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The Reading Instruction Show

Dr. Andy Johnson

The Reading Instruction Show is a podcast about reading instruction (and other things) with a little bit of attitude. There is plenty here to inform and entertain all. And, by the way, I"m not trying to sell any books. I don"t have any curriculum or programs to market. I don"t accept speaking fees. And, I don"t ever want to be a consultant.

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15:10

Teacher Writing Prompts

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/02/12

This podcast examines teacher writing prompts. Writing prompts should not be relied upon; however, they can be an effective tool to use occasionally. However, keep in mind that the ultimate goal of a good writing teacher is to be prompt-free. As well, there are good writing prompts and not-good writing prompts. This podcast looks at each..

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11:48

When Schools Use a Person-Centered, Open System

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/02/12

Teachers exist in a school context which exists within a systems context. A system is an interacting and interdependent set of elements working together to form a unified whole. To fully understand the obstacles teachers face and why some are leaving education, one must first understand the system in which they exist. Arthur Combs (1999) described two common types of systems used in organizations: top-down closed systems and person-centered open systems. This podcast describes a person-centered

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10:10

Problems When Schools Use the Top-Down, Closed...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/02/12

Teachers exist in a school context which exists within a systems context. A system is an interacting and interdependent set of elements working together to form a unified whole. To fully understand the obstacles teachers face and why some are leaving education, one must first understand the system in which they exist. Arthur Combs (1999) described two common types of systems used in organizations: top-down closed systems and person-centered open systems. This podcast describes the top-down

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11:59

Pre-Pre-Writing Strategies

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/02/10

I am writing a book about teaching writing. This book is based on the premise that human beings have an innate desire to communicate with other human beings. They naturally want the ideas to leak out of their head. Humans have an inherent inclination to express themselves and to share their ideas and experiences with other humans. Good writing instruction is built upon this natural inclination. Ineffective (bad) writing instruction stymies this natural impulse. And if students have been

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18:54

Using Educational Research to Make Sound Educational...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/02/08

So why should educators be concerned about educational research? What relevance does it have to our everyday practice? Educational research is used to create the theories upon which we design educational policies and practices. Theories help to organize relevant empirical facts (empirical means they can be observed or measured) in order to create a context for understanding phenomena. Sometimes people try to dismiss an idea or practice with which they do not agree by saying

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19:49

FRUED: HOW HIS IDEAS HELP US UNDERSTAND STUDENTS,...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/02/05

Sigmund Freud (1856 to 1939) is considered to be one of the pioneers of modern psychology. His theory of personality states that (a) the human psyche (personality) has more than one aspect (see below) and (b) the unconscious mind can be highly influential in directing human behavior. His contribution to the field of psychology was in describing how impulses and ideas contained in the unconscious were sometimes blocked from becoming conscious (Tuckett, 2019). These blocks contributed to the suffering

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15:14

CARL ROGERS: BEING AND BECOMING A PERSON AND A TEACHER

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/01/30

Like Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers was a humanistic psychologist who also described humans as naturally good and evolving entities. He pioneered a client-centered approach to psychotherapy that translated directly into a student-centered approach to teaching. This chapter describes some of his seminal ideas as they relate to human growth, teaching, and being a human being. As you listen to this podcoast you will notice that these ideas are interconnected such that the borders between teaching and

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14:56

Enabling Self-Actualization in the Classroom

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/01/21

Self-actualization is the term used to describe the natural unfolding and realization of one’s full potential. Put another way, within every acorn there is a mighty oak tree. To actualize is to enable the taproot to sprout from the acorn and the seedling to come forth and begin to grow to be the oak tree. Self-actualization is when the acorn recognizes the oak tree within, embraces oak-tree-ness, and begins the journey toward being and becoming an oak tree. This podcast describes some of the

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11:29

Expert Reading Instruction Rarely Occurs in Special...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/01/09

At one time it was thought that smaller class sizes and additional adult resources found in a segregated special education classroom would enable teachers here to provide individualized instruction that would meet the special needs of each student. It was thought as well that this would lead to improved learning outcomes for these students. This is not the case. It turns out that educational outcomes are more often diminished rather than enhanced in segregated settings. This is because students

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11:10

Problems in Special Ed World: The Medical Model,...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/01/09

This podcast further explores problems in Special Ed World. Addressed here: (a) the medical model used to understand "disabilities", (b) standardized instruction, (c) segregated instructional settings, and (d) systemic racism.

