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ELINET’s Collection of European Good Practice Examples 2022

02/06/2022 Comments 0 Comment

During our work on our cross-cutting topic “Enhancing Digital Literacy Skills of Children in Early and Primary Years’ Education” we collected, translated and reviewed good practice examples from all over Europe addressing children of 0-3, 3-6 and 6-12 years. 16 examples have been approved by our expert reviewers and you can look at them here.

Background

Cross-cutting topic

The ELINET Association decided in 2019 to focus its work on relevant cross-cutting topics to which the members of all Thematic Working Groups (TWGs) could contribute.
The General Assembly 2019 in Copenhagen decided to focus our work on the topic “Enhancing Digital Literacy Skills of Children (age group 0 – 12 years).” More information about the concept of this project you can find here.

European Framework & Policy Paper

The main outcomes of this project will be a “European Framework of good practice in enhancing digital literacy skills in early and primary years’ education” and a European policy paper as a short summary of the Framework (similar to ELINET’s European Literacy Declaration), both addressing policymakers, multipliers, practitioners and other stakeholders in this field.… Read the rest

Blog #7: Finland’s first book gifting program

02/03/2022 Comments 2 comments

Finland’s first book gifting program supported early reading with success

Emmi Jäkkö, Development director, The Finnish Reading Centre

Two thirds of the families that received one of the book gift program’s Lukulahja lapselle book bags at a maternal and child health care clinic are reading more than before, according to the impact survey. All the public health nurses involved believe that the book bags encourage families to read. The goal of the book gift program was to ensure equal opportunities for reading in all families with babies and to support children’s language development by encouraging parents to read regularly to their children.

The book gift program Lukulahja lapselle distributed book bags to all children in Finland born between 2019–2021 via maternal and child health care clinics.… Read the rest

Country Reports accessible now

04/11/2021 Comments 0 Comment

The Country Reports of 30 European countries are now accessible through this website. As some of you mentioned they were temporaryly not. This because we lost access to the old ELINET website. See more details on this page.

At ELINET, literacy experts have come together and taken over this task for you. We have screened a breadth of available qualitative and quantitative research data, compiled reliable and up-to-date reports and condensed the most relevant information on literacy performance and policies into an executive summary. These reports give you the state of literacy up to the year 2016.

Conference Digital literacy and strategies for digital inclusion, Zagreb, Croatia,

20/07/2021 Comments 0 Comment

The Croatian Reading Association (CroRa) is a national association that promotes literacy and holds an annual professional conference on September 8, date of the International literacy day. Goal of the conference is to gather professionals and initiate discussions in Croatian society on literacy and the importance of reading.

Jeroen Clemens will represent Elinet and give a presentation as a special guest.

This year, in cooperation with the Croatian Library for the Blind and Školska knjiga (publisher), professional conference Digital literacy and strategies for digital inclusion, will take place (live or online, depending on the epidemiological situation), on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 in Zagreb.

In the last few decades, in modern society, we have been witnessing many significant changes in reading and writing initiated by the digital revolution.… Read the rest

Blog #6 Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy

29/04/2021 Comments 1 comment

Renate Valtin and Tiziana Mascia Two perspectives to fostering children’s literacy
Full Paper can be dowloaded here.

In the knowledge-based societies of the 21st Century, the rapid spread of new technologies and a constantly changing work environment, literacy learning is no longer limited to childhood and adolescence; but must be recognized as a lifelong need and requirement. However, in early childhood in the family and in preschool and the first years of primary school the foundation is laid for the rest of development. There is a vast body of literature suggesting measures, activities and methods to foster literacy in young children. In our paper we will present suggestions for an ideal reading life of children, age 0 to 10, mainly derived from two positions: ELINET, the European Literacy Policy Network, who offers a comprehensive societal approach and Maryanne Wolf, renowned scholar of literacy and the brain, currently directing the Center for Dyslexia, Diverse Learners and Social Justice at UCLA.… Read the rest

Jyväskylä Conference Language Education for Social Justice

23/03/2021 Comments 0 Comment

The 37th Conference of Applied Language Studies, Education for Social Justice Conference will take place completely online on June 1-3, 2021 in Jyväskylä, Finland. Join the conference and register on the Conference website.
What does social justice have to do with language education? Why do we need to talk about social justice as language teachers, teacher educators, and researchers?

