Yearly Archives: 2025

As an educational researcher who has studied various instructional approaches throughout my career, I’ve observed how didactic teaching maintains a significant presence in our educational systems despite the rise of alternative pedagogies. This direct instructional approach has both historical importance and contemporary relevance, though its applications and limitations deserve careful consideration. Defining Didactic Teaching Didactic…

Throughout my career researching educational practices, I've observed few pedagogical shifts as profound as the movement toward student-centered classrooms. This approach fundamentally reimagines the relationship between teachers, students, and knowledge—transforming classrooms from spaces of passive reception to dynamic environments of active engagement, meaningful participation, and authentic learning. A student-centered classroom places learners at the core…

In my extensive work with literacy development methodologies, I've observed that few instructional approaches generate both the strong research support and passionate debate that surrounds synthetic phonics. As schools increasingly emphasize evidence-based reading instruction, understanding this systematic approach to phonics instruction—its principles, implementation, benefits, challenges, and appropriate role within comprehensive literacy programs—becomes essential for educational…

As an educational researcher who has studied literacy acquisition across the lifespan, I’ve observed that developmental literacy represents one of the most important conceptual frameworks for understanding how humans become literate beings. This approach transcends traditional views of reading and writing as discrete skills to embrace a more comprehensive understanding of literacy as a developmental…