Pauline GL (NARSC member) @paulinegl.bsky.social · 26/02/2025www.freedomtoread.ca/freedom-to-r...freedomtoread.caFreedom to Read Week - Freedom to ReadFreedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom. 000
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Critical 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."irishtimes.comCritical 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’ 37424
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 11/02/2025SCOOP: 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 #ablegtheglobeandmail.comAlberta Minister stripped health agency of power to negotiate private surgical contracts, document showsLetter alleges government eroded ex-CEO’s authority to negotiate deals 37526317
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)MissFit @missfit2.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Choose 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 #💙📚 271
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social · 17/11/2024This 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...onlinelibrary.wiley.comDecoding, reading and writing: the double helix theory of teachingThis 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.... 43514
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Excellent, 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. 031
Pauline GL (NARSC member) @paulinegl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025ILEC Response: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong radicalscholarship.com/2023/11/10/i...radicalscholarship.comILEC Response: Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So WrongInternational 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… 011
Pauline GL (NARSC member) @paulinegl.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Really interesting read for those were interested in Literacy. tultican.com/2025/01/21/b...tultican.comBillionaires Driving Science of ReadingBy 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… 011
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 05/01/2025@TeresaCremin.bsky.social Speaks with such valuable insight & knowledge #EduSky #TeamEnglish @EnglishAssociation.bsky.social www.tes.com/magazine/tea...tes.comWhat works to get children reading for pleasureFewer 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 1167
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)Charlotte Hacking @charliehacking.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Wow, this is a (pardon the pun) novel approach… 061
Reposted by Pauline GL (NARSC member)NARSC @narscinyeg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025What 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.htmlreadingspecialists.weebly.comAboutThe 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,... 022
Pauline GL (NARSC member) @paulinegl.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Interested in Literacy? Check out our NARSC official website readingspecialists.weebly.comreadingspecialists.weebly.comNORTHERN ALBERTA READING SPECIALISTS' COUNCILThe 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,... 000