At this conference, ELINET organizes a two-hour interactive colloquium in which we will introduce a framework digital literacy means for children ages 0-10, the ways digital tools and activities can contribute to the development of children’s literacy skills, attitudes and compile the best practices that can be used at homes and schools and request feedback and good practice examples from the audience members. You can download the ELINET proposal here. … Read the rest

Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society. Transitions in Digital Learning’ in Cyprus.

19/03/2021 Comments 2 comments

ELINET wants to draw your attention to the 4th International Conference ‘Literacy and Contemporary Society. Transitions in Digital Learning’ on May 12 and 13 in Cyprus. The conference will be held online as a virtual conference.
From ELINET the chairs of the TWG Digital Literacy, Fabio Nascimbeni, and Jeroen Clemens will give presentations at this conference.

The 4th International Conference Literacy and Contemporary Society: Transitions in Digital Learning focuses on the transformation of learning, being, and communicating, as an inherent characteristic of modern societies but as yet intensified due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the past year. The pandemic has accelerated the utilization of new literacy forms, practices, and spaces, and hybridized new and traditional literacies.
The wide transition to digital learning and communication exacerbated the need to critically engage with text and information, while also making visible broader challenges that have long permeated education and society.… Read the rest

Blog #5 TIMSS, Reading, and Disciplinary Literacy

06/03/2021 Comments 0 Comment

Bill Brozo TIMSS, Reading, and Disciplinary Literacy

Our Fifth Blog.
See the Blog Page for the rest of the text and more blogs.

With the recent release of the results of the 2019 cycle of Trends in Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), it is important to consider the extent to which literacy skills and abilities are essential for success on this assessment.

MultiLEAP Webinar Pedagogy of multiliteracies in classroom: disciplinary perspectives

04/03/2021 Comments 0 Comment

Welcome to MultiLEAP Webinar on March 30 at 10.00–11.30!
Please share this invitation within your networks! Students are also welcome!
Relation to ELINET: Sari Sulkunen, Board Member ELINET . See her Expert Page. She takes, as an Associate Professor, part in MultiLEAP

What: MultiLEAP Webinar – Pedagogy of multiliteracies in classroom: disciplinary perspectives
When: Tuesday 30th of March 2021, at 10.00–11.30 (Finnish time)
Where: Zoom: https://r.jyu.fi/multileap-30-03-21

MultiLEAP profiling area (Multiliteracies for social participation and in learning across the life span) organizes a webinar and welcomes you to hear two interesting presentations about the disciplinary dimension of the pedagogy of multiliteracies, a theme requested by the MultiLEAP community. Our guests:

Tuula Nygård works as a doctoral researcher at the University of Oulu and finalizes her dissertation about developing multiliteracies in health education.… Read the rest

Blog #4 Adolescent Literacy in Malta

23/11/2020 Comments 1 comment

by Pamela Zerafa
[This is the fourth Blog in the blog series from the TWG International Literacy Assessments]
Since literacy is an essential key competence for lifelong learning (EC 2018), it has been the object of assessment in Malta in many local and international studies. The results of these assessments, unfortunately, shed light on the literacy crisis we Maltese seem to be sharing with the rest of the world. For instance, in the most recent Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS), the mean reading score of Maltese ten-year-olds (477) was significantly lower than the international average (500) (MEDE 2017). Similarly, a local study conducted by Professor Mark Borg (2018) on differences in Achievement in the End-of-Year Benchmark 2012-2018 concluded that the mean achievement scores in each of the three core subjects for students in Year 6 (11-year-olds) attending State Schools are consistently below the national standardised mean of 500.… Read the rest