Literacy

This International Literacy Day, we’re using research in the Asia-Pacific region to highlight the importance of language of instruction to the education outcomes of children.

A suite of resources is now available showing the evidence behind how readers learn to decode words using letters (graphemes) and sounds (phonemes).

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) has created a resource confirming how effective reading and comprehension skills develop – also dispelling common myths and providing clarity for teachers. 

A multi-year, multi-country study in the Indo-Pacific region has identified strategies that can help shape future teacher professional development initiatives.

New study analysing socio-cultural factors confirms that a family’s socio-economic status and parental attitudes towards homework have direct positive effects on reading literacy of primary school students in Southeast Asia.

New ACER research has found that teacher professional learning has positively impacted teaching quality and student engagement in Vanuatu.