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Hammond, Kendall – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Kendall Hammond, Associate Principal at Nollamara Primary and Intensive English School in Perth, explains how their commitment to explicit direct instruction made Sounds-Write a natural choice for the teaching of reading and spelling in a school where three-quarters of students have English as an additional language. [For the complete volume,…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Program Implementation
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Stockley, Naomi; Tatana, Rianna; Kaur, Roshni; Reynolds, Alice – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Naomi Stockley, Rianna Tatana, Roshni Kaur, and Alice Reynolds offer some early insights into the implementation of Sounds-Write at The Pavilion School, a specialist provision in the northern suburbs of Melbourne for vulnerable students who have been excluded from mainstream education and face significant personal challenges. [For the complete…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Foreign Countries, Nontraditional Education, Secondary School Students
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Smith, Reid; Snow, Pamela; Serry, Tanya; Hammond, Lorraine – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2023
Purpose: We report findings from a survey of elementary teachers regarding reading instruction. The purpose was to examine teachers' beliefs about how children in the first 7 years of schooling develop reading comprehension skills and to characterize the self-reported practices and strategies they use to support children to comprehend connected…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction
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Fanshawe, Melissa; Saltmarsh, Sue; Larsen, Ellen – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2023
Pre-service teachers in Australian Initial Teacher Education programmes gain classroom experience through supervised, formally assessed professional experience placements and internships. This in-situ experience is recognized as important in the development of professional identities, knowledge and skills. However, many pre-service teachers lament…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Professional Identity, Pedagogical Content Knowledge
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Reynolds, Meree; Buckingham, Jennifer; Madelaine, Alison; Arakelian, Sarah; Bell, Nicola; Pogorzelski, Simmone; Wheldall, Robyn; Wheldall, Kevin – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2021
Information about effective interventions for students with early reading difficulties is essential when deciding about how best to provide support. MiniLit, a small-group intervention for young struggling readers, was released in 2011 after several years of development and trials. This paper provides a rationale for MiniLit, a brief history of…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Difficulties, Small Group Instruction, Reading Instruction
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Taylor, Anna Louise; Calder, Samuel David; Pogorzelski, Simmone; Koch, Lauren – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2021
Children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD) commonly present with oral language weaknesses which disrupt the development of literacy and impede related academic progress. While there is evidence to support the delivery of manualised Tier 2 interventions with this population, little is known about the effects of Tier 1 interventions. A…
Descriptors: Developmental Delays, Language Impairments, Oral Language, Intervention
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Kirkby, Jane; Carabott, Kelly; Wilson, Sue; Rafi, Haleh; White, Pennie – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2022
This paper looks at students' motivation and engagement in the context of the "Read Like a Demon (RLAD)" project across a two-year period, in Melbourne, Victoria. This "RLAD" project was shaped over several years and targeted to students aged between 8 and 11 years. It utilized innovative reading experiences, including the…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Reading Programs, Reading Motivation, Elementary School Students
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Helsloot, Angela – Research-publishing.net, 2022
In this case study, Angela Helsloot, Principal at Allambie Heights Public School, on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, uses data from standardised tests and benchmark reading assessments across the school to show the positive impact that Sounds-Write instruction has had in Kindergarten and Year 1. [For the complete volume, "Systematic Synthetic…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Standardized Tests, Benchmarking, Reading Tests
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Collins, Vanessa J.; Dargan, Isaac W.; Walsh, Rosalind L.; Merga, Margaret K. – Issues in Educational Research, 2022
A whole school (K-12) "Reading for Pleasure" program was implemented at an independent girls' school in Sydney, Australia. This paper reports on the results of a teacher survey conducted one year into the implementation of the program. Qualitative data were collected from 105 teachers on the perceived benefits and challenges of the…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Recreational Reading, Foreign Countries, Single Sex Schools
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Damien Lyons; Janet Scull – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2024
Narrative inquiry has long been respected as a qualitative approach to researching the lived experiences of participants. Used widely in educational research the approach enables insights into the practices, perspectives and preferences of teachers, most often considering a small number of participants within a close circle of influence. In…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Epistemology, Phonics, Reading Instruction
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de Haan, Melinda – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2021
The purpose of this article is to describe what needs to happen in Australian schools to provide effective literacy support for adolescent students with reading difficulties. The central thesis of this paper is that the Response to Intervention (RtI) model provides a useful framework for organizing multi-tiered evidence-based reading interventions…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Reading Difficulties, Response to Intervention, Foreign Countries
Hanemann, Ulrike, Ed. – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
Within a learning family, every member is a lifelong learner. A family literacy and learning approach is more likely to break the intergenerational cycle of low education and inadequate literacy skills, particularly among disadvantaged families and communities. The selection of case studies presented in this compilation show that for an…
Descriptors: Intergenerational Programs, Teaching Methods, Lifelong Learning, Family Literacy
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Munro, John – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2017
Reading difficulties may have multiple causes. Effective approaches to reading intervention need to target the specific causes for individual readers. The Early Reading Intervention Knowledge program comprises three intervention pathways: a phonological-phonemic pathway, a phonic-orthographic pathway, and an oral language pathway. This study…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Intervention, Elementary School Students, Reading Difficulties
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Quick, Joanne – Issues in Educational Research, 2019
Literacy intervention programs are a common approach to improve children's literacy achievement. A previous study (Rohl, Milton & Brady, 2000; Rohl & Milton, 2002) identified a range of literacy intervention programs offered across Australia, including Victoria. Contemporary Victorian education policies have shifted towards greater school…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Intervention, Reading Achievement
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Serry, Tanya A.; Liamputtong, Pranee; Rose, Miranda L.; Bretherton, Lesley – Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties, 2016
We examined the lived experiences of twelve parents of low-progress readers. Parents were recruited from five state schools in Melbourne and each participated in individual interviews. Analyses revealed that most children received Reading Recovery which was the first and often only option. Parents were divided regarding satisfaction with their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes, Low Achievement, Reading Achievement
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