“…The Early Literacy Inservice Course (ELIC) has been a 'national phenomenon' in Australia (Boomer, 1987: 39) and during 1985-86 about 20,000 infants and primary teachers were trained through ELIC (Hodges and Kennedy, 1987). It is a relevant, multimedia, practical course of ten sessions with tutorial support both during and after the course whose longer term effects on teachers' practice have been investigated (Maxwell, Bennett, Freebody, Grundy and Sanche, 1988). The Daily P.E.…”