Voice of Literacy

Author: Dr. Michiko Hikida

Hosted by Dr. Michiko Hikida with support from the editorial team at Research in the Teaching of English: Purpose Statement The Voice of Literacy seeks to open doors to literacy research by making it available in ways that spark ideas, hope, and dialogue. Reading and writing are complex, and researchers are continually discovering new things about them. However, the people to whom those findings matter dont often have access to the research journals where those findings are published. This includes teachers, administrators, parents, and policymakers. Further, these findings arent usually shared on the local news or in other popular media outlets as often as findings in medicine or natural sciences might be. We believe that the findings of literacy research need to be shared widely and openly, especially with those who teach (in classrooms, homes, and other contexts), administrate, or make policy that impacts the literacy lives of others. As it turns out, researchers know a lot about the teaching and learning of literacy. However, without a wide, public sharing of their research findings, its hard to know what to believe or what actions to take to best support the literacy learning of the readers and writers in your care. Our goal is to share literacy research findings so you can make informed decisions about literacy teaching, learning, and policy. In the United States there are there are hundreds of thousands of teachers, tens of thousands of school administrators, and millions of parents and school-aged readers and writers. The Voice of Literacy podcast seeks to keep teachers, parents, administrators, policymakers, and journalists informed about the latest research being done in literacy. In collaboration with the editors the research journal Research in the Teaching of English (RTE), Dr. Michiko Hikida, associate professor of elementary literacy at Ohio State University, asks authors of research re
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