Independent readers: school's digital library a game changer for students with disability

Sarah Duggan

By Sarah Duggan
Published August 31, 2020

As the great phonics war rages on, and the arguments of teachers, researchers and key literacy figures erupt in a heated clash over the best way to teach children to read, staff at Glenallen School have been busy working through a different set of challenges in a bid to build confident and independent young readers.

Technology, it turns out, has been the answer.

As Stefanie Young, a literacy learning specialist at the special school ...

This story appeared in the September 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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