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Kate O'Callaghan

@Kateslp

Speech language pathologist, advocate of scientific approach to language and literacy teaching

 Sydney, New South Wales
Joined November 2017
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@educatt12 Dec 2018
What the heck is Critical Thinking? A dying art! Let's bring it back. Most K-12 is now designed to sabotage thinking in general. Here's a quick update-- renewamerica.com/columns/bpr… #socialism #dumbingdown #commoncore #illiteracy #savingK12

It's time to think critically about critical thinking

The goal of education has always been to achieve critical thinking. Needless to say, this involves a two-step process: first, students learn a great deal about a topic, whether in history, science,...

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Emily Hanford@ehanford11 Dec 2018
As educators examine reading instruction, don't ignore importance of morphology-the study of word structure, meaningful parts in words. Phonics alone isn't enough. "Morphological awareness needs to be considered seriously in models of reading development." tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Assessing Direct Contributions of Morphological Awareness and Prosodic Sensitivity to Children’s...

We examined the independent contributions of prosodic sensitivity and morphological awareness to word reading, text reading accuracy, and reading comprehension. We did so in a longitudinal study of...

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Emily Hanford@ehanford9 Dec 2018
"Teachers need to be prepared with new knowledge, particularly about the reading brain and its implications for how we teach teachers and children" writes @MaryanneWolf_ kappanonline.org/science-poe…
The science and poetry in learning (and teaching) to read - Kappan Online

The science and poetry in learning (and teaching) to read - Kappan Online

0 (0) Reading requires multiple parts of the brain to work rapidly and in tandem. As a result, more than one form of instruction is required to build and connect all the processes that make up this...

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The Reading Ape@TheReadingApe9 Dec 2018
Check out my new blog post - goo.gl/TwCbuf
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@Doug_Lemov3 Dec 2018
Relationships come when we show learners: Your success is important to me I believe in you I am highly aware of your progress in this endeavor I will help you succeed teachlikeachampion.com/blog/…
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'THE GREAT CREATIVITY TURN-OFF' Excellent article by Shelley Gare in SMH Good Weekend magazine today...."Innovation and creativity....are imprisoned as business buzz terms...their use...is at peak hype." 'consultants and education gurus claim creative thinking can be taught'
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Researching yr 7 history assignment-From Uni of the South article 'Medieval Colloquium'... "One wrote English by taking the letters one knew from Latin and phonetically spelling out speech. In terms of the vernacular, medieval England was hooked on phonics." #PhonicsDebate
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#phonicsdebate My daughter wants to study primary teaching...clearly I won't be telling her to do it at #SydneyUniversity
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