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14:12

Maslow's Theory of Motivation: Why We Must Look...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/01/06

Abraham Maslow (1908-1970) was among the earliest pioneers in humanistic psychology (sometimes referred to as growth psychology or third wave psychology). This movement begin to emerge in the 1950’s in response to the idea that humans were merely creatures driven by their subconscious (Sigmund Freud and the psychoanalytic model), or were organisms conditioned to respond to internal and external stimuli (B.F. Skinner and the behaviorist model). Instead, Maslow (as well as Carl Rogers Erik Erikson

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12:38

The Special Education Silo

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2022/01/05

I used to describe special education as a field – as in “the field of special education.” And indeed, it used to be a field. You can see this field when reading articles from the major special education academic journals in the 1990s and early 2000s. It was a field. Not a farmer’s field but a field in the wild. This kind of field is a beautiful place. It is an ecosystem, with birds, other animals, and a wide variety of plant life. And a field in the wild is not contained. It changes over

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15:00

Problems in Special Ed World: Reading Instruction and...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/30

:n our current educational system, standardized tests are used to assess the quality of the student-products as they move along the 13-year conveyor belt within the education factories commonly referred to as schools. Students whose test scores fall below a certain percentile ranking are thought to have a disability. Additional standardized tests are then given by standardized testing experts to confirm and diagnose the cause of the disability. Very much like a disease, a “special” standardized

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8:57

FAST READING FREDDY

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/30

Fast-Reading Freddy was a second-grade student. His father contacted me because, according to him, his son had reading problems. The scores on reading achievement tests were below grade level. His father indicated that he was going to get him tested for dyslexia. Knowing the devasting impact that such tests and labels can have, and the great amount of nothingness that such tests produce, I told his father I wanted to listen to Freddy read before any testing was done. This is the story of what I

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10:35

THE BIG, BIG PICTURE FOR READING INSTRUCTION

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/27

The podcast examines the big, big picture related to reading instruction. Four big ideas are presented here:1. A reading teacher’s number one job should be to help children fall in love with books.2. Students need reading practice3. Have good books available.4. Stop the search for magical elixirs.

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12:49

Testing Madness: A Cause of Ineffective Reading...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/22

One cause of ineffective reading instruction is an un-understanding of how the brain creates meaning with print. The other is testing madness. The number monkeys have taken over education! If we can’t put a number to a thing, it is thought not to exist.I have yet to come across a standardized test that taught a child to read. Despite all the colorful graphs and charts, I have yet to encounter a test that tells me exactly what I should do on Monday morning. They simply tell me how far away from

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13:34

Eye Movement and Miscue Analysis

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/20

Eye movement research tells us much about reading and the reading process. This type of research looks at eye movement as people are engaged in authentic reading activities (reading passages vs. individual words). Eye movement research shows that our eyeballs do not move in a nice, straight, orderly line from left to right. Also, our eyeballs skip over 40% of the words while reading.

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11:26

STOP CORRECTING MISTAKES AND TELLING STUDENTS TO...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/17

When students make a mistake or miscue during oral reading, our first impulse is to jump in and correct the mistake. We need to stop doing this. This podcast explains why. The first thing we do when students stop because they don't recognize a word is to tell them to "sound it out". We also need to stop doing this. This podcast explains why.

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14:18

A Cause of Ineffective Reading Instruction: An...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/14

One cause of ineffective reading instruction is the lack of understanding related to the reading process. More specifically, inaccurate information about how the brain creates meaning with print. Old ideas get in the way of new understandings. Un-understandings also get in the way of new understandings.

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17:48

The Fallacy of Scientifically-Based Reading Research

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2021/12/14

The traditional view of the scientific process. The traditional view of the scientific process goes something like this. You get two groups. You measure them before the study begins. You do something to one group and you don’t do something to the other. You control everything else so that the two groups are as similar as possible. Then after a bit, you measure them to see if there are differences between the two groups. [slide]. If there are, you can say that the thing you did to the one group was

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