LCRT 6915 Week 3 HIstory of Reading Research

1. FEBRUARY 9, 2015
• Sign in & get a name tag
• Exchange philosophy drafts
(SEE GUIDELINES: Partner
exchange & on your own)
• Sherry will arrive at 6:30pm
WELCOME TO LCRT 6915:
SEMINAR & PRACTICUM IN
LITERACY PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT

2. Tonight’s Agenda
 Philosophies: Share your draft
 Historical perspectives of reading &
literacy instruction
 Literacy Leadership & Assessing a School’s
Needs
 Looking ahead to Feb. 16th online &
Coaching Session #1 (March 2nd)
 NOTE: No APA Session today as per 6915
students’ input (Course calendar revised)

3. Philosophy Paper Workshop #1
6:00 – 6:20pm
1. Exchange your beliefs, paragraphs &
references with at least 2 different
classmates.
2. As you read your partner’s draft, write
questions & comments about content in the
margin. E.g., What professional literature
grounds this belief? How is your belief
supported in the research or by which
author? How does this belief get “played
out” in your practice? I’m confused by this –
could you clarify the idea? Have you thought
about how this idea connects to the writings
of XXX?

4. At 6:20pm
Read comments &
questions on your draft
Jot down “next steps” for
advancing the philosophy
draft.
A newly-updated draft is
due Feb. 26th after the
Feb. 16th ONLINE SESSION.
RETURN PHILOSOPHY
DRAFTS

5. Historical perspectives of reading
&
literacy instruction
THE PAST INFORMS
THE PRESENT
&
THE FUTURE

6. Why do you teach
reading & writing
the way you do?
HOW DID YOU LEARN
TO TEACH READING
& WRITING?

7. Historical Perspectives
RESOURCES &
READINGS:
-Turbill’s “Four Ages of
Reading”
-Vogt & Shearer’s “Historical
Context for Teaching Reading”
- Long & Seldon’s “Reading
Research & Federal Policy
during the past 35 years”
Return to your
readings and
reading notes.
Work together to
complete the
remainder of the
historical overview
table.

8. Historical Perspectives on Reading
RESOURCES &
READINGS:
- Turbill’s “Four Ages
of Reading”
- Vogt & Shearer’s
“Historical Context
for Teaching
Reading”
- Long & Seldon’s
“Reading Research &
Federal Policy during
the past 35 years”
Questions:
• What insights you have gained
about the history of reading &
writing instruction?
• Which aspects of the history of
reading learning & teaching reflect
the approach you use?
• Why do reading
specialists/literacy coaches need
to understand the influence of
methods & approaches used
historically?

9. What grounds your knowledge & beliefs?
RESEARCHERS/THEORISTS
-The Goodmans; -Cambourne
-Vygotsky; -Bruner
-Freire; -Marie Clay; and, -Pearson
AUTHORS
-Lucy Calkins
-Connie Weaver
-Katie Wood Ray
-Kris Tovanni
-Kelly Ghallager
-Reggie Routman
-Fisher & Frey
-Jim Knight
-inquiry process
-reflective teaching
-reciprocal teaching
-gradual release
-self discovery
-QAR
Works Read Approaches & practices

10. Make sure you know!
RESEARCHERS/THEORISTS
-The Goodmans
-Cambourne
-Vygotsky
-Bruner
-Freire
-Marie Clay
-Pearson
What ground-
breaking research
and/or
theory did they
put forth?

11. Chapter 3:
Who leads the literacy vision? What is it?
Literacy Leadership at the
school where you work:
• Who leads?
• Whose input is included?
• Who needs to be included?
Literacy Vision:
• How is reading being
taught? How is writing
being taught? Why?
• What changes need to be
made?
• Define “literacies”
• What type of
literacies are
included in the
school literacy where
you work?
• What type of
literacies are used by
students in your
class & their
families?

12. Chapter 4:
How would you go about determining the schools’
literacy needs? And a plan?
Use Ch. 4 as a resource:
What information do you need
before you begin to determine
the school’s literacy needs?
What questions would you ask
of the teachers about literacy &
literacy instruction?
• What questions would
you ask of the parents
about literacy & literacy
instruction?

13. SUBMIT THE FORM WITH THE
NAME OF YOUR PHILOSOPHY
PARTNER BEFORE YOU LEAVE
CLASS TONIGHT.
LOOKING AHEAD:
FEB. 16TH ONLINE: READINGS &
ONLINE DISCUSSION
FEB. 23RD ONLINE: PHILOSOPHY
DRAFT DUE (10-15 PAGES) &
PARTNER COMMENTS