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- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:37 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Mark Seidenberg with some thoughts about the 'Science of Reading'
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Mark Seidenberg with some thoughts about the 'Science of Reading'
Mark Seidenberg shares his thoughts, his worries and his suggestions via his blog: About the science in “The Science of Reading” March 2023 https://seidenbergreading.net/2023/03/31/about-the-science-in-the-science-of-reading/ I was recently in a group zoom meeting (a groom? a zoup?) with some educat...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: This is a MUST WATCH video of IFERI committee members giving evidence in Scotland - but relevant internationally
- Replies: 34
- Views: 540773
Re: This is a MUST WATCH video of IFERI committee members giving evidence in Scotland - but relevant internationally
Anne Glennie was the accompanying 'friend' to Dr Gillian Evans who submitted a formal complaint for the failure to teach her dyslexic son, Thomas, in Scottish schools. Read what happened: https://hepplewhite.org/2023/06/22/dr-gillian-evans-writes-all-learners-in-scotland-matter-no-they-dont-and-gill...
- Thu Dec 14, 2023 11:19 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: 'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023
- Replies: 1
- Views: 27319
Re: 'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023
Why we're failing to build the knowledge students need AMY HAYWOOD AND JORDANA HUNTER, The Australian, DECEMBER 15, 2023 Every child who goes to school should learn to read. Australia is failing on this measure. The latest OECD Programme for International Student Assessment assessment of 15-year-ol...
- Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:23 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: 'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023
- Replies: 1
- Views: 27319
'Content reboot for teacher training' - The Australian, Dec 2023
Thank you to Yvonne Meyer for flagging up this article in The Australian : Content reboot for teacher training Natasha Bita Drastic changes to teacher training will force universities to cover “core content”, such as teaching children to read and master mathematics, in reforms ordered by the nation’...
- Thu Oct 12, 2023 2:45 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: England: Year 1 phonics screening check results 2022-2023
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- Views: 46521
England: Year 1 phonics screening check results 2022-2023
The Department for Education (DfE) in England has released the statutory Year 1 phonics screening check results: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-1-and-phonics-screening-check-attainment/2022-23 These results are better than the 2022 results although they...
- Sun Sep 17, 2023 5:33 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
- Replies: 3
- Views: 52395
Re: New Zealand: Professor James Chapman and his reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery programme
Here is a good interview of American journalist, Emily Hanford, visiting New Zealand where awareness for the need for 'structured literacy' which includes explicit phonics teaching is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLP_KJ1ztDU Hopefully, this marks New Zealand moving away from Marie Clay...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 10:15 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
- Replies: 27
- Views: 569800
Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
Thank you to Harriett for this reference: There is a 4-minute review of Reading Recovery research at 19:00. 5: What's the Deal With Whole Language? A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading Whole language is one of the most talked about developments in literacy instruction in the past seve...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:57 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
- Replies: 3
- Views: 52395
Re: New Zealand: Professor James Chapman and his reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery programme
Here is the link to a thread featuring a number of international reviews of the Reading Recovery programme:
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- Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
- Replies: 3
- Views: 52395
Re: New Zealand: Professor James Chapman and his reviews of the Reading Recovery programme
James was invited to write a blog for the Lifting Literacy Aotearoa site of the modifications to the Reading Recovery intervention programme - 'additions' written in response to the growing international criticism and worries about the methodology and efficacy of Reading Recovery, see here: ‘And + A...
- Fri Aug 04, 2023 9:39 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
- Replies: 3
- Views: 52395
New Zealand: Prof James Chapman's reviews of the past and present Reading Recovery prog + Emily Hanford interview
The Reading Recovery intervention programme is known throughout much of the English-speaking world but its methodology has caused concern for many people. Professor James Chapman is one of those people, and so he (and Professor Bill Tunmer) have undertaken professional reviews over many years. Dr Mi...