I have to wonder at the strange choice of the word 'reconciliation' in the title of the paper, as it presents more as a detractor from systematic synthetic phonics and governmental promotion of SSP than any sense of 'reconciliation' in the reading debate!
Wyse and Bradbury:
https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wil ... /rev3.3314Reading wars or reading reconciliation? A critical examination of robust research evidence, curriculum policy and teachers' practices for teaching phonics and reading
Greg Ashman:
https://fillingthepail.substack.com/p/h ... YVJWuSo728Has synthetic phonics been demolished?
I cannot believe we are all doing this again
Dr Jennifer Buckingham:
https://fivefromfive.com.au/blog/ground ... struction/Groundhog day for reading instruction
And a Tweet by a perplexed person - as an example of many tweets by people who have read the Wyse & Bradbury paper and are simply mystified:
Read the "Reading Wars or Reading Reconciliation" paper https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wil ... /rev3.3314… after the dramatic Guardian story "Phonics is Failing Our Children" https://theguardian.com/education/2022/ ... mark-study… ... I'm struggling to match the data to the rhetoric. UK reading research colleagues, what am I missing?
https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-l ... c-approachPhonics: In defence of the systematic approach
Before dismissing the use of systematic phonics in classrooms, the research needs further analysis, warns Julia Carroll
Note: I'm cross-referencing this thread via the 'Around the World: News and Events' forum but I'll build up the responses via this 'General Forum'.
The other thread I've entitled:
viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1432&p=3033#p3033England/International - Wyse and Bradbury paper leads to immediate dismay and responses!