The TWiTCH programme is based on the principles of Dialogic Reading. Through TWiTCH training, practitioners learn how to use a clearly structured intervention that builds on familiar Early Years practice (storytime and small group work) to improve the quality and quantity of adult-child interactions. The programme aims to strengthen practice and build practitioner skills and confidence, leading to regular, high-quality interactions which will increase vocabulary and the complexity of children’s language and their ability to express opinions.

New book exploring mobile literacies and presenting cutting-edge research into the relationships between tablets and meaning-making.

Investigating how on/off-screen spaces are used in primary classrooms

Working collaboratively to develop a descriptive pedagogy of grammar

New book by SIoE Professors Cathy Burnett and Guy Merchant presents authentic approaches for educators to meet challenges of the literacy that students need in our evolving digital landscape

Creating teacher education materials and guidance on practice involving digital literacy in schools.

What happens when iPads are introduced to a school-based participatory theatre programme?

ESRC-funded seminar series and conference on young people's literacies in virtual spaces

Exploring how tablets are integrated into children's play and interactions

Gaining new insights into classroom literacy teaching by focusing on what teachers feel is important: a counterpoint to the narratives sustained by data from standardised testing.