Professor Pamela Snow has written a very helpful post demonstrating the unhelpfulness of the term 'Balanced Literacy' which I thought should be on our 'Research and Recommended Reading' forum as well as our 'General Forum', see here:
http://www.iferi.org/iferi_forum/viewto ... 1491#p1491
Prof Snow: 'Balanced Literacy: An instructional bricolage that is neither fish nor fowl'
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Re: Prof Snow: 'Balanced Literacy: An instructional bricolage that is neither fish nor fowl'
Yet another important piece by Pamela challenging the illusion of 'authentic' literature for reading instruction, to the neglect of planned systematic and explicit phonics teaching:
http://pamelasnow.blogspot.co.ukThe authentic illusion in early literacy education
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Re: Prof Snow: 'Balanced Literacy: An instructional bricolage that is neither fish nor fowl'
I'm cross-referencing Pam's post with the very famous paper by Dr Louisa Moats:
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=820&p=1530#p1530
Whole Language Lives On: The Illusion of Balanced Reading Instruction
viewtopic.php?f=4&t=820&p=1530#p1530