The Northern Alberta Reading Specialists’ Council responds to the draft K-6 English Language Arts curriculum.
Read Dyslexia Canada’s statement on the draft K-6 ELA curriculum.
Dr. Margaret Mackey discusses the importance of ensuring children develop a joy of reading as part of the English Language Arts curriculum.
Maren Aukerman, PhDDr. Aukerman, a University of Calgary Werklund Research Professor, studies reading comprehension and classroom talk fostering deep thinking. Previously at Stanford and the University of Pennsylvania, she received the Harris and Feitelson Research Awards from the International Literacy Association. werklund.ucalgary.ca/educ_info/profiles/1-7986866%20
Decoding Dyslexia Alberta encourages local decision makers to elect to pilot the ELA
curriculum.
Reading Specialists Respond to the 2021 Draft Alberta English Language Arts Curriculum.
Dr Robin Bright states that Albertans can and must build a strong ELA curriculum for our students and for the future. She offers some observations about how to do this for teachers, parents, and most importantly, students.
Professor Margaret Mackey is an academic who researches young people and their literacies – print, media, and digital. She expresses concern at the major omissions of topics crucial to the well-being of young people and to their development as citizens in a multimodal world.