Literacy, families and learning

Practical, timely & sound advice on literacy, learning, families & education for parents, media, teachers & students

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

12 Great Books for Boys Revisited

This is a repeat of one of my most popular posts in the last 12 months. It picks up on a common theme, how do we get boys to read good bo...

Monday, March 19, 2012

The Critical Place of Fantasy in Children's Literature

As I've written before on this blog, story and literature have great power to teach, enrich and transform us (see here & here ). St...

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Enrichment for Gifted & Talented Children

What do I mean by Gifted & Talented? There was a time when giftedness in children was narrowly defined in terms of intellectual skil...

Monday, February 27, 2012

Make & Do Books: Engaging readers in different ways

My focus in this post is on books that engage children by getting them making, exploring or manipulating things. The books I mention are g...

Saturday, February 18, 2012

Children's Picture Book Reviews - February

This is another of my regular reviews of children's books. In this post I review some wonderful recent Australian and British picture ...

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About Me

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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