To achieve such national attention was dismaying and mystifying as Davis makes a range of opinion-based comments about systematic synthetic phonics and the national phonics check, their 'imposition', flaws and potential damage to able readers. On his official university page you can find the following links:
As we have noted via the IFERI forum, there are many people who challenge the official promotion of systematic synthetic phonics, and the phonics check - some who have joined with Davis through, for example, joint public statements and collaboration for publishing literature which in essence is against the 'imposition' of systematic synthetic phonics and the phonics check.Publication Information
To get a free download of "To read or not to read: decoding synthetic phonics" (published online December 13th 2013) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... x/abstract
View launch of "To read or not to read: decoding synthetic phonics" (held January 29th 2014 at the Institute of Education, London University) at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8n52lgaxzfi9 ... PESGB2.mp4
Summary articles and selected media coverage of "To Read or not to Read..":
Don’t let reading wars hold back more able children - available https://theconversation.com/dont-let-re ... dren-22468
A Plague on the Fundamentalism of synthetic phonics- at http://news.tes.co.uk/b/opinion/2014/01 ... cs-39.aspx
Brief clip from Radio 5 live coverage at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01qpxlv
Interview - available at http://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-w ... -education
News report about "To read or not to read" plus comments - at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-25917646
Reading lessons: why synthetic phonics doesn't work http://www.theguardian.com/teacher-netw ... CMP=twt_gu
I started to write about Dr Andrew Davis four years ago (January 2014) and was even invited to participate in a radio broadcast alongside Davis - providing our different perspectives on the scenario, see here:
https://phonicsinternational.com/forum/ ... .php?t=556