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- Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:52 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Eton master who wants pupils to learn very slowly
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4580
Re: Eton master who wants pupils to learn very slowly
Interesting. I also found this 2012 article on this same Eton teacher in the Telegraph : https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/9630771/Why-pushy-parents-fail-to-make-the-grade-in-education.html This kind of 'slow education' surely depends a lot on the quality of the teacher. Secondary-school teacher...
- Sat Aug 03, 2019 10:19 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
One of the contributors to the Reading the Evidence book was Paul Gardner. He has recently (15 July 2019) published a blog on the Phonics Screening Check: https://www.aare.edu.au/blog/?p=4213 Jennifer Buckingham has produced a response pointing out a number of inaccuracies in what Gardner has writte...
- Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:43 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
A new article by Kevin Wheldall and colleagues has appeared:
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/T5ut ... 9.1635500
This is relevant in view of the criticism of the Phonics Screening Check expressed in the Clark book and elsewhere.
Jenny C.
https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/T5ut ... 9.1635500
This is relevant in view of the criticism of the Phonics Screening Check expressed in the Clark book and elsewhere.
Jenny C.
- Mon Jan 28, 2019 9:00 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Phonics debate in Australia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11463
- Thu Jan 03, 2019 6:12 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Ruth Miskin, CBE
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6101
Ruth Miskin, CBE
Warm congratulations to Ruth Miskin, who has been made a CBE in the New Year's Honours list.
Jenny C.
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- Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:38 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
There are more articles from Margaret Clark: https://ukla.org/news/story/margaret-m-clark-obe-debates-the-phonics-screening-test-and-the-evidence-be?platform=hootsuite These come close in time to the publication of data showing a narrowing of the end-of-Key-Stage-2 performance gap between advantaged...
- Mon Nov 26, 2018 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
I said I'd give publication details for the article by Prof. Anne Castles and others which had been accepted by the Australian Journal of Learning Difficulties. It has now been published, but most people will probably have to pay to access it in that form. Prof. Castles has kindly provided a link to...
- Sun Nov 25, 2018 9:01 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Phonics debate in Australia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11463
Re: Phonics debate in Australia
Another great news story from Australia: https://www.smh.com.au/education/i-felt-terrible-why-parents-are-blamed-when-their-child-can-t-read-20181123-p50hyo.html It's heart-warming that an academic with the research credentials of Prof.Anne Castles gets involved with the nitty-gritty like this. Jenn...
- Tue Nov 20, 2018 6:59 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 20 years of phonics developments in England
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3717
Re: 20 years of phonics developments in England
That article has now been revised for a largely Australian readership and has been published on line in the Nomanis magazine - see p. 16: https://indd.adobe.com/view/8e45ae95-ed06-419b-b1bb-69c7c54a14b8 It's relevant for Australia, as attempts are also being made there to raise the profile of phonic...
- Thu Nov 08, 2018 11:44 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: Phonics debate in Australia
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11463
Re: Phonics debate in Australia
The following was a recent article in the Australian publication The Conversation : https://theconversation.com/what-are-decodable-readers-and-do-they-work-106067?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=twitterbutton A response was signed by 96 people, including a few from the UK. Greg Ashman has given a link...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 10:42 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
I'm adding these links here because of the Australian connection - I'll let them speak for themselves:
https://theconversation.com/what-are-de ... tterbutton
pamelasnow.blogspot.com
Jenny C.
https://theconversation.com/what-are-de ... tterbutton
pamelasnow.blogspot.com
Jenny C.
- Tue Oct 30, 2018 1:53 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
An argument commonly used against the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check (e.g. in the recent survey conducted by Clark and Glazzard) is that good readers are disadvantaged because they are so used to reading for meaning that they read the non-words as real words. This argument is challenged by Prof. Ann...
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
In my earlier post on the Clark-Glazzard survey I didn’t mention the following comment from one respondent: ‘Our children who were reading for meaning would try to make sense of the nonsense word on the test and therefore failed the test’. This sort of complaint has been quite common, but I found no...
- Tue Oct 16, 2018 3:17 pm
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
- Replies: 50
- Views: 61581
Re: 'Reading the Evidence: Synthetic Phonics and Literacy Learning' (ed. M. Clark)
This has now appeared: https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/nursery-world/news/1165809/focus-on-phonics-criticised-in-new-survey?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter If the Phonics Screening Check causes stress for children, surely the fault lies with the way that teachers are administering it rather tha...
- Thu Sep 27, 2018 9:39 am
- Forum: General Forum
- Topic: 2018 Phonics Screening Check results
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4021
2018 Phonics Screening Check results
These results have just been announced:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... gland-2018
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publicati ... gland-2018
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