Phonics’ being introduced to Victorian education curriculum, despite pushback from teachers union
Victorian state school grade one students will sit a new 10-minute literacy assessment under the state’s move to phonics teaching for reading, which experts say will improve early intervention for struggling kids.
Phonics — explicit literacy teaching focusing on the sounds in words — is being introduced into the Victorian curriculum despite resistance from the Australian Education Union.
Experts and the state government say the teaching method will improve results.
“Phonics, at heart, is basically just teaching children the letter sound relationships and it helps them to decode unfamiliar words,” Jordana Hunter from the Grattan Institute said.
