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David Hornsby

Decoding Nonsense: What is reading?

By phonics

Dr Paul Thomas, 18 Sept 2022.  Pronouncing nonsense words is complete nonsense, and even worse, it is not reading  —  but it is wasting valuable teaching and learning time that every student deserves, time better spent with meaningful experiences with real words and real texts.  Continue reading

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More play and less therapy for students

By Uncategorized

Dr Peter Gray, Psychology Today, 23 July 2022.  Reposted 20 Aug 2022. Schools produce anxiety and depression and then hire counsellors to reduce them.  Gray challenges school systems to do an experiment.  In one condition, continue with standard practice. In the second condition, hire more therapists. In the third condition, cut homework or eliminate it, reduce the emphasis on testing, and most important, include at least one full hour of…

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How to teach a toddler, the Scandi way.

By Learning

The Times, London.  4 March 2022.  The most successful education systems in the world dedicate huge resources to what happens before children even get to school.  The evidence is overwhelming.  What happens in the first 1000 days of life is critical to outcomes later in life.  (Also available at https://apple.news/Ag4T-F4v2RkKGASW95UmWzw)

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