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Educator. PhD (Year 2): Are We Out Of Our Minds?: Learning in the Age of AI. | REGENERATIVE LEARNING. Also on Sstack. Etre et Avoir.

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Geoff V
3 months
'The "system" of man's development and use of knowledge is regenerative.' J.C.R. Licklider
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Geoff V
2 years
Dyslexia is not a gift if you are poor. @weedentracy keynote #PATTANLIT2022
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1 year
Edutopia obviously upping their game recently. This is great.👇🏻
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1 year
Remove the pressure of teaching kids to love to read. 🧡 Credit: Rachel Sorsel, first grade teacher
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4 years
Reading comprehension is the end game of learning to read and necessarily involves everything that comes before it: a good vocabulary and good oral-comprehension skills, plus accurate and fluent decoding skills. (McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction, p.212)
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Geoff V
3 years
Personal update. Master of Education as of today. Much knowledge gained here so thanks to all.👍🏻
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Geoff V
11 months
So many decent, intelligent, thoughtful, caring people in education. So much failure. Why?
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1 year
There's a LOT of education research and a LOT of education failure. Why?
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2 years
'Linguistic phonics consists of teaching the forty English phonemes and their most common spellings, along with practice segmenting and blending phonemes in real words, preferably using letters.' (McGuinness, Language Development and Learning to Read, p423)
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4 years
@mgpotente @BerrinchudaM Get him to do a whole series and be a pioneer for kids to learn to read. He will inspire many with his knowledge and natural teaching ability.
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Geoff V
3 years
This was my ITT lesson today. Just this.
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@skrashen I think you know exactly what you are provoking with this comment Dr. Krashen. As you know you can get to the research in a few clicks. This is a very good start:
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Geoff V
11 months
'Amazingly, most teachers receive little or no professional training in the science of learning.' Stanislas Dehaene
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10 months
Incredible resource for teachers.
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Jamie Clark
11 months
My collection of one-pagers are free to download from my website: 🟢 Why Don’t Students Like School? 🟡 Cognitive Load Theory Explained 🔵 Making Every Lesson Count 🟠 Explicit Instruction 🔴 Formative Assessment 🟣 Retrieval Practice (coming soon) ☕️
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Do you think @FaithBorkowsky wrote 'Failing Students or Failing Schools' (back in 2018!) because she had a little time on her hands and see if she could try her hand at writing? Or because she knew exactly what is happening in education? Eyes wide open.
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Geoff V
9 months
Watch the vid with sound off. You can learn a lot about the ART of teaching from such an expert. Notice gestures, facial changes, teacher engagement, non-verbal interaction. Excellent.
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Mme Lockhart
9 months
What does syntax have to do with it?? EVERYTHING!! Second language learners must be explicitly taught that word order in sentences differs between their home language and the language of instruction! In French, students need explicit instruction to learn that adjectives come
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1 year
This is what should be done. Courageous teacher here. Do you have this level of courage to change?
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Catherine Cook
1 year
@IILearning @cpatrickproctor @NateJoseph19 @Eduventuring04 @smorrisey Getting rid of literacy centres, stations and guided reading rotations was difficult. Instead, I did lots of whole class instruction with pull-outs during seat work to support, listen to reading and assess. Appropriate support for each student.
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'There is no question that the high functional illiteracy rate in English-speaking countries is largely a product of our formidable spelling code and the way it is (or is not) taught.' (p.41, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
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Geoff V
4 years
'Segmenting and blending are intimately connected in both reading and spelling.' (McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction, p. 162).
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Geoff V
4 years
@chrisdysonHT @PaulGarvey4 @Andrew_Adonis @Ofstednews Why not help with getting food to the most vulnerable Andrew? Like so many amazing teachers are doing ON TOP of their best to continue to help pupils' learning at this crisis time.
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Geoff V
2 years
'Maria Montessori strongly advised teachers to teach children to write (spell) first, and then allow them to discover that they can read what they have written.' (p.37, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
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1 year
A Parent's Guide to Phonics [US Version}: Understanding How to Help your Child with Reading and Spelling #Amazon via @Amazon
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Geoff V
3 years
Oh wow! This is absolutely amazing! Thank you so much @anneglennie 🙏🏻
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Geoff V
1 year
This is some very, very good news! What a brilliant appointment!👇🏻
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Tre Hadrick
1 year
“The time is always right to do what is right” – Martin Luther King, Jr. • • I’m extremely humbled for this opportunity to serve not only the children in Norristown and Montgomery County but the entire state of Pennsylvania! Let’s go! • • Be lit! 🔥✌🏽🐝✈️ #lit #love #reading
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3 years
'To learn to read, phonics training is essential. ' Dehaene, How We Learn.
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Tre Hadrick
2 years
Just listen. Children are learning to read. Decodable Books. Go visit Goodfellas: It’s happening. The 1st barbershop in the United States with decodable books. Be Lit! @FaithBorkowsky @IILearning
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Got this to help with my child's knowledge of the world. My thought is, why don't schools do this - one per student as they progress through school? Am I nuts? Oxford Children's History of the World #Amazon via @Amazon
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Geoff V
1 year
@CreditFlex @GuidingLiteracy @PhonicsMom @drheidibc @FaithBorkowsky @BoksnerJudy If you've got a word caller they are well on the way to reading success. A word guesser on the other hand presents the far greater challenge.
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Geoff V
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@MichaelT1979 @mr_bmh1 New NC stripped: Learn to read and write (1hr p day) Rest of day: Be creative Be active Be healthy Be happy Hw: Read and talk about your day focusing on building empathy and reflection.
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@FaithBorkowsky @debbiehepp @SusanGodsland @ged10 @TheWordWasp @SWLiteracy @TitaBeaven @1in5advocacy @Allylewistt @DavidAyer @ARounseville @AlisonPerrySP @MrLitEdu @NateJoseph19 @PhonicsforSEN @ashanock @mandylorianM @melbrethour Really enjoyed (watching!) this episode. Missy is a legend. The point she made near the end about the difference between BL and SL is that SL is based on a plan is exactly right. BL was never based on a plan, so you end up on a long and winding road to nowhere.
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Geoff V
5 years
Really proud to have completed @debbiehepp Phonics Training Online course. Probably the most impressive training I have ever done and led by such an outstanding and passionate expert of systematic synthetic phonics. Do this course and become a pioneer!
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Geoff V
4 years
'In every single research study ever made phonics was shown to be superior to the word method; conversely, there is not a single research study that shows the word method superior to phonics.' (Flesch, 'Why Johnny Can't Read', p75).
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Geoff V
4 years
In minor news...I'm 50 today!
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Reading instruction across countries--English is hard. - Daniel Willingham--Science & Education
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Geoff V
2 years
@PamelaSnow2 @JaneCaro Great post. The thing about decoding but not comprehending the card is that, post the effortful decoding, the family can then have lots of great conversations about the meaning, developing the oral comprehension. Then the rope starts strengthening even more.
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Geoff V
4 years
@PaulGarvey4 To be fair, this post by the Head is very clear about these limitations and well worth a read.
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David Thomas
4 years
Lots of positive attention for @OakNational today, which I’m really grateful for. It’s important we don’t pretend it’s a panacea though. In that spirit, here’s what’s wrong with Oak National Academy:
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True equity is everyone reading.
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2 years
'Crucially, contrary to what is frequently claimed by whole-language advocates, tests reveal that children taught with a whole-language approach not only score below their grade level when reading new words,'...1/2
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Geoff V
3 years
Really enjoy using this excellent blogpost for discussions around what is dyslexia on my course. The Snow Report: Dyslexia Dystopia via @PamelaSnow2
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3 years
It's kind of simple. Learn to lift the letters off a page (decode) then give access to the universe of knowledge (books).
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Geoff V
11 months
WHEN you have each cohort at 95%+ at or above expected grade level, THEN you may have the space to push some pedagogical boundaries. UNTIL THEN stop f...ing about with nonsense. TEACH THE STUFF and CUT THE FLUFF.
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'For the most part, reading research has largely demonstrated two things: the enormous ingenuity and versatility of the young mind in the absence of suitable instruction, plus the miraculous fact that some children actually learn to read and spell.' 👋 1/2
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Geoff V
2 years
'There are no spelling rules. Forget about rules. Forget about generalizations. 🔥 (p.44, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
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@Thinkingschool2 Mainly I think because the top leadership have not experienced great leadership themselves.
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9 months
What if an accurate, trusted, early screener shows 80%+ in need of intervention?
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2 years
Engelmann.
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Geoff V
1 year
I think many in the replies did. Honestly, this nonsense is tiresome.
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Stephen Krashen
1 year
Supporters of the “Science of Reading” say that it is supported by research. They never give details. Why not supply links for free downloads to the research studies?
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My hope for education direction: master the basics (lit/num) as early as possible then a LOT more science, history, geography, art, music, tech, physical ed for all.
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Geoff V
4 years
Oh. This is interesting.
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Isabelle Duquennois
5 years
Please RT 🙏 HOT OFF the press: Reading Recovery Boiled Down by researcher, Prof. of Ed Psych @MasseyUni , College of Humanities & Social Science, James Chapman. DVS thank Prof. Chapman for his interest in the #ReadingRecovery / #FPliteracy LLI petition & support.
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This is all you really need to get about reading instruction. Get this sorted (in your own mind) and the rest is gravy.👇🏻
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Michael Dickie
1 year
🧵 It’s this time of year that people always complain about the made up words in the phonics screening check. Supposedly “good readers” struggle with them. It’s not true. If you can’t read the alien words, you’re not a good reader. For example, you couldn’t read this:
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4 years
If Reading Recovery were part of the literacy solution surely they would join @reading_league or @IFERIorg or many of the science of reading groups. Why not?
