1. Literacy in Scotland: Closing the research and practice gap
Dr Sarah McGeown and Dr Lynne Duncan
University of Edinburgh and University of Dundee

2. Research areas Sarah McGeown Lynne Duncan
Early reading acquisition and development
Reading motivation and engagement
Sex/gender differences in reading
Children and adolescents’ reading choices
Lynne Duncan
Preschool language and emergent literacy
Reading among bilingual/EAL learners
Literacy difficulties

3. Projects
Conversations about language and literacy: promoting equity and attainment through engagement
Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice

4. Conversations about language and literacy: promoting equity and attainment through engagement
Aims:
Bridge the gaps between research, policy, practice and communities in relation to literacy in Scotland
Mobilise existing insights, expertise and experience to co-produce new knowledge to better support children’s language and literacy in Scotland

5. Conversations about language and literacy: promoting equity and attainment through engagement
Aims:
Bridge the gaps between research, policy, practice and communities in relation to literacy in Scotland
Mobilise existing insights, expertise and experience to co-produce new knowledge to better support children’s language and literacy in Scotland
Programme Coordinators
Lynne Duncan (Dundee University) Sarah McGeown (Edinburgh University)
Programme Team
Carrol Herbertson (National Parent Forum of Scotland) Amina Shah (Scottish Book Trust)
Greg McCafferty & Peter McNaughton (Fife Council) Edward Sosu (Strathclyde University)
Programme Advisors
Helen Fairlie (Education Scotland) Catriona Mackenzie (Scottish Government)

6. Conversations about language and literacy: promoting equity and attainment through engagement
Workshop programme:
Developing and enhancing early language through reading (Dec 2017)
Improving early reading acquisition and development (Jan 2018)
Understanding and supporting multilingual language and literacy (March 2018)
Motivating and sustaining reading for pleasure (April 2018)

7. Conversations about language and literacy: promoting equity and attainment through engagement
Workshop programme:
Developing and enhancing early language through reading (Dec 2017)
Improving early reading acquisition and development (Jan 2018)
Understanding and supporting multilingual language and literacy (March 2018)
Motivating and sustaining reading for pleasure (April 2018)
Outputs
In development….talks from all workshops will be available to share soon
New interdisciplinary network

8. Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice
Collaborative project with teachers in 22 reading partnership schools across 6 local authorities in Scotland

9. Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice
Collaborative project with teachers in 22 reading partnership schools across 6 local authorities in Scotland
Website includes:
Details of research studies (posters)
Teacher developed resources (posters)
Research videos
Using research in education blog

10. Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice

11. Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice

12. Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice

13. Improving children’s reading: Research informing practice

14. Thank you for listening
and
Sarah’s website:
Lynne’s website:
Five places still available at SUII Motivating and sustaining reading for pleasure workshop, Friday 20th April, Edinburgh.