The Times, London. 4 March 2022. The most successful education systems in the world dedicate huge resources to what happens before children even get to school. The evidence is overwhelming. What happens in the first 1000 days of life is critical to outcomes later in life. (Also available at https://apple.news/Ag4T-F4v2RkKGASW95UmWzw)
The Conversation, 28 Feb 2022. The brain processes language in the same way as music. Music education is a powerful complementary learning experience, not a “nice but not essential” part of the curriculum.
Lobel, McLeod & Jackson, The Age, 1 Sept 2021. Nelson Mandela said you can judge a society by how it treats children. America’s Joe Biden has committed $US450 billion to children in the crucial early years. The future will being to countries that invest in early learning, but Australia is a long way behind.
www.change.org All Australians need to know about the culture and history of the country in which they live.
The Conversation, 13 Feb 2020. We can’t look to individual schools and teachers to fix this. The whole of the education system needs reform to meet the needs of this large group of children.
Campbell & Neumann, EduResearch Matters, 3 Feb 2020. Early learning environments need to be engaging, creative and flexible. It is not just about learning the technical aspects of reading, it is also about helping children to develop a love of reading and motivation for when they start formal reading at school.
Elizabeth Diacos, educationhq.com, 14 Jan 2020. What is Hattie saying that gets up teachers’ noses so much?
The Conversation, 28 Jan 2020. In terms of developing 21st century skills, which includes setting up students for lifelong learning, teaching critical thinking should be core business.
National Council of Teachers of English, 5 Dec 2019. The NCTE is a significant professional association devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. This short position paper from NCTE is a must-read. The act of reading is always embedded in purposeful, meaningful activity at all levels. Even pre-school children learn naturally this way (just as my 3 year old…
Kate Noble, The Conversation, 18 Nov 2019. Many educators and researchers argue more play in the early years of school could better support children’s transition and learning. We need to better integrate play-based learning into schools’ formal learning structures.
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