Playtime is as important for child development as exercise is for adult health.
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Children who play a lot learn skills such as sitting, crawling and standing quicker. Play also leads to better health and wellbeing as they grow older.
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There are alternatives to England’s focus on synthetic phonics, which teaches children to decode words by learning the relationship between letters and sounds.
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In our house, we watch Bluey guilt-free. Here’s why.
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A new study has identified seven types of teen readers. It also found about 30% do not read in their free time.
Young readers report becoming more thoughtful after reading stories that feature characters who face complex challenges.
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Amid calls to ban certain books from libraries and schools, research shows that students benefit when they have the ability to choose which materials they want to read.
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If you fell in love with Dexter and Emma you are sure to do the same with the characters in these funny and moving tales of love.
‘Back to basics’ language used by the government distracts from the importance of continuously updating and revising curriculum.
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We need to ensure the best scientific research in play-based learning and early reading is leveraged, and teachers receive supports to meet children’s developmental and academic needs.
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A new Grattan Institute report provides a plan to ensure at least 90% of Australian school students can read well.
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The teachers did not often adapt their practices to suit their specific cultural and linguistic contexts.
Libraries can be an oasis from doomscrolling and information overload.
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Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
Bella Baxter could be read as an incarnation of Gray’s vision for a defiant and free Scotland.
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A radical painter and writer, Alasdair Gray’s work was full of bold visions for an independent Scotland.
We can and should support both student mental health and student academic achievement, because they affect each other.
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A key way to support mental health and well-being is to support strong reading instruction especially early in children’s education.
These books had our academics gripped until their final pages.
PISA tests are taken every four years.
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Pisa measures 15-year-olds in reading, maths and science every three years - but is that the best way to test an education system?
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The latest Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) show Australian 15-year-olds have recorded similar results to 2015 and 2018 in maths, science and reading.
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December 4, 2023
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Plan your summer reading or catch up on what you missed with The Conversation’s selection of the best books of the year.
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People receiving cancer treatment can struggle to read. An innovative form of bibliotherapy brought joy and solace, enabling patients to concentrate as listeners, rather than readers.
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The tale lamenting the loss of a mythical British upper class is as sharp now as ever.
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NAPLAN results alarmingly show almost one in three Australian children don’t meet the expected standard in Year 3.
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Adania Shibli’s Minor Detail is a sparse but searing novel that shows how the horrors of the past continue to shape Palestinian life today