ERRR #109. Chris Such on Teaching Reading and Comprehension

From Education Research Reading Room by Ollie Lovell: Teacher, author, podcaster, blogger, PhD candidate. @ollie_lovell

February 27, 2026 · 1h 42m

About this episode

Ollie Lovell interviews reading expert Christopher Such about the principles of reading comprehension and their application in education.

In this episode, host Ollie Lovell speaks with reading expert Christopher Such on the three key principles underlying the enabling of reading comprehension for students. Chris and Ollie discuss how these three principles have been communicated through Chris' two books, The Art and Science of Primary Reading and Primary Reading Simplified, in addition to the videos and action steps recently written by Chris for Steplab . Full show notes at www.ollielovell.com/chrissuch

People in this episode

Host: Ollie Lovell

Guest: Christopher Such

Topics covered

reading comprehension
education
teaching principles
primary reading
literacy

Keywords

reading
comprehension
education
teaching
literacy
primary reading
Ollie Lovell
Christopher Such

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Steplab

Books & works: The Art and Science of Primary Reading, Primary Reading Simplified