Involving educators, literacy experts, policymakers and even corporates, the tussle to define best practice seemingly divides the education sector in a ...
‘It’s ideology over evidence’: teachers, experts debate The Reading Wars
Emotionally-charged, potentially ideologically riddled and buoyed on by mounting research papers, The Reading Wars – the ongoing debate over the best way to teach children to read – is a hot (and complicated) space to inhabit.
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Learning to read is one of the most fundamental pillars of schooling and pursuing anything less than best practice is akin to a crime, experts say, and yet debate continues to rage on exactly what that is.
This story appeared in the November 2020 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.
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