Australia Association for Research in Education
Arts-based approach to teaching literacy
It’s time: Pat Thomson reflects on a (postponed) Radford
One way or another, my research always concerns a “wicked” problem. I simply want to know how schooling can be made better and fairer for many more children and young people than is the case at present. I’ve taken this question into research projects on public policy and education systems, schools and school leaders work, …
We all love a good story (and you can join in)
The role of story for humankind is a given: we live storied lives. Reading rich literature is always …
‘Invisible’ literacies are literacies for the future. What are they? Why is teaching them vital?
“We have so much pressure on us to teach literacy in our classrooms. The arts are not valued …
Arts-based approaches to teaching literacy: stop all the testing and do this
Millions of dollars have been spent on targeted programs to improve literacy and numeracy learning outcomes around Australia. However this year’s NAPLAN data shows stagnation in terms of data improvement, with a downward shift in performance levels for writing. We don’t believe this lack of movement in data is matched by a lack of impact …