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Miranda Devine attacks Paul Jennings's opinion (as aired on ABC Radio National in March 2008) that children can learn to read through exposure to literature, for instance by being read to by their parents. Devine sees the 'whole word' teaching method as a manifestation of 'a type of left-wing ideology, which permeates the education industry'.
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Well-Loved Books
2008
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-23 March 2008; (p. 30) Judith Ridge responds to Miranda Devine's assertion that Paul Jennings and Mem Fox are 'megabucks children's authors' due to the 'enthusiastic endorsement of the educational establishment'. Ridge declares that Devine's assertion is 'as absurd as it is uninformed'.
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Well-Loved Books
2008
single work
correspondence
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-23 March 2008; (p. 30) Judith Ridge responds to Miranda Devine's assertion that Paul Jennings and Mem Fox are 'megabucks children's authors' due to the 'enthusiastic endorsement of the educational establishment'. Ridge declares that Devine's assertion is 'as absurd as it is uninformed'.
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