Research and Practice Library
The articles and resources in our Research and Practice Library form a contemporary evidence base for the teaching and learning of reading and viewing; writing and representing; speaking and listening.
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The Passion, Pedagogy and Politics of Reading
Wyse, D., & Bradbury, A. (2022). The passion, pedagogy and politics of reading. English in Education, 56(3), 247-260. This article is a very useful piece that provides evidence for educators and researchers about the politics of current debates about reading….
Kiwi kids who read for pleasure do well in other ways – it’s everyone’s responsibility to encourage them
The Conversation 2 December 2021 by Ruth Bovask, Celeste Harrington and John Milne This article reports on the first comprehensive review of the many positive aspects of encouraging children and young people to read for pleasure in Aotearoa, New Zealand. While much…
Getting started teaching poetry in primary classrooms
Robyn Ewing AM 2021 In this short article Robyn provides useful information about what poetry is and why we should be teaching it. Robyn provides classroom examples as well as a list of resources to help teachers get started with the fun and joy of reading and writing…
The Trouble With Binaries: A Perspective on the Science of Reading
David B. Yaden, Jr; David Reinking; Paul Smagorinsky in Reading Research Quarterly, 56(S1) pp.S119-S129 2021 International Literacy Association. In this article, we critique the science of reading when it is positioned within the reading wars as settling disagreements…
What Matters Most? Towards a Robust and Socially Just Science of Reading
Aukerman, M., & Chambers Schuldt, L. (2021) Reading Research Quarterly, 56(1), S85-S103 The authors of this article argue that both ‘good reading’ and ‘good instruction’ are not just cognitive practices but social and cultural ones which are experienced in…
Why is reading imaginative literature is so important?
Robyn Ewing July 2021 In this short piece Robyn Ewing draws on the work of key researchers to explain why reading imaginative literature is so important for early childhood, primary and secondary classrooms. Stories, she argues, are central to our meaning-making…
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