denyse ritchie
@dejaynjd
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Honorary Chair of Literacy & Fellow Murdoch University WA. Head -The THRASS Institute -specialist teacher training in Phonics. Opinions, comments are my own.
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The consensus is that teaching phonics explicitly and well is crucial but is only part of the solution that would see all students receive effective literacy instruction.
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I've registered for Oceans to Outback, a month-long challenge to raise vital funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and I need your help! Please support me by donating to my fundraising page.
oceanstooutback.org.au
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I've registered for Oceans to Outback, a month-long challenge to raise vital funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service and I need your help! Please support me by donating to my fundraising page.
oceanstooutback.org.au
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Once upon a time, teachers had to study reading disabilities in universities & obtain serious credits, to get teacher certification to teach students who displayed reading difficulties. What happened?
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Whether it's dyslexia (a specific learning disability) or writing, attention, organization, or other learning and behavioral difficulties, children who struggle in school need teachers who can help...
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@HelenProulx2 I find it hard to understand the aggression and silencing tactics - it’s against the values of the profession. I’m saddens me that amazing teachers knowledge and experience is being dismissed - due to misinformation and assumptions of how others teach or have taught.
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Big study: curiosity is an important predictor of acad achievemt across the board but esp. for low-income kids: https://t.co/DKjk9NYHIu. Painfully ironic given the curiosity-killing practices (scripted direct instruction, behavior management, etc.) that such kids get in spades.
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Pupils who ask lots of questions get better results, especially those from poorer homes
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This is very good from @SallyLars_27 on the media reaction to PIRLS.
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Teacher knowledge & understanding of phonics, & how best to use phonics to underpin reading & spelling instruction is key. Three reading experts challenge the current education orthodoxy about phonics instruction. The Washington Post:
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Three reading experts challenge the current education orthodoxy about phonics instruction.
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In the spirit of looking at all points of view, this mom of a dyslexic child and author of a book about Dyslexia finds some good in @ehanford 's views but also sees her as using strawmen when she didn't have to. Thanks to @RitaWirtz for calling it to our attention. Emily?
When Emily Hanford called out bad literacy programs, she made a good point. BUT, I have four BIG questions about the podcast...in this post. Who Sold a Story https://t.co/Ixr4JvAJNg
#SOR #Soldastory #reading #teaching #teachingreading #scienceofreading
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Meet our Research Officer, Janelle Darcy. Janelle was born & grew up on Yawuru country, with links to the Bardi people. Janelle has worked in Youth Justice, child protection & education & is passionate about supporting young Indigenous people. Read more https://t.co/OWOSyr7bCH
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THRASS Chart dress up day in the Junior School @SPSC_Adelaide Hanging with fellow ‘doctors’ from the chart, noting the jump wasn’t big as doctors and teachers are in the same phoneme box! /ˈdɒk.tər//ˈtiː.tʃər/ #ipa #THRASS @dejaynjd
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Late last year the Institute was proud to be a part of the Kuwa Circles program, dedicated to opening doors for young First Nations women seeking careers in STEM. @indigenous_gov [1/2] #ToSI #KuwaCircles #WomeninSTEM
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The power of words!! An explosion of words in our #wordstudy, exploring each #morpheme and its meaning to build and understand other words. Amazing how the boys got from ‘graph’ meaning ‘written’ to ‘deconstruct’, ‘cardiology’ and ‘astronaut’! #linguistics @dejaynjd
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Don’t let this ‘competition’ happen in Australia! So much criticism of schools and teachers ..
We have to change this system - for our children, our staff and our leaders. It should never have come to this. Education has become about competition, not about improving the outcomes of children everywhere. No more. I'm in. You? #ShineOn
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Congratulations Cowra SSLP on completing Phase 1 of the Stronger Smarter Leadership Program. Welcome, Eagles. #StrongerSmarterAlumni #Cowra #SSLP #teacherPD
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📄 "The impact of national standardized literacy and numeracy testing on children and teaching staff in remote Australian Indigenous communities" by Ruth Singer
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A big thank you to our dedicated THRASS trainers for sharing their classroom experience and diverse teaching knowledge. Your expansive knowledge of evidence based teaching practice in the complex process of teaching literacy is second to none.
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A busy week of THRASS PD, online & face to face. Thank you to St Peter’s Girls School, Adelaide for an awesome great couple of days & to the amazing team at Normanton navigating a whole school course from afar. CONGRATS to all online participants- hope to see you in person soon!
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Loved using #thrass on my #maths #workingwall ready for students to add vocab and calculation strategies. The definition and #etymology will help consolidate all the processes and help make connections #year5 #classroomsetup #linguistics #language #displayforlearning @dejaynjd
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❤️this!
In comparison to teacher supervision and evaluation, principals promoting and *participating in* teacher learning and development can have twice the impact on student outcomes. (Robinson, V., 2008; image source: https://t.co/CMiGvqpfFd)
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