S04 E06 - Creating Literacy Environments to Build Readers, Writers and Thinkers

Send us a textIn this episode Dr Eithne Kennedy discusses her research which focuses on changing the environments in which children learn literacy to engage and motivate them. We discuss how motivation is inextricable from achievement in literacy and how this means that those struggling from an early age fall into a vicious cycle of difficulties. We explore how creating classrooms that promote discussion and deeper thinking with a choice of engaging and high quality texts can make all t...