Articles by: Lucinda McKnight

Author Biography:

Lucinda McKnight is a teacher educator and educational researcher at Deakin University. Lucinda is an Associate Professor (ARC DECRA Fellow) and former English teacher. She is leading a national project on literacy learning.

Phon(ey)ics Wars

Arena Quarterly no. 20

Lucinda McKnight, Carly Sawatzki

Dec 2024

Phonics has become a political fetish. New assaults on teaching practice detach reading from meaning, to serve and further toxic ideologies