Learning and Literacy Touchstones
The Foundation for Learning and Literacy has developed 12 Touchstones that underpin our work and advocacy and are supported by rigourous research, and stories of classroom success.
The starting point for the Touchstones was the Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration:
Alice Springs Education (Mparntwe) Declaration:
Education plays a vital role in promoting the intellectual, physical, social, emotional, moral, spiritual and aesthetic development and wellbeing of young Australians, and in ensuring the nation’s ongoing economic prosperity and social cohesion. They need to deal with information abundance, and navigate questions of trust and authenticity. They need flexibility, resilience, creativity, and the ability and drive to keep on learning throughout their lives.
(Education Council, 2019, p.3)
