For many educators, structured literacy is a step in the right direction to improving New Zealand’s falling literacy rates. But educators need to remain adaptable as the science of reading evolves.
While there’s no single solution to the crisis, a range of approaches can help to bolster children’s literacy.
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These interventions have the potential to boost South African children’s literacy.
The UN’s 2022 “Transforming Education Summit” highlighted how staggering the need is for education in the world.
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At the Learning Planet Institute, an initiative launched with UNESCO, we’ve seen many programs that foster the ability and motivation to learn, act and lead for a better world.
Some Nigerian women displaying their voter cards at a polling units during one of the country’s elections. Photo:aap/
Peter Obe.
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Low literacy levels are a common contributing factor in Australia’s homeless population. We asked people who have experienced homelessness how poor literacy affected their lives – and what would help.
Malaria detection campaign in the Bobo-Dioulasso (Burkina-Faso) in collaboration with the Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé.
Elena Gómez-Díaz.
Textbooks have been at the centre of two major South African court cases. They may not be a magical cure for all the country’s education ills, but research shows they are a critical part of learning.
Former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton watches as a youngster is enthralled by a picture book in New York.
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If Malawian children do not learn basic skills like reading, will this harm them in the long term? Recent evidence suggests the answer is yes – at least in terms of their health.
Sacred time.
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Two initiatives aimed at getting children to learn and read more have just launched with a flourish. The $15m Global Learning Xprize pits teams of innovators across the world in a competition aiming to…