Step back in time to the pre-computer days. Almost everyone was erudite in cursive writing. Today that is not the case. Few students in higher education classes today actually have cursive writing skills. Simple words written in cursive are difficult if not impossible for them to read. The word, ‘for’ is an example of a word many university students can’t read if written in cursive. Yes, it is only three little letters. The exact reason why many teaching centers of young children eliminated ‘penmanship’ from their curriculum is a mystery. The reasons are vast but there does not seem to be any agreement of the factors. We know students need to be able to keyboard in order to get the full use of their computer, however, the skill does not need to be at the expensive of cursive writing skill. Students need to be able to both read and write in cursive as well as do keyboarding. Today, keyboarding seems to be replacing the pen and paper needed for cursive writing. In this presentation, we will investigate the value of the merits of cursive writing.

Keynote Speaker: Barba Patton

Published in: London International Conference on Education (LICE-2023)

• Date of Conference: 13-15 November 2023
• DOI: 10.20533/LICE.2023.0001
• ISBN: 978-1-913572-66-2
• Conference Location: St Anne’s College, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK