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How do we teach children to read?

25 April 2023

Research from Professors Dominic Wyse and Alice Bradbury has found that the increased teaching of phonics is undermining reading education in England - despite being a long-standing part of the curriculum.

Teacher reading with primary pupil in class. Image: Phil Meech for UCL Institute of Education

Read: New Scientist (£)

Read the full paper: Reading wars or reading reconciliation? A critical examination of robust research evidence, curriculum policy and teachers' practices for teaching phonics and reading.

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Phil Meech for UCL IOE.