Alan J Wright Alan J. Wright is a very experienced teacher and literacy consultant with a passion for writing and the teaching of writing. He has worked in many classrooms in Australia and the USA, modelling exemplary ways to teach students to write and to develop...
Beryl Exley, ALEA Practically Primary, June 2020 Intelligent reading teachers know that learning to read is a journey, from the place where the child first experiences language and starts to make sense of sounds and their written representations whilst being nurtured...
2019 edition Edited by Julie Dyson, National Advocates for Arts Education (NAAE) A view of literacy through the arts. More-Than-Words-Can-Say_2019Download
Workman, E.2017 This article briefly summarises a range of North American research that demonstrates how integrating the arts into other core subjects — including dance, music, drama/theatre, media arts and visual arts — can foster children’s deeper learning skills....
R.D. Walshe 1981 This article was originally Chapter 2 in his book Every Child Can Write (1981, PETAA). In 1999 Bob edited original 40 pages into a stand-alone article. It is a clear succinct exploration of ‘writing as a process’: a concept that many today take for...
Kirby, J. R; Bowers, P.N; Queen’s University in What Works? Research is are composed as meaningful parts – in particular affixes such as prefixes and vowel and consonant suffixes. They say that sensitivity to morphological structure and the ability to manipulate...
A Study of Benefits to Adults of Regular Reading for Pleasure A report from Quick Reads, in partnership with Dr Josie Billington, Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society at the University of Liverpool This report is a valuable evidence-based document...
Jane Braunger and Jan Patricia Lewis, pages 124-128, 1997. This extract is from a book that provides a research baseline for teachers, policy makers and anyone interested in helping all children learn to read. Although it was published in 1997, and there has...
Frank Smith, Language Arts, 1983 Vol 5, No 5 pp558-567 In this seminal article Frank Smith questions ‘the myth that one could learn to write to diligent attention and practice’ (p.558). Smith asks: ‘Where do people who write acquire all the knowledge they need?’ The...
Teresa Cremin, 2019. Scottish Book Trust Those who choose to read for pleasure are often high achievers in both literacy and numeracy. In this article, Cremin discusses how important it is for teachers to develop a rich and wide knowledge of children’s...
