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- Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:58 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Review of 'Reading Reconsidered' (Lemov, Woolway & Briggs)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12160
Re: Review of 'Reading Reconsidered' (Lemov, Woolway & Briggs)
Recorded excerpt about the importance of non-fiction as 'background knowledge': Why Background Knowledge is Crucial for Literacy An excerpt of "Reading Reconsidered" by Doug Lemov, Colleen Driggs and Erica Woolway http://educationnext.org/background-knowledge-doug-lemov-reading-reconsidere...
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:45 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Professor Pamela Snow: 'Explaining or justifying literacy instruction?'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6956
Re: Professor Pamela Snow: 'Explaining or justifying literacy instruction?'
We feature Pamela's blog, 'The Snow Report' here:
http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewforum.php?f=6
http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewforum.php?f=6
- Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:40 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Professor Pamela Snow: 'Explaining or justifying literacy instruction?'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6956
Professor Pamela Snow: 'Explaining or justifying literacy instruction?'
Professor Pamela Snow writes yet another pertinent blog posting on the topic of the reality of teacher knowledge, literacy provision in schools and levels of literacy: http://pamelasnow.blogspot.co.uk Explaining or justifying literacy instruction? In their piece on The Conversation this morning, Que...
- Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:35 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 9 interesting facts about the 'schwa' in English
- Replies: 0
- Views: 5831
9 interesting facts about the 'schwa' in English
By courtesy of the mentalfloss.com site: http://mentalfloss.com/article/56821/9-fun-facts-about-schwa We all know that English spelling is rarely a good guide to pronunciation. One big reason for this is the prevalence of schwa in the spoken language. That’s why dictionaries and other written guides...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:23 pm
- Forum: Education Blogs & Websites of Interest
- Topic: Greg Ashman's blog: Filling the Pail
- Replies: 10
- Views: 28433
Re: Greg Ashman's blog: Filling the Pail
Greg's thoughts on: 'Let's focus on the disadvantaged' https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2016/03/07/lets-focus-on-the-disadvantaged/ When we talk about education, we need to focus on the needs of those who lack the most. Many innovations make a nice-looking decoration to add to the top of a solid, ac...
- Mon Mar 14, 2016 1:38 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: Palestinian teacher wins million-dollar global teacher prize
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6165
Palestinian teacher wins million-dollar global teacher prize
In adversity, we can grow and teach others the way forwards: https://www.tes.com/news/school-news/breaking-news/palestinian-teacher-wins-million-dollar-global-teacher-prize Palestinian teacher wins million-dollar global teacher prize Hanan Al Hroub recognised with 'Nobel-style' award A Palestinian t...
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 10:54 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
- Replies: 16
- Views: 96878
Re: If Bill Gates (USA) and Nick Gibb (England) really want to help education
HeatherF on:
Further, HeatherF on:
https://heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2014 ... -evidence/'Phonics - is there much evidence?'
Further, HeatherF on:
https://heatherfblog.wordpress.com/2016 ... we-can-do/The EEF - is this the best we can do?
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 4:22 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Nick Gibb, champion of Systematic Synthetic Phonics in England
- Replies: 38
- Views: 542281
Re: Nick Gibb, champion of Systematic Synthetic Phonics in England
Nick Gibb's speech 'Schools as engines of social mobility' (March 2016) again emphasises the need for 'systematic synthetic phonics': https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/schools-as-the-engines-of-social-mobility It would be interesting to compare speeches with other leading figures in education i...
- Sun Mar 13, 2016 1:36 pm
- Forum: Education Blogs & Websites of Interest
- Topic: Greg Ashman's blog: Filling the Pail
- Replies: 10
- Views: 28433
Re: Greg Ashman's blog: Filling the Pail
Greg writes about 'The Educational Collective' following some interesting issues raised by Andrew Old via his blog (see the link within Greg's post): https://gregashman.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/the-educational-collective/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 I've added a 'readers comment' because I'd like to...
- Sat Mar 12, 2016 3:40 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Kerry Hempenstall: Is difficulty with reading a visual problem?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5900
Re: Kerry Hempenstall: Is difficulty with reading a visual problem?
Thanks to Susan Godsland for flagging up this piece on research findings regarding 'eyesight': http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32836733 Dyslexia not linked to eyesight, says study By Sean Coughlan Dyslexia is not linked to any problems with eyesight, say researchers. Teams from Bristol and Newca...