The Consistency Dilemma – IB in Japan

Please skip this post if you have any sort of aversion to boring academic writing. I certainly do. This idea presented at an IB-research conference last year in Japan has come up in conversation a few times over the past month so I have shared below in case it is of interest. The Consistency Dilemma:

Is the learning of reading a magical thing?

Is the learning of reading a magical thing in secondary school? Does it happen when we are not looking? I recently did a study (http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:305782 – abstract available here) – a discourse analysis of 100 lessons – 5000 minutes of the lives of some students. Modes of discourse (reading, writing, speaking, listening & acting) were identified. I