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Noella Mackenzie and Martina Tassone explores what the media say about reading. This is the sixth and final post on reading to celebrate Book Week. The original can be found at https://blog.aare.edu.au/reading-part-six-the-media-say-we-have-a-reading-crisis-now-do-we/ Recently the debates around the best ways to teach reading have been reignited (Mackenzie & Tassone, 2024). The media coverage has been fierce, andContinue reading “READING, part six: The media say we have a reading crisis now. Do we?”

Noella Mackenzie and Martina Tassone explore structured literacy, whole language and balanced literacy. This is post 5 in our series on reading. The original was published on the AARE Blog in Book Week – https://blog.aare.edu.au/reading-part-five-why-teachers-must-have-more-than-this-years-model-of-literacy/ Reading models do not automatically translate to classroom practice. Rather, it is the knowledgeable and skilful teacher who translates models or theories intoContinue reading “READING, part five: why teachers must have more than this year’s model of literacy”

Noella Mackenzie and Martina Tassone explore the Science of Reading (SoR) in this fourth post originally published on the AARE Blog to celebrate Book Week. You can follow the link to the original post at: https://blog.aare.edu.au/reading-part-four-is-the-science-of-reading-settled/ or read below. What do people mean when they talk about the science of reading? The terms ‘science of reading’ or ‘ScienceContinue reading “READING, part four: Is the science of reading settled?”

Noella Mackenzie and Martina Tassone explore the Simple View of Reading (SVR) in this third post to celebrate Book Week. The original post can be found on the AARE Blog at: https://blog.aare.edu.au/reading-part-three-what-is-the-simple-view/ The Simple View of Reading describes reading at a single point in time: decoding x listening / linguistic comprehension = reading comprehension (D x LC = RC). Continue reading “READING, part three: What is the Simple View?”

Noella Mackenzie and Martina Tassone  This post was the second of a series of 6 posts shared on the AARE Blog ‘EduResearch Matters’ in Book week 2024, and has been reproduced here. You can find the original at https://blog.aare.edu.au/reading-part-two-what-really-works-for-readers-and-when/ In our first post, titled Learning to Read, we introduced the topic of learning to readContinue reading “READING, part two: What really works for readers and when?”

By Noella M Mackenzie and Martina Tassone To celebrate Book Week, EduResearch Matters published a six part series on reading by Noella Mackenzie and Martina Tassone. This is the first of the six reproduced here although you can find the original at: https://blog.aare.edu.au/reading-part-one-how-to-find-your-way-through-the-jungle/ A jungle is a land covered with dense forest and tangled vegetation, usually in tropical climates. TheContinue reading “READING, part one: How to find your way through the jungle”

This blog post is designed to give you the arguments for why Read Aloud should be a priority in your classroom. I will try to address some of the issues identified above and more. [N.B. This post will be followed by another post which will focus on the ‘How’ of Read Aloud.] We teach childrenContinue reading “The Power of Read Aloud Part 1”

Welcome back – I apologise for the long break in between blogs. There are a number of reasons why I haven’t added a posting for a while, but I am back now.   I hope you will find this posting helpful. “To become truly literate, children need to learn to create, comprehend and use single modeContinue reading “Draw, Talk, Write and Share (DTWS) Update”

Lately I have been called on to explain what the science of reading is by education systems, schools and colleagues. This blog posting is designed to support these discussions. I hope you will find it helpful. Wherever possible I have provided direct quotes with references so that you know where the information is coming fromContinue reading “EXPLAINER: What is the science of reading?”