Purpose: We report findings from a survey of elementary teachers regarding reading
instruction. The purpose was to examine teachers' beliefs about how children in the first 7 …

Phonics continues to be one of the most controversial literacy instruction topics debated in
the USA, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Given the importance placed on phonics in …

A growing body of literature recognises the complexity of English literacy. It is well
established that Phonics plays a pivotal role in its instruction, despite some uncertainty with …

Early childhood educators' beliefs about literacy teaching can impact on the types of phonics
experiences educators provide for children in prior-to-school settings. The Australian Early …

Language-rich environments are key to overall quality in early childhood settings, including
frequent child—staff interactions around picture books and dramatic play. In a language-rich …

Learning about being a reader is more than teaching phonics. A pilot study of shared picture
book reading in early childhood education as a means to support young children in …

Phonics is well established in the English-speaking world, but to date it has been
implemented to only a limited extent in contexts where English is a foreign language. This …

Parental pressure to include formalised school-type literacy lessons has been reported as a
factor influencing the types of phonics instruction young children encounter in the prior-to …

The current study investigates the effect of a suggested multisensory phonics program on
develo** kindergarten pre-service teachers' EFL reading accuracy and phonemic …

Australian early childhood education positions literacy learning as a set of social practices
contextualised by one's unique experiences and knowledges. Despite widespread …