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- 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: 36829
'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
- Replies: 0
- Views: 53587
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: 58460
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: 28
- Views: 581910
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: 58460
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: 58460
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: 58460
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...
- Wed Aug 02, 2023 6:17 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
- Replies: 28
- Views: 581910
Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
Dr Kerry Hempenstall has kindly provided some literature featuring the Reading Recovery programme. [Some of this may be a repeat of content previously provided in this thread.]
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/u8dqd7bn ... pxd9r7ua3r
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- Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:17 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
- Replies: 28
- Views: 581910
Re: The Reading Wars and Reading Recovery: What Educators, Families, and Taxpayers Should Know
Here is some great news - described in an article by Aaron Churchill:
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It's time to abandon Reading Recovery
July 2023
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- Mon Jul 31, 2023 12:06 pm
- Forum: Around the World: News and Events
- Topic: Ohio: 'It's time to dump Reading Recovery'
- Replies: 2
- Views: 33575
Re: Ohio: 'It's time to dump Reading Recovery'
And here is some 'back story' about the approach of Lucy Calkins over the years:
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