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March 22, 2023

Let’s use common sense to guide the way to common practices: A centrist’s advice on traversing the current social media debate about best practices in reading by Dr. Sam Bommarito

From doctorsam7 In the past few weeks, the current debate on social media has heated up to the boiling point. If one is to believe some social media posts, all that
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 22, 2023

Combating aliteracy with Australian literature

Copyright Agency It’s no secret to any teacher that young Australians simply do not read ‘for fun’ as much as they used to. It seems that reading for pleasure is declining,
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 27, 2023

Applications open for the 2023 Reading Australia Fellowship

Reading Australia is already on the lookout for the next Reading Australia Fellow for Teachers of English and Literacy (and teacher librarians). If you want to know how far a
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 22, 2023

Trends in global education reform since the 1990 s: Looking for the right way

International Journal of Educational Development Vol 98 April 2023, 102748 by Pasi Sahlberg This article describes the emergence of the global education reform movement (GERM) and its main manifestations in national education
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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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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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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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November 28, 2022

The Science of Reading and the Media: Is Reporting Biased?

Literacy Research Association by Maren Aukerman, The University of Calgary November 23, 2022 At least two questions are critical for assessing journalistic quality. First, does the writing exhibit bias that distorts
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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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