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March 15, 2021

Time for a good news story.

Enjoy this Success Story from Mornington Park Primary School. It is important to note that the success rested on the fact that the principal and teachers did not get bogged down

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 11, 2021

Fact Check on Defining Reading

Continued and often heated debates about how teachers and parents can best help young children learn to read are closely related to different definitions of, and understandings about, what effective

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 8, 2021

Meet the Author – Mike Dumbleton

Free podcast from Cue Learning In Episode 20, experienced author and literacy consultant Mike Dumbleton joins Phil and Sharon Callen to share his story and insights. Mike is a writer and Literacy Consultant. He

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 8, 2021

Everybody’s Selling It- But just what is explicit, systematic phonics instruction?

Heidi Anne E. Mesmer & Priscilla L. Griffith. (2005)  International Reading Association (pp. 366–376)  Very experienced K-3 teachers from across the United States, who were members of the ‘International Reading association’,

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 7, 2021

Progress in Reading Instruction Requires a Better Understanding of the English Spelling System

Bowers, J. and Bowers, P. This article suggests reading instruction should be informed by building teachers’ pedagogical content knowledge about English spellings, namely the knowledge that spelling is organised by both

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 7, 2021

Reconsidering the Evidence that Systematic Phonics is More Effective than Alternative Methods of Reading

 Bowers, J. Educational Psychology Review (2020) 32:681-705 In this article the author reviews and critiques experimental studies that have assessed the efficacy of systematic phonics instruction. The article claims there is

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March 3, 2021

Review: More Than Words: The Making of the Macquarie Dictionary by Pat Manser (Pan Macmillan)

In The Conversation March 4, 2021 by Roslyn Petelin In 1973 Pat Manser answered an advertisement in the Sydney Morning Herald seeking a research assistant to work on phonetic transcriptions for

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 2, 2021

AATE/ALEA National Conference

Time to register! The twenty-first century has brought about disruptive changes across all parts of society, providing educators with a variety of opportunities and challenges, including those resulting from a global

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

March 2, 2021

Quote of the day from Debbie Miller

“There are many effective ways to teach children and live our lives.  No one has a patent on the truth.  Find yours.  Read.  Reflect.  Think about what you already know

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