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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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All Episodes

11:17

RACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO:...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/21

Disability and race are both social construction designed to put human beings into categories. This podcast examines two models of disability: the medical model and the social model. The medical model views disability as something that is ‘wrong’ with a person’s body or mind. There is something wrong with the person that needs to be fixed. Sadly, this is the model that predominates special education.

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13:30

VOCABULARY: AN OVERVIEW OF WORD LEARNNG

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/13

Children learn between 3,000 and 4,000 words a year. By the end of elementary school they know approximately 25,000 and by the end of high school approximately 50,000 to 80,000 words. The question is: How do they learn all these words? Do they learn them from vocabulary worksheets? Do they learn them by looking them up and writing down the definition? Do they learn them as a result of direct instruction? how do children learn new words? Why is word learning important? What can teachers do to enhance

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6:34

THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO - Part 2

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/05

There is a bit of racism in the special education silo. I used to describe special education as a field – as in “the field of special education.” And indeed, it did 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

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11:09

RACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO - PART 1

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/03

This is the first in a series of podcasts that will address racism as it pertains to special education and literacy instruction. In these podcasts I am addressing the special education system, which I refer to a silo. In this podcast, I define racism.A disclaimer: In these podcasts I am not referring to any particular school, school district, university, or teacher preparation program. I am addressing systemic racism in the larger special education silo.

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7:33

ACTION RESEARCH: THE STEPS

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/02

The steps of the action research process are described below. Note that it is a recursive process that does not always proceed in a linear fashion (Johnson, 2012; Patterson & Shannon, 1993). Thus, some of these steps may need to be repeated several times, or they may have to be done in a different order. 1. Ask a question, identify a problem, or select a research topic. 2. Set the problem or research topic in a theoretical context. 3. Make a plan for data collection4. Begin to collect and analyze

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6:50

ACTION RESEARCH: 7 DESCRIPTORS

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/02

The following seven descriptors provide insight as to the nature of action research.1. Action research is systematic2. You do not start with an answer. 3. Action research projects vary in length. 4. The study must be adequately planned before beginning to collect data5. Observations should be regular, but they do not necessarily have to be long. 6. Action research is grounded in theory. 7. Action research is not an experimental study.

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9:05

BEING AND BECOMING AN EXPERT TEACHER

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/08/02

Teachers are the most significant variable in determining the quality of education students receive and the amount of learning that occurs. Yet, when it comes to discussions about how to enhance learning or improve the quality of education, this most significant variable is often ignored. To make this variable even more significant, there must be continued investment in teacher professional development.It is naïve to think that a finished teaching product can be created in four semesters of any

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11:38

METHODS, STRATEGIES, AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN READING

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/07/25

A method in education usually refers to a defined process or specific set of techniques that are used exclusively in a prescribed fashion for instruction in a particular subject area. In contrast, a pedagogical strategy is a specific teaching technique that is used selectively in a variety of subject areas for a specific purpose. Direct instruction is one such pedagogical strategy. It should not be considered a method. There are instances when direct instruction is the most effective strategy to

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13:36

SIGHT WORDS AND SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CHARTS

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/07/22

This podcast describes strategies for attending to sight words in a meaning-based approach to reading. It ends with an examination of scope and sequence charts.

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15:56

UNDERSTANDING COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD TERMS AND...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/07/08

There are eight terms related to reading instruction that are commonly misunderstood: (1) reading, (2) word recognition, (3) word identification, (4) decoding, (5) a strategy, (6) a skill, (7) systematic phonics instruction, and (8) a balanced approach. This podcast is to bring clarity to these commonly misunderstood terms.

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11:20

TOO MUCH STINK'N PHONICS

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/07/04

Phonics is the ability to associate sounds with letters or letter patterns. Phonics is one of four ways used to identify individual words as we read. The other three are: (a) analogy [word families], (b) morphemic awareness [prefix, suffix, affix, root], and (c) context clues [semantics]. Phonics instruction is very important, but it should never be taught as the sole component in a reading program. If reading instruction consists only of phonics, the other word identification skills will not

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11:32

ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT WHOLE LANGUAGE? YUP.

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/07/04

In viewing online discussion groups and reading various articles related to reading instruction and struggling readers, it is clear that many believe that ‘whole language’ is a bad thing. All well and good, but one should understand exactly what whole language is before rejecting it.

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8:44

WRITING SHOULD BE PART OF READING INSTRUCTION

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/07/04

After wide reading, writing is probably the next best thing you can use to help struggling readers. You can often hear beginning and emergent readers sounding out words as they listen to find the correct letter-sounds. This helps in the development of the phonetic cuing system. Writing also invites students to focus on word order, grammar, and the logical structure of the language. In this way it also develops the syntactical cuing system.

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20:12

THE LIMITATIONS OF STANDARDIZED TESTS FOR DIAGNOSING...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/29

Standardized tests are effective for describing how far students are from a mythical average. They are very ineffective in diagnosing the cause of reading difficulties. This podcast explains.

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7:00

THE SCIENCE, ART, AND CRAFT OF TEACHING - AND EXPERT...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/26

The teacher is the most significant variable in determining how much learning takes place in any classroom. We must attend to this most significant variable. This occurs through professional develop that focuses on four kinds of knowledge: content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge, pedagogical content knowledge, and knowledge of learners and learning.

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16:17

SOCIAL COGNITIVE LEARNING THEORY - APPLICATIONS

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/19

This podcast explains and describes social cognitive learning theory and its applications. Social cognitive learning theory involves observing the behaviors of others and the resulting rewards and punishments. Future behaviors were then based on these observations. From the perspective of social cognitive learning theory, learning is a change in mental processes that creates the capacity to demonstrate different behaviors that occurs as a result of observing others.

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15:02

RESPONDING TO TEXT AND WHY THE COMMON CORE STATE...

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/17

This podcast describes efferent and aesthetic responses to text. It explains how we should approach and respond to expository (informational) and narrative text. It also explains why some of the Common Core State Standards related to literature are absurd, silly, and ridiculous,

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24:59

UNDERSTANDING READING FROM A COGNITIVE PERSPECTIVE

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/14

This podcast describes how our brain creates meaning with text from a cognitive perspective. The information processing model, sometimes called the standard memory model, is used here. It depicts the process our brain uses to take in information as well as how we analyze, organize, store, and retrieve information. It also accounts for the two-way flow of information that occurs during the reading process.

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12:53

HUMANISTIC LEARNING THEORY

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/11

Psychologists Carl Rogers and Abraham Maslow are generally thought to be the founders of modern humanistic learning theory (DeCarvalho, 1991). Humanistic learning theory is not as easily defined as some learning theories. Indeed, there are differing views on what humanistic learning theory is or might be. And like other learning theories described in this book, they share common elements. However, all views on humanistic learning seem to share three overriding tenets: First, humans are by their

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8:35

TEACHER PROFESSIONALISM

The Reading Instruction Show ·

2020/06/11

In this podcast I describe 11 attributes of what I believe to be teacher professionalism. They are based on the perspective I hold as a holistic educator. You will need to identify and define your own set of attributes

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