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Associate Professor Deslea Konza - ECU

 

Dr Deslea Konza - Moving on from the Literacy Wars

The literacy wars around phonics and whole language approach to reading have galvanised educators, but what have they shown us about effective classroom practice? Deslea provides context for the literacy wars and talks about applying the evidence of an integrated approach to the classroom to achieve accelerated, sustained literacy improvement. Read the transcript of this video as a PDF (17KB), RTF (26KB)

 

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The Big Five Key Skills for Learning to Read

During the last two decades, converging research on beginning reading instruction has led to a clearer understanding of the skills that lead to success with reading and writing and how children learn to read. The five key skills identified are phonological awareness, letter-sound knowledge (phonics), fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

The Principals as Literacy Leaders project invited Deslea Konza to develop seven podcasts. The podcasts include the ‘Big Five’ skills for learning to read, an introduction to the teaching of reading and a podcast describing the vital role that oral language development plays in learning to read.

Reading Intervention Videos

Here are the 8 video clips on Reading Intervention: An introduction to the teaching of reading: Click here to play the movie clip Oral language - Associate Professor Deslea Konza, Edith Cowan University: Click here to play the movie clip Phonological Awareness - Associate Professor Deslea Konza, Edith Cowan University: Click here to play the movie clip Phonics - Associate Professor Deslea Konza, Edith Cowan University: Click here to play the movie clip Vocabulary - Associate Professor Deslea Konza, Edith Cowan University: Click here to play the movie clip Fluency - Associate Professor Deslea Konza, Edith Cowan University: Click here to play the movie clip Comprehension - Associate Professor Deslea Konza, Edith Cowan University: Click here to play the movie clip Leading Learning in Literacy Interventions - Professor Neil Dempster, Griffith University: Click here to play the movie clip

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Investigating the Effects of High Yield Literacy Intervention Strategies & A Streamlined Monitoring System for Low-Achieving Students in Years 2-4, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**), 2010, $30,000.
• Clarkson Cluster Collaboration: A framework of literacy intervention for at-risk Year 2 students in five schools, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**), 2010, $50,000.
• Case Management and targeted Literacy and Numeracy Intervention for Students in low SES Schools to Support the Australian Government's Literacy and Numeracy Projects', Dept of Education and Training WA, Grant(**), 2010, $90,909.
• Principals as Literacy Leaders, Australian Primary Principals Association Incorporated, Grant(**), 2010, $107,800.
• Focused Intervention for Early Literacy Intervention, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Grant(**), 2010, $62,057.
• Assessing the Impact of a Commercial Systematic Phonics Program on Teacher Knowledge, Attitude to Teaching, and Pre-Primary Student Progress, Edith Cowan University, ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant(**), 2010, $25,000.
• Principals as Literacy Leaders, Australian Primary Principals Association Incorporated, Grant, 2009, $303,800.
• Evaluation of the South Australian Accelerated Literacy Program, ACIL TASMAN, Grant, 2009, $31,776.
• Identification of Effective Models of Implementing Getting it Right in Secondary Schools, Dept of Education & Training WA, Grant, 2009, $21,046.
• Focused Intervention for Early Literacy Intervention, Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations, Grant, 2009, $77,571.
• A Better Beginning: Building the Foundation for English Communicative Competency in the Beginning Years of Schooling, AusAID, Grant, 2009, $92,820.
• Investigating the Effects of High Yield Literacy Intervention Strategies & A Streamlined Monitoring System for Low-Achieving Students in Years 2-4, Edith Cowan University, Grant - Industry Collaboration, 2009, $25,000.
• Improving mathematical performance via the use of effective literacy practices, Edith Cowan University, Grant - Industry Collaboration, 2008, $50,000.
• Improving mathematical performance via the use of effective literacy practices, Edith Cowan University, Grant - Industry Collaboration, 2007, $50,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

• Michael, M., Fried, L., Konza, D., (2010), Responding to the challenge of teaching English language skills. Researching literacy in a foreign language among primary school learners, 13-36, Frankfurt.
• Waugh, R., Richmond, J., Konza, D., (2010), Rasch measures of form constancy of letters and numbers, and letters in words for young children. Specialized Rasch measures applied at the forefront of education, 67-84, New York.
• Waugh, R., Richmond, J., Konza, D., (2010), Rasch measures of number discrimination and reversal, and numbers in calculations for young children. Specialized Rasch measures applied at the forefront of education , 85-102, New York.
• Konza, D., (2008), Inclusion of students with disabilities in new times: responding to the challenge. Research Online, 38-64, Wollongong.
• Konza, D., Brown, G., (2008), Teacher education in Australia: Current issues and challenges. Higher education in the Asia Pacific: Emerging trends in teaching and learning, 178-191, Malaysia.

Journal Articles

• Maloney, C., Konza, D., Grafton, P., (2010), It takes two to talk: a focused intervention program for parents and children with language delays. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 5(6), 225-236, Champaign, USA.
• Konza, D., Michael, M., (2010), Supporting the Literacy of Diverse Students in Secondary Schools. The International Journal of Learning, 17(7), 193-207, Champaign, Illinois USA.
• Konza, D., Michael, M., Fried, L., (2010), From "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn": Bridging the Gap. International Journal of the Humanities, 8(6), 115-130, Champaign, Illinois USA.
• Konza, D., (2009), Teacher talk: The role of teacher language in increasing engagement and managing the behaviour of students with behavioural problems. The International Journal of Interdisciplinary Social Sciences, 3(11), 29-34.
• Konza, D., Pappas, J., (2008), Peace in the classroom: Meditation for teachers and students. The International Journal of the Humanities, 5(-), 1-8.
• Konza, D., Herrington, J., Peterson, R., Stafanov, K., Tzvetkova-arsova, M., (2008), Assisting Bulgarian special educators with competency development online. Campus-Wide Information Systems, 25(4), 197-208, Nothampton UK.
• Konza, D., Hearne, D., Okely, T., Wright, J., (2008), The Gold Medal Fitness Program: A model for teacher change. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 13(1), 49-64.

Conference Publications

• Konza, D., (2009), From paw print to ink print: Teaching and learning using pattern recognition. Live it! Love it! Learn it! Curriculum Conference 2009, 12p., Perth, Western Australia.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy, School Aged Children: Visual Perception And Reversal Recognition Of Letters And Numbers Separately And In Context..
• Master of Education, Teacher Understandings Of Responsibilities For Reading Instruction In Stage One And Two English Courses Of Study Classes In Western Australian Schools.

 

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