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Reported rates range from of 4% to 20% (Butterworth & Kovas, 2013 Coles, 1999 Shaywitz, 1996, 2005 Siegel, 2006 Snowling, 2010). Prevalence rates of dyslexia vary depending on how dyslexia is defined. Those that had additional training were more likely to feel confident working with students with dyslexia and had increased knowledge of the cognitive aspects of dyslexia.ĭyslexia is a common learning difficulty.The majority of teachers (71.8%) said that dyslexia was “not covered well at all” on their initial teacher training course.A total of 16.8% of teachers mentioned visual factors in their description of dyslexia, despite this being inconclusive in its relationship with dyslexia.When asked to provide a description of dyslexia, a majority (79.5%) used behavioural descriptors, compared with biological descriptors (9%) and cognitive descriptors (39.3%).

An online survey was completed by teachers in England and Wales ( N ≈ 2,600).This paper argues that evidence-based teacher training, which informs teachers of the up-to-date research on the biological, cognitive, and behavioural aspects of dyslexia, is essential to combat misconceptions and ensure that teachers have more nuanced and informed understandings of dyslexia. Further findings demonstrate the importance of good-quality teacher training in increasing teachers' confidence working with those with dyslexia, while increasing their knowledge of the cognitive aspects of dyslexia. Moreover, a number of teachers mentioned visual factors in their description of dyslexia, despite there being inconclusive evidence to suggest a direct relationship between visual functioning and dyslexia. Teachers lacked the knowledge of the biological (i.e., neurological) and cognitive (i.e., processing) aspects of dyslexia. Using results from a large-scale survey of teachers in England and in Wales ( N ≈ 2,600), this paper demonstrates that teachers held a basic understanding of dyslexia, based on the behavioural issues that it is associated with. Given that an estimated 5–10% of the worldwide population is said to have dyslexia, it is of great importance that teachers have an accurate understanding of what dyslexia is and how it effects their students.