An Integrated and Inclusive Approach to Foundational Literacy Across Europe

The philosophy and practice of inclusive education has meant that in many countries struggling pupils are educated in mainstream schools. This implies that schools and teachers need to be able to identify and provide effective practices to support the skills of all pupils.

The focus of WG1 is on the foundational decoding and encoding processes involved in learning to read and write, and on overcoming the range of barriers that prevent children and adolescents from successfully developing this competence.

Importantly, the scientific agenga of this WG is build into the following three aspects of inclusiveness:

1. Breadth of theoretical and methodological approaches;
2. Inclusion across countries and languages;
3. Inclusion across learners.

Relying on the interdisciplinary work of researchers, practitioners, and policy-makers coming from different background and disciplinary traditions as well as using different methodological approaches, WG1 aims to enhance an inclusive and integrated approach to understanding and supporting the development of foundational literacy skills for all learners, thereby widening participation, improving attainments, and raising aspirations.