Pre-school literacy teaching in Early Childhood Education (ECD) inclusive classrooms is
crucial in preparing learners for the transition to formal literacy teaching and learning. This …

Early literacy teaching and learning in Grade R rural schools experience persistent
challenges which compound the low literacy rates evidenced overall in South African …

Due to concern about the literacy situation in South Africa (schools being near the bottom of
the international systemic measures of performance in literacy), and the important role that …

While it is of utmost importance to scrutinise reading literacy development practices at South
African schools where learners are failing to progress in their reading development in the …

In this article we describe the outcomes of a pilot project that ran from 1998 through 2000
and involved 79 teachers (grades 1-3) in seven schools. It was designed to predate an …

Literacy-the ability to read and write–is recognized as being one of the most fundamental of
core skills contributing to academic achievement, lifelong learning and sustainable …

Research shows that literacy is the foundation to successful education and a key to social,
economic and political freedom. In South Africa literacy education is in a crisis as depicted in …

The official demise of apartheid in 1994 meant that historically white universities became
accessible to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. The poor English education …

The Teaching Literacy Education Project (TLEP) is a complementary study designed to
inform and contextualise the results of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study …

The findings of the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2006
highlighted concerns about support for and the quality of reading literacy teaching in South …