All Outputs (9)

A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Podpadec, T., Pillay, P., Babayiğit, S., & Gazu, K. A. (2024). A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context. Educational Research and Evaluation, 29(1-2), 69-103. https://doi.org/10.1080/13803611.2024.2314522

International comparative measures show that South Africa has extremely low standards in reading. A variety of programmes aimed at boosting reading have been developed, however, the effectiveness of these programmes is unclear. Prior reviews of effec... Read More about A systematic review of the effectiveness of reading comprehension interventions in the South African multilingual context.

‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa (2024)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Pillay, P., Podpadec, T., Gina, J., Khumalo, N., Knight, B., …Vickers‐Hulse, K. (in press). ‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa. Literacy, https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12361

South Africa has low literacy levels and teachers face multiple challenges in their endeavours to elevate levels of literacy. This is especially prevalent in rural and township schools where teachers face the additional challenges of isolation, limit... Read More about ‘It's like a compass which I use to find direction’: Findings and learning from an evaluation of an App designed to support the teaching of reading comprehension in rural and township schools in South Africa.

Somali 'influencers' in and beyond a school community using funds of knowledge to influence family and children's reading engagement (2022)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Mohammad, H., & Aidid, F. (2022). Somali 'influencers' in and beyond a school community using funds of knowledge to influence family and children's reading engagement. Educational Futures, 13(2),

Identifying approaches to enable traditionally ‘hard to reach’ children and families engage with book choice, book sharing and reading, has been an area for research and development for some years. Ensuring families have access to books is an essenti... Read More about Somali 'influencers' in and beyond a school community using funds of knowledge to influence family and children's reading engagement.

Using community ‘influencers’ to spread the message about book browsing, borrowing and chatting: “I don’t know why we didn’t do this before!” (2022)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2022). Using community ‘influencers’ to spread the message about book browsing, borrowing and chatting: “I don’t know why we didn’t do this before!”. UKLA English 4-11, 6 - 9

This article reports on a collaborative project between a school, the University of the West of England and Community Researchers seeking to reach into the community to encourage family engagement with the school library through the use of school and... Read More about Using community ‘influencers’ to spread the message about book browsing, borrowing and chatting: “I don’t know why we didn’t do this before!”.

Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting (2021)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (in press). Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting. Education 3-13, https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2021.1985578

Training preservice teachers as teachers of reading is a complex task, as is reading itself. Preservice teachers need to understand the theory that underpins practice; the cognitive skills and knowledge required to read and the contextual factors tha... Read More about Supporting preservice teachers to become informed teachers of reading through one-to-one tutoring in an English initial teacher education setting.

Difference as an essential teacher in a Them-Us international context: Pre-service teachers’ reflections on a university township teaching project (2021)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Knight, B., & Vickers-Hulse, K. (2023). Difference as an essential teacher in a Them-Us international context: Pre-service teachers’ reflections on a university township teaching project. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 31(3), 459-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2021.1923559

This article explores data from a group of British pre-service teachers (PST) following a teaching programme in South Africa. Their reflections are analysed in relation to assertions that such intercultural programmes do little to change hegemonic be... Read More about Difference as an essential teacher in a Them-Us international context: Pre-service teachers’ reflections on a university township teaching project.

The assessment has become the curriculum: Teachers’ views on the Phonics Screening Check in England (2020)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2020). The assessment has become the curriculum: Teachers’ views on the Phonics Screening Check in England. British Educational Research Journal, 46(3), 593-609. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3598

The Phonics Screening Check (PSC) was introduced in England in 2012 for Year 1 children (aged 5 and 6). There have been criticisms of the check in relation to its reliability and appropriateness as an assessment for early reading, although advocates... Read More about The assessment has become the curriculum: Teachers’ views on the Phonics Screening Check in England.

Listening to the voices of children: an illuminative evaluation of the teaching of early reading in the light of the phonics screening check (2019)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2020). Listening to the voices of children: an illuminative evaluation of the teaching of early reading in the light of the phonics screening check. Literacy, 54(1), 49-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/lit.12187

© 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. The phonics screening check (PSC) was introduced in England in 2012 for children in Year 1. There have been criticisms in relation to its reliability and appropriateness as an assessment tool for early reading althoug... Read More about Listening to the voices of children: an illuminative evaluation of the teaching of early reading in the light of the phonics screening check.

Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians (2018)
Journal Article
Carter, J., Whitehouse, S., & Vickers-Hulse, K. (2018). Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians. Education 3-13, 46(6), 648-660. https://doi.org/10.1080/03004279.2018.1483800

© 2018, © 2018 ASPE. Engel, S.[2011. “Children’s Need to Know: Curiosity in Schools.” Harvard Educational Review 81 (4): 625–645] stated that curiosity should be cultivated in our schools as it is intrinsic to children’s development. However, this is... Read More about Curious teachers, create curious learners and great historians.