| Divide and Rule - inspection
Debbie Hepplewhite |
Points of Contention series in 'Teaching and Learning' magazine |
| Some Comments of a Report by C.Torgerson, G.Brooks, and J.Hall titled "A Systematic Review of the Research Literature on the Use of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading and Spelling
Professor Diane McGuinness |
The DfES commissioned the Torgerson et al review of the literature on the use of phonics at the time of the Rose review. McGuinness's comments are very important and illustrate how vital it is to look closely at the research and look closely at those looking closely at the research.
How ironic that the DfES appears not to commission rigorous comparative research for its own programmes and, instead, 'pilots' programmes with an emphasis on 'teacher responses'! |
| Sound Sense
Jo Shadwell |
How learning to love Synthetic Phonics could revolutionise teachers' working lives...to say nothing of the children's! |
| Notes to support a speech made at the NUT conference in Torquay speaking against an early years motion on play
Lesley Drake 17-04-06 |
An unusual opportunity to make some valid comments about bias and lack of honest debate in the early years |
| Report from the (English) Riviera 2006
Lesley Drake |
A flavour of the NUT conference |
| Opponents have got it wrong on Phonics
Rather than turning students into robots, the teaching method is powerfully liberating
Kevin Wheldall |
Sydney Morning Herald
10-04-06 |
| Reading Reform Foundation Response to the Draft Framework for Teaching Literacy Consultation Document
May 2006 |
It is as if the Rose Report barely informs this document. The question is whether anyone reading this draft would gain an understanding of the synthetic phonics teaching principles! |
| Response to Charles Hulme's critique of: Early Reading Instruction (MIT Press, 2004), and Language Development and Learning to Read (MIT Press, 2005).
Professor Diane McGuinness |
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| The fuh-ss over phonics
Debbie Hepplewhite urges teachers to embrace the messages from the Rose Report and explains what adjustments schools need to make to fulfil recommendations
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Debbie Hepplewhite May 2006 |
Article in '5 to 7 Educator' - key stage 1 magazine
[This article appears in three pdf documents - sorry for any inconvenience!] |
