Pauline GL (NARSC member)
@paulinegl.bsky.social
Reading Specialist and lover of travel.
Critical thinking training can reduce belief in conspiracy theories, study www.irishtimes.com/ireland/educ... "Conspiracy theories have transitioned from fringe phenomena to forces shaping political discourse..." From study: Findings "highlight the importance of teaching discernment."
Critical thinking training can reduce belief in conspiracy theories, study by UCC psychologists finds
‘Well-established programmes to counter conspiracy theories have little or no effect’
irishtimes.com
SCOOP: AB Health Minister Adriana LaGrange stripped Alberta Health Services of power to negotiate after its then-CEO allegedly refused to sign pricey deals www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... #abpoli #ableg
Alberta Minister stripped health agency of power to negotiate private surgical contracts, document shows
Letter alleges government eroded ex-CEO’s authority to negotiate deals
theglobeandmail.com
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 2. #booksky #books #20DayBookChallenge #💙📚
This lies at the heart of what Dominic Wyse and I have explored in a new model of teaching: The Double Helix of Reading and Writing shown here in a peer-reviewed paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... and explored in depth in our book, The Balancing Act: www.routledge.com/The-Balancin...
Decoding, reading and writing: the double helix theory of teaching
This paper presents a new theory and model of the teaching of decoding, reading and writing. The first part of the paper reviews a selection of influential models of learning to read and write that t....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
"What often gets lost in these accountability structures is that reading is about understanding - words on their own do not tell stories, share information, persuade or entertain."
Excellent, as always, from Megan Dixon. There are issues in education and they’re also inextricably linked to wider societal issues. It is indeed time to take stock and work out how to fix this. Children are at the centre of this.
As we look ahead to 2025, we need to take stock of the troubling state of our system, argues Megan Dixon – and then work out how to fix it…
ILEC Response: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong radicalscholarship.com/2023/11/10/i...
ILEC Response: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
International Literacy Educators Coalition ILEC Vision: To promote literacy learning practices that enable all children and youth to realize their full potential as literate, thinking human be…
radicalscholarship.com
Really interesting read for those were interested in Literacy. tultican.com/2025/01/21/b...
Billionaires Driving Science of Reading
By Thomas Ultican 1/21/2025 On January 2nd, billionaire created education news source, The 74, declared there is a reading crisis in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD). This was based on a…
tultican.com
@TeresaCremin.bsky.social Speaks with such valuable insight & knowledge #EduSky #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssociation.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...
What works to get children reading for pleasure
Fewer children in England report that they enjoy reading, but what can be done to reverse the trend? Zofia Niemtus speaks to researcher Teresa Cremin to find out
tes.com
What do we, as a collective, believe are the key aspects of literacy education? We've done the work. We have had the tough conversations. We've looked at the research. Click below to see the result of our conversations. #literacy #https://readingspecialists.weebly.com/about.html
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NORTHERN ALBERTA READING SPECIALISTS' COUNCIL
The Northern Alberta Reading Specialists' Council (NARSC) is a Canadian Special Interest Group of the International Literacy Association . Founded in 1978 by Reading Specialists in the Edmonton,...
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