Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 10, 2023

Primary schools help children thrive, but they could be better and fairer

ABC 24 April 2023 by Pasi Sahlberg ... Another thing that distinguishes Australia from most other countries is our persistence of annual standardised literacy and numeracy tests in primary schools. Every parent

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

February 20, 2023

New from Cue Learning

Getting Reading for Naplan'From Testing to Showcasing' podcast For many teachers, getting students ready for standardised testing can be a worry. In Australia we have NAPLAN. As teachers we want to know what

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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

May 8, 2022

Some (other) facts about teachers and teaching

SMH March 28, 2022 Marcia Devlin Teaching and teachers do not enjoy high status in Australia. I find this curious for a number of reasons. First, teaching is an enormously complex, challenging

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 24, 2021

A failure at 6? Data-driven assessment isn’t helping young children’s learning

The Conversation November 24, 2021 by Martina Tassone Children’s early years from birth to the age of eight are crucial for their social, emotional and intellectual development. However, early years education

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

September 1, 2021

Books offer a healing retreat for youngsters caught up in a pandemic

Margaret Kristin Merga in The Conversation August 9 2021 Parents at a loss to find activities for their children during COVID lockdowns can encourage them to escape into a book. New

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

July 2, 2021

New book: A History of Literacy Education

Waves of Research and Practice Robert J. Tierney, P. David Pearson Teacher's College Press In this volume, two notable scholars trace the monumental shifts in theory, research, and practice related to reading

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

May 29, 2021

Why NAPLAN is not ‘soft’ enough: investing in the future ‘currency’ – opinion

Education Review by Christopher Hogbin May 25 2021 NAPLAN doesn’t help kids prepare for the real world. We need our next generation to be thinkers, to be problem solvers with the

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 29, 2021

From Testing to Showcasing

FREE podcast from Cue Learning In this episode, Sharon and Phil talk about: How to identify what is the same and different about everyday teaching, learning and 'one day' standardised testsTips for helping students do their

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