The Reading Framework: not the best guide to follow
FORUM - Print ISSN 1474-7685 - Online ISSN 2047-7171
Volume 64 Number 1 (2022)
The Reading Framework: not the best guide to follow
Wendy Scott pages 29‑47
DOI: 10.3898/forum.2022.64.1.29
Abstract
Across a carefully detailed argument, the shortcomings, inconsistencies and contradictions of the government’s recent Reading Framework are made clear in the light of a substantial body of academic research on the nature of reading and the development of literacy. The dogmatic approach taken towards these issues by government and by Ofsted, not least in relation to initial teacher education and the place of phonics-teaching, is once again exposed. The article concludes by pointing readers towards recent writing which offers a better way forward for understanding and nurturing early literacy.
To cite this article
Wendy Scott (2022) The Reading Framework: not the best guide to follow, FORUM, 64(1), 29-47 . https://doi.org/10.3898/forum.2022.64.1.29