Knowledge for Teachers

In this episode, Brendan Lee speaks with Lyn Stone. Lyn is an author, linguist and consultancy and tutoring practice, Lifelong Literacy. In this chat, she addresses a number of misconceptions about teaching literacy and provides loads of practical tips for teachers. You will find out how Lyn’s passion for literacy developed, why we can’t teach the English language like we have a transparent orthography and how reading and writing are not simple, but you can view them simply   Resources mentioned: Dolores G. Hiskes - Reading Pathways: Simple Exercises to Improve Reading Fluency Ollie Lovell - Sweller’s Cognitive Load Theory in Action Ollie Lovell - Tools for Teachers Tom Bennett - Running the Room Lorraine Hammond Pamela Snow and Tanya Serry - SOLAR Lab www.etymonline.com/   You can connect with Lyn: Twitter @lifelonglit Website: lifelongliteracy.com/   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

In this episode, Brendan Lee talks to Deputy Principal, Stephanie Le Lievre. She explains: - how the Reading Science in Schools FB group - that now has over 50,000 members, came about - why we need to "cut the fluff" - what a structured literacy block can look like for the pre-primary stage - what an evidence-informed approach looks like in the primary classroom - how she is using ChatGPT for fluency building!   Some of the experts and resources mentioned: Professor Pamela Snow Professor Lorraine Hammond William Van Cleave Lyn Stone Dr. Nathaniel Swain The Writing Revolution https://www.readworks.org/ https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/foundations/toolbox/ https://www.phormes.com/ https://readingscienceinschools.squarespace.com/ https://thesyntaxproject2022.squarespace.com/   You can connect with Steph: Twitter @StephLeLievre_   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net

Welcome to the Knowledge for Teachers podcast! I (Brendan Lee) decided to start up this podcast because rather selfishly there are a lot of areas I would like to have more knowledge in and people that I would really like to hear from, so I thought why not start up a podcast so that I can share these conversations with other educators. I’m also really interested in finding out what those active ingredients are in actually getting evidence informed practice happening in our classrooms.   Very early on I knew that today’s guest, Dr. Russ Fox a former teacher and current lecturer in applied behaviour analysis at Monash University, was someone that I wanted to get on. I have had many deep and meaningful conversations with him previously about all things to do with education and he is truly across what effective teaching can be and how we can support teachers in implementing it.    In this chat, Russ talks about: - why we need to address the learning environment - the need for teachers to use a safe sense of humour - Error correct using the 3 step process (you'll have to listen to find out what that is) - supporting students in building habits by using gradual release of responsibility - why we need to meet the needs of the community Some of the resources mentioned were: Tom Bennett's book - Running the Room Fox, R. A., Leif, E. S., Moore, D. W., Furlonger, B., Anderson, A., & Sharma, U. (2022). A systematic review of the facilitators and barriers to the sustained implementation of school-wide positive behavioral interventions and supports. Education and Treatment of Children, 45(1), 105-126.   You can connect with Russ: Twitter @RsslFx Email russell.fox@monash.edu   You can connect with Brendan: Twitter: @learnwithmrlee Facebook: @learningwithmrlee Website: learnwithlee.net