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The Matthew Effect - why literacy is so important

Sep 30, 2012 | Category: learning
Whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.Matthew 13:12 In the world of the 2012 Ofsted framework very few sch...
#Ofsted #literacy #spelling #Reading #writing #Geoff Barton #the Matthew Effect

What to know: the importance of cultural capital

Apr 04, 2012 | Category: reading
Let's face it, we need to know to stuff if we're going to have anything resembling a successful life. But what is it we need to know? As an English teacher I have a fair bit of fairly arcane knowledge...
#knowledge #Daisy Christodolou #Reading #cultural capital #Janet Street Porter #Shakespeare

How should we teach reading?

Feb 29, 2012 | Category: English
A few months ago I posted a piece in which Roy Blatchford (founder of The National Education Trust) outlined his manifesto for ensuring that every child gets at least a C grade in English. But, readin...
#Daniel Willingham #EB Hirsch #Reading #reading strategies

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