In this podcast, Part 2, Misty Adoniou discusses evidence-based teaching, emphasising that teachers are not time-poor because of lesson planning, but due to administrative tasks. She highlights the importance of understanding learning theories and criticises the...
Jill Brown argues against NSW’s mandate for a system-wide focus on explicit teaching, warning that no single pedagogy suits all students and that teachers should retain professional judgment to blend approaches based on discipline and context. The piece sparked...
The Teacher’s Tool Kit For Literacy is the free podcast for motivated teachers and school leaders who want the latest tips, tricks and tools to inspire their students and school community in literacy learning. Literacy experts and founders of Cue Learning, along with...
Overcoming Barriers to Reading for Pleasure World Book Day working together with The Open University’s Reading for Pleasure team have developed a series of webinars and VLOG to encourage reflective discussion around the barriers to Reading for Pleasure as...
In this enlightening podcast (Part 1), Misty Adoniou, an Associate Professor in Language, Literacy and TESOL, delves into evidence-based teaching. Misty explores the role of educators as frontline researchers, challenges misconceptions, and celebrates the complexity...
The Conversation April 19, 2024 by Brendon Hyndman , Vaughan Cruickshank During COVID almost all Australian students and their families experienced online learning. But while schools have long since gone back to in-person teaching, online learning has not gone away....
Only six weeks into the Laureateship and I was super excited to have the opportunity to launch the inaugural DANZ awards. This is such a fabulous initiative, started by Children’s Author Kate Foster and supported by the Australian School Library Association...
Teacher April 15, 2024 by Max Hughes …As Barnes coordinated the excursion, the power of giving students this agency stood out. They were guided by the expertise of the booksellers, but not directed, and the excursion became a way to celebrate the uniqueness of...
neaToday April 3, 2024 by Cindy Long It’s an exciting time for children’s literature and diverse books. Every year, more new titles hit the market with a rainbow of diverse characters to capture the imaginations of children. But there are just as many terrific new...
Indigenous Literacy Foundation is the 2024 Laureate! The Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) encourages reading and promote literacy by securing access to good literature for First Nations children of Australia. The organisation works in 427 First Nations Communities...
