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- 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
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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...
- 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
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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...
- 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'...
- Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:18 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Stanislas Dehaene: Some excerpts from 'Reading in the Brain'...
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Wed Mar 30, 2016 7:21 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: Ghana: Training for teachers in Systematic Synthetic Phonics
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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:...
- 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...
- 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
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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/
https://michaelt1979.wordpress.com/freeresources/