Hiebert, E. H. October 2023 issue of Kappan, Vol. 105, No. 2, pp. 37-41. This article outlines the importance of using evidence-based reading practices in classrooms. The author identifies and clearly illustrates with examples, three categories of evidence: research...
Through this short, thoughtful article, the authors problematise the current approach to ‘classroom readiness’ and the notion that this is something that can be achieved and measured prior to the completion of a teaching degree. They argue that new teachers need time,...
Independent UK by Ella Pickover July 2023 Reading for pleasure in early childhood can help youngsters perform better at school and boost their mental health as they enter teenage years, a study suggests. The study of more than 10,000 children found that those who...
Dutton, J., & Rushton, K. (2023) Representing Identity: The Importance of Literature and the Translanguaging Space for EAL/D Early Years Literacy Learning. Education Sciences, 13(6), 569. Dutton and Rushton present an interesting argument for the use of children’s...
Niland, A. (2023). Picture Books, Imagination and Play: Pathways to Positive Reading Identities for Young Children. Education Sciences 13(5), 511. In this article, Niland puts forward an argument about the importance of positive reading identities for young literacy...
Karaolis, O. (2023). Being with a Puppet: Literacy through Experiencing Puppetry and Drama with Young Children. Education Sciences, 13(2) 291. In this article, Karaolis discusses the usefulness of using puppets when teaching young children who experience a disability...
his article provides details of a research project that investigated a home-based literacy intervention trialled with preschool aged Māori children in New Zealand. The project aimed to consider what culturally responsive literacy pedagogy might look like in a...
Burke, R., & Field, R. S. (2023). Education Sciences, 13(1), 85. In the paper, Burke and Field review recent research related to arts-based approaches to languages teaching and learning for young children who have refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds. The paper...
Davis, B., & Dunn, R. (2023). Education Sciences, 13(1), 74. This paper describes a research project conducted by researchers in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA, Sydney, Australia). The project was designed to bring young children to the MCA...
D’warte, J., & Woodrow, C. (2023). Education Sciences 13(1), 4. D’warte and Woodrow draw on data collected across two countries, Australia and Chili, where children attending the early years of school worked in creative ways with their educators through arts-based...
