Over 30 years ago, Freire warned of the dangers of neoliberalism and Chomsky today sees
this as the greatest threat to democracy. Education is particularly targeted by the neoliberal …

The present study examined preservice teachers'(PSTs) knowledge of basic language
constructs across four different English-speaking teacher preparations programs. A …

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 …

Why Jaydon can't read: The triumph of ideology over evidence in teaching reading
Page 1 FEATURE 21 POLICY • Vol. 29 No. 3 • Spring 2013 The current entrenched rate of …

In this article, we propose to critique the way in which a hegemonic understanding of quality
in early childhood settings is imposed upon practitioners, families and children through …

This study examined if professional development with teachers would increase children's
literacy skills in low socioeconomic early childhood settings in New Zealand and would lead …

This study investigated the emergent literacy and language skills of four-year-old children in
New Zealand during their kindergarten year prior to school-entry. A total of 92 four-year-old …

Recognition of young children as citizens is relatively new in sociology, with translation
emerging into education. Discourses of children and childhood shape ideas of young …

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 …

Multimedia literacy practices in the homes of young children are changing rapidly, but the
use of them in the early years of education is moving slowly. This research was aimed to find …