Foundation for Learning and Literacy

January 30, 2023

A case for why both sides in the ‘reading wars’ debate are wrong — and a proposed solution

The Washington Post by Valerie Strauss March 27, 2019 This is an unusual post about the “reading wars,” that seemingly never-ending battle about how to best teach reading to students —

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 19, 2022

The future of education: are the real needs of students being neglected in favour of grades and test scores?

Equal Times 14 December 2022 by José Alvarez Diaz ...However, as Sahlberg explains, studies show that education models of this kind have thus far failed to improve the quality of teaching.

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 15, 2022

Australia, Educational Lone Wolf?

Centre for professional Learning 12 December 2022 by Pasi Sahlberg ...Being a lone wolf may be good if the rest of the pack is heading in the wrong direction. But, if

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 8, 2022

Alarming Choice for 2022 Children’s Word of the Year

School News by Sharon Meyerkort 2nd December 2022 The Oxford Australian Children’s Word of the Year (CWOTY) is chosen after analysing millions of words and tens of thousands of stories written

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 2, 2022

It’s time: Pat Thomson reflects on a (postponed) Radford

EduResearch Matters AARE by Pat Thompson December 1, 2022 One way or another, my research always concerns a “wicked” problem. I simply want to know how schooling can be made better

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 22, 2022

Why a Teacher’s Beliefs Matter: Using A Theory of Learning to Explore Instructional Decisions

Debra Crouch and Brian Cambourne 2022 This article first appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of the Journal of Reading Recovery. The Journal of Reading Recovery is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Reading

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 22, 2022

Personalised learning is billed as the ‘future’ of schooling: what is it and could it work?

The Conversation November 22, 2022 by Maya Gunawardena ... A 2017 Grattan Institute report found as many as 40% are unproductive in a given year because they are disengaged. This is a

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 17, 2022

Why Self-Directed Literacy Matters More Than Ever

ASCD November 1, 2022 by Kimberly N. Parker Independent reading time helps students guide their own reading lives...Self-directed literacy learning encourages us to pursue freedom with our students, to go with them beyond

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 16, 2022

AAAE responds to the Grattan Report

In October the Grattan Institute published a report highlighting some of the issues teachers and schools are facing and proposed some recommendations. Some of the recommendations could have unintended consequences, particularly related

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 13, 2022

We Must Teach for ‘Range’ and ‘Depth’

Education Week - August 26, 2015 by James H. Nehring ...It’s time to stop measuring what can’t be measured, acknowledge the stunning complexity of learning, and build a system based on

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