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by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Thu Dec 14, 2023 11:19 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: 'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023
Replies: 1
Views: 21503

Re: 'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023

Why we're failing to build the knowledge students need AMY HAYWOOD AND JORDANA HUNTER, The Australian, DECEMBER 15, 2023 Every child who goes to school should learn to read. Australia is failing on this measure. The latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment assessment of 15-year-ol...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:23 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: 'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023
Replies: 1
Views: 21503

'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023

Thank you to Yvonne Meyer for flagging up this article in The Australian : Content reboot for teacher training Natasha Bita Drastic changes to teacher training will force universities to cover “core content”, such as teaching children to read and master mathematics, in reforms ordered by the nation’...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:45 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: England: Year 1 phonics screening check results 2022-2023
Replies: 0
Views: 40993

England: Year 1 phonics screening check results 2022-2023

The Department for Education (DfE) in England has released the statutory Year 1 phonics screening check results: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-1-and-phonics-screening-check-attainment/2022-23 These results are better than the 2022 results although they...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:33 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
Replies: 3
Views: 45595

Re: New Zealand: Professor James Chapman and his reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery programme

Here is a good interview of American journalist, Emily Hanford, visiting New Zealand where awareness for the need for 'structured literacy' which includes explicit phonics teaching is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLP_KJ1ztDU Hopefully, this marks New Zealand moving away from Marie Clay...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:15 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
Replies: 27
Views: 485556

Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know

Thank you to Harriett for this reference: There is a 4-minute review of Reading Recovery research at 19:00. 5: What's the Deal With Whole Language? A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading Whole language is one of the most talked about developments in literacy instruction in the past seve...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:47 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
Replies: 3
Views: 45595

Re: New Zealand: Professor James Chapman and his reviews of the Reading Recovery programme

James was invited to write a blog for the Lifting Literacy Aotearoa site of the modifications to the Reading Recovery intervention programme - 'additions' written in response to the growing international criticism and worries about the methodology and efficacy of Reading Recovery, see here: ‘And + A...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:39 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
Replies: 3
Views: 45595

New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview

The Reading Recovery intervention programme is known throughout much of the English-speaking world but its methodology has caused concern for many people. Professor James Chapman is one of those people, and so he (and Professor Bill Tunmer) have undertaken professional reviews over many years. Dr Mi...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
Replies: 27
Views: 485556

Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know

Dr Kerry Hempenstall has kindly provided some literature featuring the Reading Recovery programme. [Some of this may be a repeat of content previously provided in this thread.]


https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/u8dqd7bn ... pxd9r7ua3r
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:17 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
Replies: 27
Views: 485556

Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know

Here is some great news - described in an article by Aaron Churchill:
It's time to abandon Reading Recovery

July 2023

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