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Education & Development
Encouraging book talk in the school library
As adults we sometimes struggle to justify our feelings about particular books, but children are quite clear about what they like and don't like. It is possible to get children to discuss why they liked or did not like particular books and to encourage them to think more deeply about the books they've read. This free course, Encouraging book ...
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Education & Development
Reading communities
What are the barriers and motivations for shared reading in families? What's the importance of building reciprocal and interactive reading communities? These videos explore
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Education & Development
Reading communities: why, what and how?
In this article, Professor Teresa Cremin considers the long term aim of developing readers for life and challenges us to consider effective strategies and practices to genuinely achieve this.
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Education & Development
Reading for pleasure: just window dressing?
In this article, Professor Teresa Cremin explores how talking about texts, their possible meanings and interpretations should be placed at the very heart of the reading curriculum
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Education & Development
Reading: re-asserting the potency of the personal
In this article, Professor Teresa Cremin considers how discovering children’s intrinsic motivation as readers can build reciprocal communities of readers.
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Education & Development
Teaching reading: what are our long term goals?
Teresa Cremin, Professor of Literacy in Education at The Open University examinines teachers’ perceptions and practices, as well as children’s own experiences, of reading pedagogy.
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Education & Development
How can digital books support children’s learning?
E-books and interactive apps can ensure that all children expand their reading range but they must be high quality. Professor Natalia Kucirkova explains more...
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History & The Arts
Poetry Prescription
Feeling loving, adventurous or scared? Poetry Prescription will find you the perfect poem to reflect your mood.
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History & The Arts
Read this before you fall for a personalised book
The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the sales of personalised books go up, but are they as beneficial as other children's books? Professor Natalia Kucirkova explores...
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Education & Development
Children’s experiences with digital technologies
This free course, Children’s experiences with digital technologies, is an introduction to how children use digital technologies, such as mobile applications, digital games and computers, and what they learn from these experiences. The course draws on debates about screen time to critically examine and present evidence about the effects of ...
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Education & Development
Do children have agency as authors?
Teresa Cremin, Professor of Literacy in Education at The Open University explores whether children are given enough autonomy when it comes to writing.
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Education & Development
Writing from the heart
Teresa Cremin, Professor of Literacy in Education at The Open University explores whether we offer young writers enough opportunities for ‘writing from the heart’