Foundation for Learning and Literacy

There is tension between two government portfolios. Clare's response to teacher shortages and inability to retain current teachers advocates for direct instruction of literacy and numeracy and a turn away from embodied, experiential and 21st-century skills like...

April 4, 2024 Deakin University publishes report on Australian Teens’ reading habits Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund welcomes the recent research published by Deakin University, which reveals Australian teens’ reading attitudes and preferences. The Cultural Fund...

Education Week March 25, 2024 by Alyson Klein The highest profile international test may soon offer clues as to how artificial intelligence can be harnessed to create and score assessments that paint a more detailed picture of how students learn. The 2025 edition of...

Australia Reads April 17, 2024 A new report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) looks at how Australian generations spend their time on recreation and leisure – with some concerning statistics for reading for pleasure. The report draws on findings from the...

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...

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 readers and...