Journal article
Feeling the pressure: Early childhood educators' reported views about learning and teaching phonics in Australian prior-to-school settings
The Australian journal of language and literacy, Vol.38, pp.12-26
02/2015
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Abstract
Early childhood educators' beliefs about literacy teaching can impact on the types of phonics experiences educators provide for children in prior-to-school settings. The Australian Early Years Learning Framework supports a play-based, intentional approach to teaching phonics, however little is known about what Australian early childhood educators believe is important in teaching phonics in the prior-to-school years. Using a qualitative content analysis, this research study investigates 115 early childhood educators' views about how phonics should be taught and the use of commercially produced phonics programs (e.g. Jolly Phonics and Letterland) in prior-to-school settings. This study further investigates educators' perceived pressures to include structured phonics lessons, as a way of addressing parental notions of 'school readiness'. The results of this study indicate conflicting views were held about how phonics should be taught. Some educators also experienced external pressures to engage in literacy practices that may be in opposition with their own beliefs about how literacy is learnt. This study provides insights into the pedagogical practices early childhood educators believe are appropriate when teaching phonics. The educational implications are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Feeling the pressure: Early childhood educators' reported views about learning and teaching phonics in Australian prior-to-school settings
- Creators
- Stacey Campbell - Queensland University of Technology
- Publication Details
- The Australian journal of language and literacy, Vol.38, pp.12-26
- Publisher
- Australian Literacy Educators Assoc
- Number of pages
- 15
- Identifiers
- 991013203209502368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Education
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article