Literacy, families and learning

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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Are we blindly in love with our children?

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The well-known Australian author John Marsden recently wrote a short piece in the Australian College of Educators publication ' Prof...
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Monday, August 18, 2014

Australian Children's Book of the Year Winners Announced

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The Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Awards were announced on the 15th August in Canberra. This event always ...
Friday, August 15, 2014

Author & Illustrator Focus: Chris McKimmie

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Chris McKimmie is a writer, illustrator and artist. His career has had several phases. In the 1970s he worked as a graphic designer and pu...
Monday, August 4, 2014

Helping toddlers to develop reading comprehension

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Introduction I've written a number of times about comprehension on this blog and have also written books and articles on the topic (...
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Friday, July 25, 2014

Getting Boys Excited About Reading: Ideas & Resources

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Well-known Australian writer Paul Jennings was asked by a grandmother one day at a signing to write something in it for her grandson "....
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Thursday, July 17, 2014

Corporal Punishment in Schools: Can it be Justified?

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Kevin Donnelly, the co-chair of the Australian Federal Government's national curriculum review has backed the use of corporal punishm...
Thursday, July 10, 2014

20 Great Travel Games for Children (& Adults)

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I've done posts on travel games for children before and now seems a good time for another. In Australia most schools are closed for a sh...
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Trevor Cairney
I am a Professor of Education at The University of Sydney, Australia. I have spent a large part of my adult life as a teacher, academic, researcher and senior university administrator. My interests are varied, including how children learn language and literacy, the nature and construction of meaning, curriculum, pedagogy, and adult learning.
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