Preparing your pre-schooler for reading

by Oxford University Press | Feb 11, 2021 | Covid-19, Schools News

According to the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) of 2016, almost 80% of South African Grade 4 learners do not understand what they read. One cause of this is that many teachers are overwhelmed by large classes, and another is that schools lack...

How dictionaries can support home learning during the COVID-19 pandemic

by Oxford University Press | May 19, 2020 | Covid-19, Dictionaries

“The COVID-19 pandemic is a health crisis, an economic crisis, and also a crisis for children’s education,” say the authors of a recent article titled “COVID-19 and Children’s Education”1. The education crisis is widespread: According to UNESCO, more than 1,2 billion...

Support for teaching remotely during Covid-19 for lecturers

by Oxford University Press | Apr 8, 2020 | Higher Education News, Covid-19

Finding the new normal seems like a monumental task and for every person that will mean something different. Lecturers will have to find ways to teach in this dauntingly fast changing ‘new normal’ which will take a lot of ingenuity and a mind shift from...