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by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:38 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....
Replies: 16
Views: 34789

Re: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....

Thank you, Dick, for more interesting reading. I've read the paper that you've linked to, and I actually suggest that it needs a new thread of its own and not just adding to a thread on 'sight words'. Professor Diane McGuinness's work on identifying certain teaching principles, or features, in commo...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Tue Apr 05, 2016 10:22 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: England: blog posting about teachers need for training in SSP principles
Replies: 0
Views: 6077

England: blog posting about teachers need for training in SSP principles

http://edukate123.com/2016/04/05/dont-let-me-be-misunderstood/ DON’T LET ME BE MISUNDERSTOOD Not so long ago, a Reading Recovery Teacher asked me, in all seriousness, if we used real stories “you know, like ‘Handa’s Surprise’ and ‘The Gruffalo’,” with our reception children. I was taken aback. How c...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Mon Apr 04, 2016 9:01 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: 'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....
Replies: 16
Views: 34789

'Sight words' - What does this mean? There is good news and bad news....

The IFERI committee is currently discussing the recurring issue of 'sight words' in depth - with a view to raising this topic and to providing an IFERI 'factsheet' - coming shortly. In the meantime, however, on reading the comment below on another forum, I've decided to get started on this topic. I'...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:18 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Stanislas Dehaene: Some excerpts from 'Reading in the Brain'...
Replies: 0
Views: 6036

Stanislas Dehaene: Some excerpts from 'Reading in the Brain'...

This is a very important book for anyone in the field of reading instruction. Here are some tantalising excerpts from 'Reading in the Brain' by Stanislas Dehaene: http://www.penguin.com/ajax/books/excerpt/9781101152409 My purpose in this book is to share my knowledge of recent and little-known advan...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Sat Apr 02, 2016 5:21 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Doug Lemov: 'Too often, the way we teach reading in schools is wrong'
Replies: 2
Views: 6871

Doug Lemov: 'Too often, the way we teach reading in schools is wrong'

I have a great deal of empathy with this piece in the TES by Doug Lemov: Too often, the way we teach reading in schools is wrong Doug Lemov 30th March 2016 The author of Teach Like a Champion explains why he believes teachers need to reconsider the way they approach reading https://www.tes.com/us/ne...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:57 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: J.E.Stone: Misdirected teacher training has crippled education reform - DAP and DIP
Replies: 2
Views: 6759

Re: J.E.Stone: Misdirected teacher training has crippled education reform - DAP and DIP

Some snippets from the J.E.Stone's paper: Misdirected Teacher Training describes a doctrine taught to virtually all preK-3 teachers that has undermined the teaching of basic reading and math skills over the past three decades. Called “developmentally appropriate practice,” its effect has been to pre...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Fri Apr 01, 2016 8:52 am
Forum: General Forum
Topic: J.E.Stone: Misdirected teacher training has crippled education reform - DAP and DIP
Replies: 2
Views: 6759

J.E.Stone: Misdirected teacher training has crippled education reform - DAP and DIP

Thanks to Dr Kerry Hempenstall for flagging up this hugely important paper and issue via the DDOLL network. He commented, “John Lloyd’s blog Teach Effectively recently noted that John Stone has written a report for the Education Consumers Foundation Misdirected teacher training has crippled educatio...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: Ghana: Training for teachers in Systematic Synthetic Phonics
Replies: 0
Views: 6110

Ghana: Training for teachers in Systematic Synthetic Phonics

This training for teachers in Ghana in the Systematic Synthetic Phonics teaching principles is great news - and an offshoot of Sheena Campbell's work in training hundreds of teaching in the SSP teaching principles in Ghana as part of the 'Phonics By Phone' project. http://gbcghana.com/1.8848456 E/R:...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Wed Mar 30, 2016 12:46 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Critique of the i3 Scale Up Study of Reading Recovery (Chapman and Tunmer) is now available online
Replies: 9
Views: 23972

Re: Critique of the i3 Scale Up Study of Reading Recovery (Chapman and Tunmer) is now available online

Evaluating the four-year scale-up of Reading Recovery Robert Pondiscio March 23, 2016 http://edexcellence.net/articles/evaluating-the-four-year-scale-up-of-reading-recovery ...Big study, big results. However it’s worth noting that the study’s control group received no consistent, validated interven...
by Debbie_Hepplewhite
Sun Mar 27, 2016 10:22 am
Forum: Around the World: News and Events
Topic: England: For interest, 2016 teacher assessment exemplification for Key Stage 1 English writing, & KS 2 developments
Replies: 9
Views: 15844

Re: England: For interest, 2016 teacher assessment exemplification for Key Stage 1 English writing, & KS 2 developments

Michael Tidd provides videos for parents about the Key Stage One and Key Stage Two national tests in England (plus other free, useful resources for teachers and for any parents interested in aspects of the primary curriculum:

https://michaelt1979.wordpress.com/freeresources/