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We post here short research items to inspire and inform. These are ten to fifteen minute (ish) reads often with links into longer reads.MOST RECENT ADDITIONS NOVEMBER 2025SUGGESTIONS VERY WELCOME! |
Please take a look at Jim Cummins' Pedagogy for the Poor. In this article, the Cummins argues that there is minimal scientific support for the pedagogical approaches promoted for low-income EAL students in the US Federal 'Reading First' initiative."In combination with high-stakes testing, the interpretation of the construct systematic phonics instruction ... has resulted in highly teacher-centred and inflexible classroom environments." Sounds familiar?! We think UK schools have suffered too. |
Education North West (US) have sent us the link to their video on how teachers can help English learners build their language skills while they learn complex content? There is a strong similarity to our 1989 partnership videos posted below and the message has not changed after thirty five years. |
Two articles from Stephen Krashen
The Case for Non-Targeted, Comprehensible Input The Importance of keeping research papers short |
INTRODUCTION TO PARTNERSHIP TEACHING Funded by UK Department of Education with the support of the UK National Foundation for Education Research. Developed in the eighties, published by HMSO in 1989 and disseminated throughout the UK and Northern Ireland. We have published the accompanying videos on Vimeo and the links are below: Introduction partnership2 partnership3 Salmon Science lesson from Soar Valley Leicester |
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COOPERATION IN THE MULTIETHNIC CLASSROOM Extract from Helen Cowie et al pub David Fulton 1994 |
This extract begins by suggesting that group work in the classroom is an established part of current practice.. CURRENT THEN BUT NOT CURRENT NOW! |
Earlier postings. |
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