Why do boys find reading so difficult? In this episode of the Leibniz podcast “Tonspur Wissen,” journalist Ursula Weidenfeld talks to Prof. Ilka Wolter, who is a professor of educational research at the University of Bamberg and heads the department at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories that studies the skills, personalities, and learning environments of learners. Together, they take a look at the current state of research on learning to read. And a little spoiler: boys do learn to read, of course. Just a little later.
Listen to the podcast here (00:32 min)