Bethan Marshal, King’s College London, www.independent.co.uk. The age at which we start learning to read: In Sweden you will be at least seven, in Germany possibly the same, and in Finland you may be as old as eight. In England you’ll be six and in Australia you will be five! We are obsessed with the age at which you can decode those specks on a page of print and…
Valerie Strauss, The Washington Post, 17 Aug 2019. Stephen Camarata (Professor of Psychiatry and of Hearing and Speech Sciences) says the push to teach children increasingly more complex concepts at earlier ages is likely counterproductive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2015/08/17/why-pushing-kids-to-learn-too-much-too-soon-is-counterproductive/
Trevor Cobbold, 13 June 2019. Dozens of studies show that money matters in education, especially for disadvantaged schools and students. Read
Leon de Bruin, EduResearch Matters, 21 Oct 2019. Learning music can increase thinking skills, enrich strategies for learning and creativity, and enhance connections across subjects.
The Age Editorial, 8 Oct 2019. NAPLAN was plagued this year by technical problems, leaving 50,000 students to resit part of the tests. (It would also help to improve the test itself and to understand that it’s a standardised test, not diagnostic.)
Bright Horizons (no date). As children grow older, play (often defined as children’s work) remains important for learning and development. Read the article here
EducationHQ, 1 Oct 2019. Educators have the knowledge and expertise to help build a ‘new narrative’ for Australian education. However, teachers may not be able to publicly discuss education policy and risk being fired if they criticise it. Ref: Prof Alan Reid, Changing Australian Education: How policy is taking us backwards and what can be done about it.
The Conversation, 23 Sept 2019. Regular silent reading, which is sustained reading of materials they select for pleasure, provides great value.
Australian College of Educators, Upcoming Event, Monday 28 October 2019. Speaker: Prof Pasi Sahlberg, Finnish author and educator, UNSW Professor of Educational Policy, and Deputy Director, Gonski Institute for Education. Book online.
EducationHQ, 30 Aug 2019. Dr Kristy Goodwin (an expert in technology, wellbeing and productivity) warns that, in our technology-saturated lives, it is the elusive art of paying attention that has become key to our mental wellbeing and success in life.
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