Primarium: Handwriting Education across Cultures and Continents

Based on extensive, groundbreaking research over several years, this volume reveals how local history, cultural factors, and educational reforms have shaped diverse handwriting models. It identifies common challenges faced by educators and summarises key findings by examining entrenched misconceptions, modern policy changes, and global influences. While highlighting the scope, methodology, and significance of the research behind the project, Primarium further provides various insights for those seeking to preserve, adapt, and evolve handwriting instruction worldwide.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Pooja Saxena: Foreword
Ann Bessemans: Handwriting for cognitive development, brain development & learning
James Clough: A glimpse at the history of Latin script
Pooja Saxena: When complexity benefits research
Cecilia Brarda, Veronika Burian, Sandro Fetter, Pooja Saxena and José Scaglione: A global tapestry of handwriting education Argentina‭, ‬Australia‭, ‬Austria‭, ‬Belgium‭, ‬Brazil‭, ‬Canada‭, ‬Chile‭, ‬Colombia‭, ‬Croatia‭, ‬Cuba‭, ‬Czech Republic‭, ‬Denmark‭, ‬England‭, ‬Finland‭, ‬France‭, ‬Germany‭, ‬Hungary‭, ‬Iceland‭, ‬India‭, ‬Indonesia‭, ‬Ireland‭, ‬Italy‭, ‬Mexico‭, ‬Netherlands‭, ‬New Zealand‭, ‬Nigeria‭, ‬Norway‭, ‬Peru‭, ‬Poland‭, ‬Portugal‭, ‬Romania‭, ‬Slovakia‭, ‬Slovenia‭, ‬South Africa‭, ‬Spain‭, ‬Sweden‭, ‬Tanzania‭, ‬Turkey‭ (‬Türkiye‭), ‬United States of America‭, ‬Vietnam
Veronika Burian & José Scaglione: An overview of the Primarium data
Anca-Georgiana Simion: Handwriting in the digital classroom: Integrating old and new
Veronika Burian & José Scaglione: The making of Playwrite
Glossary
Primarium team and authors
Collaborators
Bibliography
Index