The Incongruities of 'Teaching Phonics' with Two-Year Olds

Autor/in	Boardman, Karen
Titel	The Incongruities of 'Teaching Phonics' with Two-Year Olds
Quelle	In: Education 3-13, 47 (2019) 7, S.842-853 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Boardman, Karen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4279
DOI	10.1080/03004279.2019.1622499
Schlagwörter	Phonics; Teaching Methods; Preschool Education; Best Practices; School Readiness; Preschool Teachers; Self Efficacy; Foreign Countries; Early Reading; Preschool Children; Reading Instruction; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Readiness for school; School ability; Schulreife; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschule; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Ausland; Frühlesen; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Leseunterricht
Abstract	The enigma of the Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) policy directive in England, alongside the conspicuous 'school readiness' agenda appears to be inducing detrimental incongruities in graduate early years educators' teaching of phonics to two-year olds. This paper outlines the findings of a contemporary research study highlighting that graduate early years educators in early years education settings believe formally 'teaching' SSP to two-year-olds, is 'best practice' to prepare young children for school. This paper reports the findings of an empirical study, comprising a preliminary survey and reflective 'Zine' accounts. The findings reveal that experienced, graduate early years educators are investing in expensive SSP programmes of study rather than utilising their own expertise, as they do not feel confident to support two-year-olds with their reading development. This lack of confidence and the phonics policy directive could impact on the two-year-olds' holistic engagement and enjoyment of 'being a reader' in the broadest sense. Consequently, this misperception of reading as being 'taught' phonics may well impede reading for these two-year-olds. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01