In defence of Rose

Nursery World, 13 April 2006

The Rose Review, in my opinion, reaches entirely sound conclusions. A judicious balance is struck between three sources of evidence: theory, research, and practice. Rose notes that research shows systematic phonics teaching enables children to make better progress than unsystematic or no phonics. The evidence is so strong that there should not be any argument against the use of systematic phonics teaching for initial literacy.

The Rose Review, in my opinion, reaches entirely sound conclusions. A judicious balance is struck between three sources of evidence: theory, research, and practice. Rose notes that research shows systematic phonics teaching enables children to...

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