Literacy, families and learning

We all know that girls generally begin reading before boys and are more likely to become avid readers.  But does it matter how we try to get...

As I have argued in previous posts ( here & here ), we learn a great deal from literature. Literature brings great pleasure but it a...

This is another of my 'New Aussie Books' updates. There are so many great Australian books published each year that it isn't pos...

Professor Donald Graves passed away on Tuesday 28th September 2010 from pneumonia aged 80. I rarely publish posts of this kind, but Don Grav...

In a recent article in the New York Times magazine (19th Sept 2010), ' Online Curiosity Killer ', Ben Greenman pondered the differen...

In my home state of New South Wales we've just celebrated ' History Week '. The week was run by the History Council of NSW to pr...