Literacy, families and learning

We've all heard the nature versus nurture debate played out in various forms in the past, but could there be a new twist? Is the enviro...

  In a recent post ( here ) that was motivated by ' Alice for the iPad ' I concluded: It remains to be seen if developers can cre...

One of Australia's finest writers, Ruth Park, has died aged 93 years. She was born in New Zealand in 1917 and moved to Sydney to marry ...

Global trends in education policy I’ve recently returned from a trip to Europe where I had the chance to read British newspapers most days...

This is the second time I've written a post on toys - toys that teach, challenge, stimulate and encourage creativity and learning.  I sh...

I did a post on children's picture books for Christmas in 2008 as part of my 'Key Themes in Literature' series ( here ), which ...