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Poetry and Motion: Rhythm, Rhyme and Embodiment as Oral Literacy Pedagogy for Young Additional Language Learners
Beaumont, N. (2022). Poetry and Motion: Rhythm, Rhyme and Embodiment as Oral Literacy Pedagogy for Young Additional Language Learners. Education Sciences, 12(12), 905. In this article, Beaumont put forward an interesting argument about the integration of oracy, poetry…
One of the greatest invisible tragedies’: is the loss of childhood imagination inevitable?
Murray B. J. (2026, May 11). The Guardian (An edited extract from Childhood by Brendan James Murray (Picador Australia). “We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true…
Phonics Plus does the new Victorian approach to reading miss differentiation and meaning- making?
Nelson, N. (2025, April,14) Edu Research Matters. This short, thoughtful post was published in April 2025 in the AARE Blog, Edu Research Matters. It scrutinises the new Phonics Plus lesson plans provided to teachers by the Victorian Government. The author, Naomi…
Teaching spelling in context can also be explicit and systematic
Daffern, T., Thompson, K. & Ryan, L. (2020). Teaching spelling in context can also be explicit and systematic. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 25 (1), 8-12. This article shares a few practical insights from a large intervention study that focussed…
What can quantitative analyses tell us about the national impact of the phonics screening check?
Campbell, T. & Kelly, J. (2024, Nov, 5). Education Policy Institute The research conducted by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) is on the impact of the Phonics Screening Check (PSC). It has used national census data for all children in year 1 in England and is…
Beyond words: inclusion through arts rich experiences
Karaolis, O., & Cologon, K. (2026) European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1-13. Play with puppets is used in this research to encourage learning and literacy with very young children. Link: https://doi.org/10.1080/1350293X.2026.2653671
The right time to talk is now: Phonology before phonics
Gardner, P. & Kuzich,S. (2024,September,5). Edu Research Matters. This short, succinct post in the AARE Blog, EduResearch Matters, was published in September 2024. The post shines a light on students starting school with poor verbal skills, linked to parents’ use…
Talking Together: The Effects of Traditional Māori Pedagogy on Children’s Early Literacy Development
Derby, M. (2023). Talking Together: The Effects of Traditional Māori Pedagogy on Children’s Early Literacy Development. Education Sciences 13(2), 207. This article provides details of a research project that investigated a home-based literacy intervention trialled…
Oral Language Learning: A stunning intellectual achievement and what it reveals about human learning
Brian Cambourne 2021, Bring Me a Book National Conference In this article Brian Cambourne shares the various factors including his research as to how he came to develop his now well-known Conditions of Learning. He provides a brief summary of what he refers to as ‘out…
Talk moves: A repertoire of practices for productive classroom dialogue
Christine Edwards-Groves – PETAA Paper 195 As Christine Edwards-Groves reminds us children want to talk. Well-structured talk builds learners’ thinking and forms the foundation for all literacy practices. Learners need to be challenged to express their ideas, clarify…
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