The Conversation April 10, 2024 by Wilem Hollman, Catherine Wallace, Gee Macroy Government data has shown that in 2022-23, 30% of five-year-olds in England were not meeting the expected standard for literacy at the end of their reception year at school. Literacy was...
The Conversation April 3, 2024 by Sally Riordan Evidence is obviously a good thing. We take it for granted that evidence from research can help solve the post-lockdown crises in education – from how to keep teachers in the profession to how to improve behaviour in...
The Conversation April 5, 2024 by Leonie Rutherford, Andrew Singleton, Bronwyn Reddan, Katya Johanson, Michael Dezuanni We know teenagers have busy and complex lives. School makes increasing demands on them, as do their social and extracurricular activities. We also...
TES Magazine 28 March, 2024 Michael Morpurgo As important as reading is, it’s not something that comes naturally to everyone. When I was little, I had a wonderful mother who read to me, and gave me a taste for the music of words and the excitement of stories. I used...
Guy Claxton March 18, 2024 There is much argument about learning, the practice of teaching and the purposes of education. Here is a handy “crib-sheet” of some of the areas of contention and misunderstanding. Read here
Literacy Research Commons is a site dedicated to sharing a range of material within the Literacy field. Explore the website here for useful resources including the new book Fact-Checking The Science of Reading by Robert J. Tierney and P. David Pearson.
New website that provides a range of useful resources. Purposes: • to present a broader perspective on research-based literacy learning and teaching than is currently available from much of the professional literature, government publications, and mainstream...
Australia Reads March 25, 2024 Live literature events bring authors and illustrators together with eager readers, through a range of talks, interviews, workshops, and performances. It’s about that inspiring experience of meeting an author or illustrator in settings as...
ALIA has launched their new Strategic Plan: Strong, Active, Inclusive : Introducing the ALIA Strategic Plan 2024-2026 Read here
Somerset Storyfest blog Jacqueline Harvey Recently there was a very concerning article in the Sydney Morning Herald about the decline in children’s vocabularies. The statistics quoted were staggering and based on pre-pandemic results (so we can’t blame Covid for the...
