An abstract of FELA paper on Irish Literacy. You can download the whole paper here
Interrogating literacy policy and achievement in Irish schools in the content of
The National Literacy and Numeracy Strategy: A positive picture and some
possible ways forward Dr Brian Murphy, School of Education, University College Cork, Ireland.
This paper begins with a consideration of the power and impact of international literacy … Read the rest
Dyslexia and the growing influence of dyslexia-organizations is a matter of concern in the US.
The official program says: “In this session, two distinguished scholars, one from the United States and one from Germany, will present their perspectives on research relating to dyslexia. Professor Donna Scanlon has done systematic research on children’s reading development and difficulties, particularly dyslexia, for over 35 years and through over … Read the rest
In many parts of the world children cannot go to school, because they are to far away from any school. Louis Soriano came up with a very interesting solution, the Biblioburro.
The Biblioburro is a traveling library that distributes books to patrons from the backs of two donkeys, Alfa and Beto. The program was created in La Gloria, Colombia, by Luis Soriano.The biblioburro … Read the rest
Dear friends. A very happy new year for all the IDEC and FELA friends and all the other visiters of the IDEC website.
We discussed the use of new media frequently. In the Januari Leadership meeting we will discuss this further. To get a head start I suggest to go to the Daily Post from WordPress.com and Get ready: starting January 2nd, it’s time for … Read the rest
At the Glasgow meeting we spoke shortly about the PIRLS 2011 country results.
You may download the whole international report or single chapters from http://timssandpirls.bc.edu/pirls2011/international-results-pirls.html
No surprise that Finland (together with Russia) is on the top of the european countries.
Kind regards from Berlin. Renata