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Why the shift in literacy?

Literacy change has come from a concern in our literacy levels.
Our understanding has come from understanding the science behind how we learn, and our ability to view the brain through the learning process using FMRI scans.
Historically we have been through many different methods/techniques to teach our learners to read and write.

Podcast: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

(8 podcasts)

features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/

In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the way many teachers have been teaching reading that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. It's an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended.

Balanced Literacy Bingo

Link to report

Fact checking the myths

Pamela Snow combats the myths against the Science of Reading.

Key researchers in the field

Louisa Moats

Louisa Moats is an internationally recognised authority on how children learn to read and why some struggle to learn. Widely acclaimed as a researcher, speaker, consultant, and trainer, Moats has developed the landmark professional development program LETRS for teachers and reading specialists.

See below for links to some of Moat's work.

Pamela Snow

(10 minute read)

Pamela Claire Snow is an Australian speech-language pathologist and registered psychologist whose research concerns language disorders, and their implications for academic achievement and psychosocial wellbeing.

William Tunmer

William Tunmer is Distinguished Professor of Educational Psychology at the Massey University Institute of Education. Gough and Tunmer (1986) proposed the Simple View of Reading to clarify the role of decoding in reading - Decoding (D) x Language Comprehension (LC) = Reading Comprehension (RC).

The Simple View of Reading

(15 minute read)

Stanislas Dehaene

Stanislas Dehaene is a French author and cognitive neuroscientist whose research centers on a number of topics, including numerical cognition, the neural basis of reading and the neural correlates of consciousness.

See "Places to Start" for links to some of Dehaene's work.

James Chapman

(10 minute read)

Professor of Educational Psychology - Massey University.

Research interests include: literacy learning difficulties, cognitive-motivational factors associated with low achievement; and learning disabilities.

The Claimed Success of Reading Recovery is Based Largely on a Myth — Lifting Literacy AotearoaAround $26 million of taxpayer funding is spent on Reading Recovery every year. So is this money well spent or are we still holding onto one of the biggest myths in New Zealand education? James Chapman, Professor Emeritus of Educational Psychology at Massey University argues for the latter. Find out

Linnea Erie

Linnea Ehri is an American educational psychologist, professor and expert on the development of reading..Ehri is known for her theory of orthographic mapping,[which describes the process of forming "letter-sound connections to bond the spellings, pronunciations, and meanings of specific words in memory"

(9 minute watch)

David Kilpatrick

(18 minute watch)

David Kilpatrick PHD, is a Professor of Psychology at the State University of New York College, and an expert and experienced clinician who excels in reading assessment and intervention. Dr Kilpatrick has written and co-authored 3 books on phonemic awareness, fluency and reading development difficulties.

Dr. Jan Hasbrouck

Jan Hasbrouck, Ph.D., is a leading researcher, educational consultant, and author who works with schools in the U.S. and internationally. Dr. Hasbrouck worked as a reading specialist and coach for 15 years and later became a professor. She is an author and co-author of several books, Reading Fluency, Academic Assessment, Interventions, and Instructional Coaching. She continues to collaborate with researchers on projects related to assessment and intervention.

The Writing Rope: A Framework for Explicit Writing Instruction in All Subjects by Joan Sedita M.Ed. and Jan Hasbrouck

Climbing The Ladder of Reading & Writing: Meeting the Needs of ALL Learners by Nancy Young and Jan Hasbrouck

Reading Fluency: Understand – Assess – Teach (Professional Learning Guide for Leaders) by Jan Hasbrouck and Deborah Glaser

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