Girls don’t just outperform boys when it comes to reading skills. They also say they like reading more than their male counterparts.
- Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark
A whole-school approach to literacy is far more effective for students, but few Australian schools have practical plans for building literacy across all subject areas.
New research shows how reading books can help young people escape from their sources of stress, find role models in characters and develop empathy.
Almost half of Australian adults struggle with reading. Our recent analysis of government information on COVID-19 found many documents were inaccessible to struggling readers.
Dosen akan terus kesulitan memenuhi tuntutan universitas dalam berinteraksi dengan komunitas non-akademik apabila kampus tidak mengintegrasikan tugas ini dengan lebih baik dalam beban kerja mereka.
Researchers will struggle to meet universities’ expectations of engagement beyond academia until this work is better recognised as part of their duties.
We know teacher librarians support children’s literacy. But school libraries play a more diverse role, including supporting students’ well-being.
There’s a worry some students don’t get enough opportunity to enjoy silent reading in schools. Here’s some advice on how to change that.
Shared reading has many benefits. Among them, it can help your child develop a bigger vocabulary.
If schools and policy-makers want to boost children’s literacy, they should invest in teacher librarians.
Si les jeunes garçons lisent moins que les filles, c’est dû à un certain nombre de clichés et d’habitudes quotidiennes. Quelques pistes pour inverser la tendance.
Girls are encouraged more often to read, despite performing better in reading assessments nationally and internationally. Here’s how parents and educators can help connect boys with books.
Finding time to read to your children can be hard, but there are several ways you can make sure your child gets the most out of time for reading aloud.
There are benefits to shared reading long after children can read to themselves, so how long should you read to your children?
Research shows that providing children with eReading devices can actually inhibit their reading.
Since the 2008 “Digital Education Revolution”, when the government funded laptops for secondary school students, there has been a growing impetus to increase young people’s screen time both in school and…
Once children can read teachers and parents stop encouraging them to continue reading. But reading for pleasure is important, too.
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