hutchison, D., (2004) The Mathematics Attainment of Year 1 pupils in Malta: Interim report and consultation document on the pilot study. Department of Planning and Development, Education Division, Malta.
  • Mifsud, C.L., Grech, R. & Dimech Llanaj, E., (2003) Provision for literacy in Maltese primary schools, Literacy Unit Monograph, 3. University of Malta, Malta.
  • Mifsud, C.L. & Mallia, G. (Eds.). (2000). Ways and measures: Teaching and Assessing Young Learners of English as a Foreign language. Msida, Malta.World Academic, Malta.
  • Mifsud, C.L., Milton, J., Brooks, G. & Hutchison, D., (2000) Literacy in Malta: The 1999 national survey of the attainment of year 2 pupils. National Foundation for Educational Research, Slough, UK and the University of Malta, Malta (supported by the UNESCO Participation Programme). https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/132619981.pdf
  • Mifsud, C.L., Milton, J., Brooks, G. & Hutchison, D., (2000). Do schools make a difference? – A report on using the Malta National Literacy Survey as a basis for a school effectiveness or value added study. Literacy Unit Monograph Series, 2. University of Malta, Malta.
  • Mifsud, C.L., (1996) Preparation and Competence of Intending and Beginning Teachers in Malta, Journal of Education for Teaching, 22(3), 283-296, https://doi.org/10.1080/02607479620250
  • Mifsud, C.L., (1993) Gender differential in the classroom. Research in Education https://doi.org/10.1177%2F003452379304900102

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