Reading to Learn, Reading the World - How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education - Claire Acevedo
Inclusion and Success for All Children: A Whole-School Approach
Reading to Learn, Reading the World - How Genre-based Literacy Pedagogy is Democratizing Education - Claire Acevedo
Ingrid Freeman [+]
Kenmore State School, Queensland, Australia
Ingrid Freeman is the Principal at Kenmore State School, a primary school in Brisbane, Australia (https://kenmoress.eq.edu.au). She has undertaken a number of teaching, professional development and leadership roles within a range of contexts across the Brisbane Metropolitan Region. Ingrid has guided and supported teachers in whole-school implementation of Reading to Learn methodology.
Jane Kelly [+]
Kenmore State School, Queensland, Australia
Jane Kelly is the Curriculum and Literacy Coach at Kenmore State School. Previously, Jane co-ordinated the development of the Metropolitan Region R2L Network through school support, resource and professional development and teacher conferences. Her major interest is in site-based professional learning in literacy, language, assessment and curriculum.
Description
In Chapter 2, Ingrid Freeman and Jane Kelly describe the methodology’s impact in an Australian primary school with a high proportion of children with special needs. Over three years, R2L became a whole school pedagogy, leading to the successful integration of special needs students into mainstream classes, and accelerating the whole school’s learning results well above national averages.