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1 year
A wonderful endorsement from a truly valued expert. We hope it helps parents across the US.👇🏻
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Pam Kastner
1 year
A Parent’s Guide to Phonics by @PhonicsforSEN & @IILearning w/a foreword by @MrLitEdu is a gem of a book & the best $4 an educator & family can spend! Accurate & aligned w/the science w/clear, concise language it covers all the essentials & provides on-target guidance!
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1 year
Put an alphabetic code chart up on a supermarket bulletin board. Let people start talking about it. Talking changes trajectories!
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3 years
Happening March 1st to 3rd. An on-line education event featuring: @BellFoundation @FaithBorkowsky @CratoNuno @buckingham_j @BL_Learning @debbiehepp @nicky_parr + more. So honoured to have their involvement. Registration details out next week!
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Geoff V
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'Knowledge helps only when it descends into habits.' (Bruner)
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2 years
@msrebeccabirch This is very good:
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2 years
@ehanford It's great. The part where Bush is listening to the reading in that fateful day. I always admired that he carried on with them while the news waa delivered to him. Knowing he was hearing SOR in action is even more important.
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4 years
Very interesting fr Lecture by Dr. Stanislas Dehaene on "Reading the Brain"
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@Suchmo83 Contact @BellFoundation They know their stuff. Have you seen their EAL frameworks?
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Geoff V
3 years
I think @greg_ashman is writing well about important topics. I am enjoying the daily Filling The Pail blogs. Thanks Greg.
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2 years
'The important message is this: a writing system is a code with a systematic relationship between units of sound and visual symbols.' (p.39, Diane McGuinness, Early Reading Instruction)
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5 years
It is not easy for a teacher to get a learner to modify their prior knowledge into different or new knowledge. It takes patience, tolerance, compassion and support by the teacher.
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4 years
@ehanford @Isaology If the balanced approach worked, there would not be a reading crisis.
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5 years
@hannahriopelle @ehanford Keep sharing and retweeting and getting this out so more and more teachers have the confidence to speak out. Enough damage has been done. The evidence is there. All schools have to address this!
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Geoff V
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If you get to a position of changing literacy outcomes for the many, be careful of slipping into strategic planning only. There are YP who need the right help to learn to read RIGHT NOW! Don't lose them in long-termism.
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4 years
Notice how much ED Hirsch places emphasis on knowledge of art.
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1 year
Invest in this👇🏻
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Leah Koch
1 year
Trying out the @UFLiteracy Blending Board for the first time…. I love it!
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2 years
@AdrienneGear @GarforthEduc @ECEC_ATA @OntHumanRights I have taken an active interest in the #RighttoRead inquiry and I live in Europe. I have looked into all of the 178 recommendations in detail and they are huge and profound. Location no excuse for inaction.
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2 years
2/...'but are also slower and less efficient in sentence and text comprehension.' (Dehaene, Reading in the Brain, p.269)
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Geoff V
10 months
Which actually gets to the heart of the matter. Are you an orange line hardliner?
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Devin Kearns
10 months
@emilyjsolari ⁩ shows that students brains are all across the distribution …if the orange line is the screening cutoff, the students just on the other side of the line still need support!
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'Phonemes are the basis for the code, and the letters are the code' McGuinness, D., (2004), Early Reading Instruction, MIT Press, p.13
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4 years
‘Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.’ Margaret Mead
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1 year
@edutopia @JohncattUSA But edutopia do put out mixed messages on this:
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edutopia
5 years
“The kids are coming in at different levels, different learning styles. So whether you’re a higher reader or a lower reader, we’re all going to break it down together.” Here’s what it looks like when students “collaborate” on reading.
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Check @debbiehepp updated alphabetic code chart site out. It is absolutely brilliant!:
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4 years
'Their (teachers of written English) words should be not "How to write" but "How to try and say what you really mean" - which is part of the search for self-knowledge and, perhaps, in one form or another, grace.' (Ted Hughes)
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Geoff V
2 years
I was reading somewhere that the phonics movement is about selling product! This DfE validated SSP programme is FREE and now you don't even need a sign up - just go straight to the programme from this link: Money-grabbing b.......!
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Geoff V
4 years
This is incredible news. What a wonderful gift to the field and the world of literacy.
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Debbie Hepplewhite
4 years
January 2021: We have made the full Phonics International programme (which includes the Early Years Starter Package) entirely FREE. For best use of core resources, look at 'The BIG Pink Button' on the homepage: 😘
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1 year
If I were running a summer reading catch-up program(me) (I'm not), I would use this:
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1 year
@C_Hendrick @MrZachG I was recently at a party and a guest came up to me and said, hey you teach linguistics have you met x, they run an NLP company you should chat. "I don't think we should," I said.
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Geoff V
3 years
An absolutely brilliant book by the amazing @anneglennie A game changer!
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Geoff V
1 year
This is the second part of my PhD. So, would like to say thank you to everyone I have connected here on the X. You have helped me learn a whole lot.🙏🏻
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edutopia
1 year
Connect, learn, and grow with like-minded teachers. That's the power of a professional learning network. ⚡
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