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teaching reading
What happens when the science of reading fails
Yes! There’s the science of reading but there’s also the art of reading, here’s why we need both. …
What we want to say right now to Sahlberg and Goldfeld
Schools are places for all kinds of success, including academic achievement. In their recent article, “If not now, …
Happy new year reading: our most popular posts of all time
EduResearch Matters began back in 2014 under the stewardship of the amazing Maralyn Parker. At the end of 2020, Maralyn retired and I tried to fill very big shoes. The unusual thing about EduResearch Matters is that even posts published in the first couple of years of the blog’s existence continue to get readers – …
We all love a good story (and you can join in)
The role of story for humankind is a given: we live storied lives. Reading rich literature is always …
There are definitely better ways to teach reading
. Recent blog posts and articles in The Age have yet again stirred debates about the reading wars. …
No. There isn’t one perfect way to teach reading
Learning to read is foundational. The importance of literacy in the first years of schooling is not in …
Need reminding? Some of the best read blogs of 2021 and how you can help
Thank you to Mihajla Gavin and Meghan Stacey for kicking off the year on EduResearch Matters – on …
Decodable or predictable: why reading curriculum developers must seize one
Despite the promise to ‘improve clarity’, ‘declutter’, and remove ‘ambiguous’ content, the new draft curriculum has left teachers …
A Brief History of ‘The Reading Wars’
The so-called ‘Reading Wars’ have a long history within reading education. They began as a series of competing …
COVID coaches: tutoring only works when backed by quality teaching directed at the students who really missed out
The injection by NSW and Victorian State Governments of more than half a billion dollars on tutoring programs to help students catch up after Covid-19-related disruptions to normal schooling is welcome. However, there is a need to ensure the intervention is more than an economic ‘sugar hit’ and that it leads to sustained improvement in …