Noella’s research focuses on literacy teaching and learning and in particular writing acquisition.
Join Louise as she explores the connections between oral language, reading, and writing within the refreshed English Curriculum.
As educators, what are we good at? How can we better meet our excellence and equity goals for education? In his new book, Building on our Strengths, Professor Stuart McNaughton draws on his research experience and his time as Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Education to identify five key evidence informed levers for change. Join Stuart to hear this fresh perspective on how we might solve persistent challenges in the education system.
This session is a follow up to the very popular April 2024 webinar DIALOGIC TALK: Unpacking the pedagogy of classroom interactions.
In this follow up webinar to our very popular DIALOGIC TALK: Unpacking the pedagogy of classroom interactions, Dr Maree Davies and Belinda Whyte (RTLit) will go deeper into aspects of dialogic talk, such as questioning and provocations. This complements their NZ Literacy Forum,Te Kōrero Pānui Tuhituhi o Aotearoa article on Paedaia Seminars coming out in the final issue for 2024 and offers an opportunity to workshop ideas and ask questions.
Learn about the Double Helix of Reading and Writing, a new theory and model for teaching literacy, based on the latest scientific evidence. Watch the model in action, showing how outstanding ‘real’ books written for children can be at the heart of effective teaching of phonics, reading and writing.
In this workshop, Aaron will build on his keynote and provide practical strategies and advice for planning and implementing T-Shaped literacy units in primary and secondary classrooms. Using key principles for the learning design of a T-Shaped unit, teachers are able to be responsive to the interests, cultural contexts and learning needs of ākonga in their classroom. Link to keynote https://youtu.be/mgl6gbS_DDw
Tania (TK) Roxborogh, of Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekurī, Scottish, German, and Irish descent, lives in Canterbury, New Zealand. Although she was born in Christchurch, she’s travelled all over Aotearoa. She is a veteran educator and a multi award-winning author of more than thirty-five published works, both fiction and non-fiction. Tania is currently a PhD student researching how to help teachers imbue mātauranga Māori into their teaching of Shakespeare.
Explore how Shakespeare's works can be integrated into indigenous educational spaces through the lens of critical literacy. This workshop addresses the value of Shakespeare’s works while at the same time respecting and elevating indigenous knowledge.
Susan Sandretto began her career in education as a primary school teacher. She is currently a professor at the University of Otago College of Education, Dunedin, New Zealand. She teaches across the initial teacher education and education studies programmes and supervises at the postgraduate level. Her research interests include critical literacy, mis/disinformation, education policy, practitioner research, and gender issues.
Kate De Goldi writes fiction for all ages and teaches creative writing in schools. Her novels have been published in multiple languages and she has reviewed and discussed children’s literature on Radio New Zealand for more than twenty years. Susan Paris has been the editor of the School Journal for eighteen years. She has written more than thirty student titles for use in the classroom.
n this keynote, Aaron will introduce the T-Shaped Literacy model where students explore “big ideas” in units centered around multiple texts?/text sets. He will give practical examples of how the T Shaped approach has been used in primary schools to support the development of higher level literacies including creative writing, synthesis, literary analysis and critical literacy.
Susan Sandretto began her career in education as a primary school teacher. She is currently a professor at the University of Otago College of Education, Dunedin, New Zealand. She teaches across the initial teacher education and education studies programmes and supervises at the postgraduate level. Her research interests include critical literacy, mis/disinformation, education policy, practitioner research, and gender issues.
Sue McDowall is a senior researcher at NZCER. She has over 20 years of research experience in the areas of teaching, learning, and curriculum across the primary and secondary school sectors. Sue has led projects on a wide range of topics, most recently including informal learning at home during covid-19, curriculum integration, key competencies, disciplinary literacies, and community involvement in curriculum, teaching, and learning.
Nicola Daly is a sociolinguist and Associate Professor in the Division of Education, University of Waikato, where she teaches children’s literature, and leads the Postgraduate Certificate in Children’s and Young Adult Literature. She also co-directs the Waikato Picture book Research Unit.
Her research focus is multilingual picture books, and their role in perpetuating and challenging language attitudes. She was a Fulbright New Zealand Scholar at the University of Arizona, USA in 2019/2020.