A series of new reports highlight the importance of children’s
motivation and self-confidence when it comes to the development of
literacy. Language Curriculum Research Reports
Key findings include:
* A culture of reading
and writing in print and digital formats from a young age is important
in developing positive attitudes to literacy;
*Children learn
language for pragmatic and practical reasons – to communicate with other
children, with adults, and to interact with print and digital texts;
*Teachers and early childhood practitioners need to balance enabling and directing in their work with children;
*Reading comprehension is a technical skill that needs to be explicitly taught and supported by oral language work
Technology can help literacy - Quinn
Tuesday, 29 May 2012
Monday, 28 May 2012
The Postgraduate Researcher Symposium 2011
The UK Council for Graduate Education (UKCGE), the British Library, Vitae and the
National Union of Students (NUS) brought together doctoral researchers, supervisors
and academic staff, staff supporting researchers and librarians for a one-day Postgraduate
National Union of Students (NUS) brought together doctoral researchers, supervisors
and academic staff, staff supporting researchers and librarians for a one-day Postgraduate
Researcher Symposium to discuss the doctoral experience. It is rare indeed for the various
stakeholders to communicate with each other to generate shared ideas. This report documents
the proceedings of the event and the recommendations that emerged for how the doctoral experience
could be improved for all the stakeholders involved.
the proceedings of the event and the recommendations that emerged for how the doctoral experience
could be improved for all the stakeholders involved.
To download a copy of the Symposium Report and reports from previous symposiums click below:
http://www.ukcge.ac.uk/events/pastevents/1112area/pgsymposium
Wednesday, 23 May 2012
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation New on ARTStor
ARTstor and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation have released more
than 750 images of major artworks from the permanent collection in the
Digital Library. The images document the Guggenheim Museum’s superb
holdings in modern and contemporary art by such significant artists as
Louise Bourgeois, Paul Cézanne, Marc Chagall, Willem de Kooning, Paul
Klee, Robert Mapplethorpe, Claes Oldenburg, Cindy Sherman, and Vincent
van Gogh, among many others.
This is the first release of a projected 7,000 images of art, exhibition installation views, and architecture from the Foundation. Future releases will include 5,000 installation views spanning from 1990s to the present from the Guggenheim Museum in New York, more than 1,000 installations views from the museums in Bilbao and Venice, and 200 historical and contemporary photographs documenting the architecture of these three museum buildings.
http://www.artstor.org/what-is-artstor/w-html/col-guggenheim.shtml
This is the first release of a projected 7,000 images of art, exhibition installation views, and architecture from the Foundation. Future releases will include 5,000 installation views spanning from 1990s to the present from the Guggenheim Museum in New York, more than 1,000 installations views from the museums in Bilbao and Venice, and 200 historical and contemporary photographs documenting the architecture of these three museum buildings.
http://www.artstor.org/what-is-artstor/w-html/col-guggenheim.shtml
Thursday, 3 May 2012
Wednesday, 2 May 2012
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