![]() | Gan SujiaPhD student, National Institute of Education - English Language & Literature |
Biography
Gan Sujia is completing her PhD, "Reading Metafictive Children's Novels in a Virtual Book Club", under the supervision of A/P Loh Chin Ee. Her research interest lies in children’s literature, and she is especially interested in metafiction and what the experimental genre affords. For her PhD research, Sujia is currently investigating how children respond to metafictive children’s novels in book club settings. Her research project also further explores how metafiction can potentially encourage the development of global competencies in students as they read and respond to these complex texts. In her spare time, she enjoys taking armchair expeditions, textually or visually.
Selected Publications
Refereed Articles:
- Gan, S. (2024). Becoming Active Readers with Metafictive Children’s Novels: Analysing Responses to The Bad Beginning and The Name of this Book is Secret. Children’s Literature in Education. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10583-024-09591-x
- Gan, S., and Loh, C. E. (2024). “I feel like my awareness grew.”: Fostering dialogues to increase awareness through virtual book clubs. Changing English, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358684X.2024.2358023
- Loh, C. E., Gan, S., and Mounsey, S. (2022). What do children read? A case study of how one primary school library supported reading for pleasure. Journal of Library Administration, 62(7), 931-945. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2022.2117955
Book Reviews:
- Gan, S. (2021). Children reading for pleasure in the digital age: mapping reader engagement. Language and Education, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2021.1971699
Conference Presentations:
- Gan, S. (2024, July). Metafictive Children's Novels: A Dialogic Space for Literacy Engagement and Learning . United Kingdom Literacy Association, Brighton, United Kingdom.
- Gan, S. (2023, November). How Metafictive Children’s Texts can Motivate Primary School Students to Extend their Reading. In D. Nah (Chair), Motivating Students’ Engagement with Literary Texts in the Primary and Secondary English Classroom [Symposium]. ERAS Conference and WERA Focal Meeting 2023: Forging Ahead: Transforming Education in a Rapidly Changing World, Singapore.
- Gan, S. (2023, August). Extending children’s reading through virtual book clubs [Panel: Extending extensive reading panel: Perspectives from Singapore]. Extensive Reading World Congress 6, Bali, Indonesia.
- Gan, S. (2022, May-June). Exploring multiple perspectives in metafictive children’s texts . Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2022, Singapore.
Conference Proceedings:
- Gan, S. (2022). Examining multiple perspectives in Lois Lowry’s metafictive children’s text: The Willougbys. Redesigning Pedagogy International Conference 2022: Transforming education & strengthening society: Conference proceedings, 315-323. https://repository.nie.edu.sg/bitstream/10497/24957/1/RPIC_2022.pdf