The right time to talk is now: Phonology before phonics

Gardner, P. & Kuzich,S. (2024,September,5). Edu Research Matters. This short, succinct post in the AARE Blog, EduResearch Matters, was published in September 2024. The post shines a light on students starting school with poor verbal skills, linked to parents’ use...

Fact-checking the Science of Reading

Talking Together: The Effects of Traditional Māori Pedagogy on Children’s Early Literacy Development

Derby, M. (2023). Talking Together: The Effects of Traditional Māori Pedagogy on Children’s Early Literacy Development. Education Sciences 13(2), 207. This article provides details of a research project that investigated a home-based literacy intervention trialled...

Poetry and Motion: Rhythm, Rhyme and Embodiment as Oral Literacy Pedagogy for Young Additional Language Learners

Beaumont, N. (2022). Poetry and Motion: Rhythm, Rhyme and Embodiment as Oral Literacy Pedagogy for Young Additional Language Learners. Education Sciences, 12(12), 905. In this article, Beaumont put forward an interesting argument about the integration of oracy, poetry...

Teaching writing in Australian classrooms

Oral Language Learning: A stunning intellectual achievement and what it reveals about human learning

Brian Cambourne 2021, Bring Me a Book National Conference In this article Brian Cambourne shares the various factors including his research as to how he came to develop his now well-known Conditions of Learning. He provides a brief summary of what he refers to as ‘out...

Teaching phonics ‘first’ is not new

A Note About Fact Checks

Fact Check on Defining Effective Reading

Fact Check on What Makes for Systematic Teaching of Phonics