It will now be extended across the country thanks to a $10m Ministry of Education award. Professors Gail Gillon and Brigid McNeill have led the development of the system since 2015, when controlled trials compared the approach to existing teaching methods.
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Professor Gail Gillon, of University of Canterbury’s Child Well-Being Research Institute. “Children were more advanced in their reading and writing than where they were if they used the other types of classroom practices,” said Gillon, who is director of UC’s Child Well-being Research Institute. “It brings all the best evidence that we know about what leads to reading and writing success”.
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From quality sleep to developing language, experts will
share their expertise on many aspects of child well-being at
a symposium at the University of Canterbury (UC) this
week.
Children’s Commissioner Honourable Judge
Andrew Becroft and Assistant Māori Commissioner Glenis
Philip-Barbara will present the keynote address,
“The
Good Life”, In search of child and youth well-being in
NZ - at the Child Well-being Research Symposium on
Thursday 8 and Friday 9 April.
Professor Gail Gillon,
Director of UC’s Child Well-being Research Institute
(CWRI) is excited to showcase the leading research being
undertaken through the Institute.
“It’s a
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