01 - Scaffolding Literacy

Scaffolding Literacy is a pedagogy designed to help students' reading and writing skills that has found a new prominence in Canberran high schools over the past few years. Dr Misty Adoniou (01:12) of the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the University of Canberra talks about the pedagogy after facilitating professional learning in Scaffolding Literacy in the ACT. Then, teacher Tanya Young (19:36) talks about how she implemented the Scaffolding strategies in her classroom at Alfred Deakin High School.