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Foundations for the Future

Evidence-based practices and policies to promote early literacy


May 4-5 | Fundação de Serralves - Porto

The Challenge of Literacy

In modern societies, the ability to read and write well is the foundation of the entire school career: without mastering these skills, a child is deprived of almost all the opportunities that school has to offer.

PIRLS results

In the PIRLS assessment, which evaluates reading skills at ages 9 and 10, approximately 25% of Portuguese children showed difficulties, and 6% did not even reach a minimum level of performance

PISA results

Until 2015, literacy among Portuguese students progressed consistently, according to PISA data, which assesses reading comprehension at age 15. Since then, the trend has reversed...

The Problem

On average, throughout elementary school, one in four young people does not reach an elementary reading level

Alex Quigley

Education Endowment Foundation 

Ana Rita Bessa

LeYa Group

Ann Kennedy

Boston College

Caroline Lang

Headteacher, Longsands Community Primary School

Eliza Ruth Hilton

Fischer Family Foundation 

Isabel Alçada

EDULOG Advisory Board

Isabel Leite

EDULOG Advisory Board

Jennifer Buckingham

NSW Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation

Kate Nation

John's College, Oxford

Manuela Pargana

School Library Network (RBE)

Markéta Caravolas

Bangor University, Wales

Nadine Gaab

Harvard Graduate School of Education

Nisreen Ash

Principal Impact Manager at Cambridge University Press & Assessment

Vasco Teixeira

Porto Editora Group

Program

09:00 Registration

09:30 Opening Session

10:00 Exploring Early Grade Literacy in Portugal: Key Findings from the LER Project
           Isabel Leite, Coordinator of the LER Project

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 Building strong foundations: Cognitive and language development
          Nadine Gaab, Harvard University, EUA
          Chair: São Luís Castro, Universidade do Porto, Portugal

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Preventing learning difficulties: early screening and intervention
          Marketa Caravolas, University of Bangor, Reino Unido
          Chair: Ana Paula Vale, UTAD, Portugal

15:15 How can science inform the teaching of reading?
         Kate Nation, University of Oxford,  Reino Unido
         Chair: Isabel Leite (EDULOG / Universidade de Évora)

16:00 Building a culture of reading at school
          Isabel Alçada, EDULOG, former Minister of Education, Portugal
          Manuela Pargana, School Library Network (RBE), Portugal
          Ana Lídia Lopes, Teacher Librarian at AE Dr. António Granjo
          Eduardo Sequeira, AE Vila Nova de Poiares

16:45 Coffee Break

17:15 Integrating research-driven approaches into learning resources
         Nisreen Ash, Cambridge University Press
         Round table: Ana Rita Bessa (LeYa Group), Vasco Teixeira (Porto Editora Group)

18:30 Closing 

09:00 Workshop - LER: Leitura, Escrita, Recursos

09:30 Teacher training - Curriculum for Teacher Preparation and In-Service Professional Development
          Jennifer Buckingham, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation, NSW, Austrália

10:15 Towards efficiency and equity in reading acquisition
         
          APEX project and system-wide improvement through data-informed research and evidence-based initiatives
            Eliza Hilton, Fischer Family Foundation
         
          What school leaders must know about early literacy development and structured literacy implementation
          Caroline Lang, Headteacher, Longsands Community Primary School

11:15 Coffee Break

11:45 Evidence-Based Policies
         Alex Quigley, Head of Content and Engagement, Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), UK

13:00 Lunch Break

14:30 Literacy policies around the globe
          Ann Kennedy, Boston College

15:30 Final Remarks - EDULOG

16:30 Coffee Break

17:00 Teacher training - EDULOG 

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Free Access

Access to the Conference is free of charge, but subject to prior registration and availability of seats.

Accredited Training

This conference is accredited as a Training Course (13 hours) for Educators and Teachers of groups 110, 200, 210, 220, and 910.

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