In this article from 2017, David Molloy reports on the various global trends and some of the recent studies into the teaching of handwriting, including the cursive style.
External Link: Do we need to teach children joined-up handwriting? (November 2017)
“The US state of Illinois has passed a law requiring school students to learn joined-up handwriting, or “cursive”, overriding the governor’s veto.
It is no longer a requirement in US schools, and some countries have dropped the skill from the curriculum or made it optional.
Why, then, do some – like the UK – still insist on it in a digital age? Shouldn’t children learn to type effectively instead?”
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Scott Clark | Teaching, Writing, Research 