In this edition, David Kinnane looks at why poor children are more likely to be poor readers – and what we can do about it, while Jodie Watson discusses how we can help children build the discipline of reading. Michael Salter touches on why phonology...
October 28, 2019
In this edition, Pamela Snow examines what evidence-based practice in education means in 2019, while Jennifer Buckingham reports on how evidence-based instruction is being taught in initial teacher education. Our Q&As with John Sweller and Gene V. Gl...
In this edition of Nomanis, one of our themes is explicit teaching – Jennifer Buckingham and Anne Castles explore how some children learn to read without explicit teaching, while Greg Ashman argues that it is a critical element of ensuring equity for...
November 20, 2018
Just in time for Summer reading, in the November edition of Nomanis we cover the L3 literacy program, Evidence for Learning's mission to gather evidence on program effectiveness, England's bumpy ride through the world of phonics, what you can do to s...
In this edition, we canvass topics such as providing whole-school support for students with learning difficulties, South Australia's trial of the Year One Phonics Check, why the term dyslexia is useful, why it's time to call a truce in the reading wa...
January 9, 2018
In this edition, we continue our focus on phonics, with an explainer from Kevin Wheldall, Pamela Snow and Linda Graham; a discussion of why the digital age makes phonics more important than ever from Tom Nicholson; and a reflection by Anne Glennie on...
August 22, 2017
In this edition of Nomanis, we focus on phonics, prompted by recent calls for the introduction of a phonics screening check in Australia. Other articles include a discussion of how boosting a child's spoken word bank can lead to better reading; find...
February 9, 2017
The need for effective early reading instruction in schools is a theme carried through several of the articles in the second edition of Nomanis, published in December 2016. We cover the role of the ophthalmologist in the management of dyslexia and th...
August 1, 2016
The first edition of Nomanis is out and I suspect that many of you will be asking ‘Why Nomanis?’ or perhaps ‘What is Nomanis?’
The detail of the story that lies behind Nomanis is told in the 'About' section, but in brief, it is a"vehicle for promotin...