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PedagogyPedagogy

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PedagogyPedagogy

Claire AcevedoSpecialist in Language and Literacy

Education

International Consultant for Reading to Learn, Dr David Rose, University of Sydney, Australia

progressive pedagogy

traditional pedagogy

Reading (and writing) leave the classroom

parent-child readingbefore school

beginning of independent readingjunior primary

reading for pleasure, homework beginsupper primary

independent reading for homeworksecondary

independent academic studytertiary

classroom teaching

Reading (and writing)

grundskola

gymnasium

grundskola

Genre pedagogy

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Learning:

understanding skills,

knowledge & concepts

Literacy:reading and writing in all

subjects

Integrated approach

to Literacy and

Learning

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Integrating theories

Genre Pedagogy

Social learning theory

- Vygotsky

Sociology of education- Bernstein

Educational linguistics- Halliday

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Scaffolding refers to the temporary framework used to support workers and materials during the construction or repair of a building.

The metaphor of “scaffolding” student learning refers to the temporary and timely support provided by an “expert” to effectively assist students to complete a task or develop new understandings, so that they will later be able to complete similar tasks alone.

Adapted from: Hammond J. & Gibbons P. in Hammond J. (ed) 2001, Scaffolding Teaching and Learning

in Language and Literacy Education, PETA, Newtown, NSW

“Scaffolding”

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Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)

Vygotsky,1934,1986

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skill

s

timeindependent skill

supported task

zone of proximal development

Social learning model (after Vygotsky) D. Rose, 2005

Teacher Knowledge

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Teacher led/ modelled

Scaffolding Learning in Context

Teacher regulated Joint Practice Student Regulated

Joint Practice/

teacher

together with students

Independent student led

I do, you watch

I do, you help/You do, I help

You do, I watch

Adapted from:

Strategic Reading: Guiding Students to Lifelong Literacy by Jeffrey Wilhelm, Tanya Baker, and Julie Dube. Copyright © 2001

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Framework of Learning Contexts

Challenge

Support

Demands too high;

Failure likely

Extension of learning and capability

Low motivation;

Boredom and

Behaviour problems likely

Comfortable/Easy;

Little learning likely

Hammond & Gibbons, 2001, Scaffolding p4,. Adapted from Mariani, L, (1997),

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Integrating theories

Genre Pedagogy

Social learning theory

- Vygotsky

Sociology of education- Bernstein

Educational linguistics- Halliday

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letter pattern

syllableword

word group

sentence

paragraphtext

context

patterns within

the sentence

patterns

within the text

patterns within

the word

Functional model of language in context

D. Rose, 2005

Generations of genre based pedagogies

1990s writing across the secondary curriculumWrite it Right

2000s reading across the curriculumReading to Learn

1980s writing in the primary schoolWriting Project

Generation 1: writing in the primary school

Teaching-learning cycle (from Rothery 1994)

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Rose, 2005

Building Understandings in Literacy and Teaching

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Authors fromThe University of Melbourne, Victoria Australia:

Associate Professor, Kristina LoveK. PigdonG. BakerJ. Hamston

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Dr David Rose, University of Sydney, Australia

www.readingtolearn.com.au

‘Closing the gap’

growth = 21%(B to A)

growth = 74%(E to C)

gap = 83% gap = 47%

E

C

B

A2008Australi

an (NSW)

results:

top and bottom student cohorts

averaged across all classes, Years K-9

Reading to Learn

scaffolding cycle

Feedback Respond

Initiate

Initiate-Response-Feedback cycle

Elaborate Task

Prepare

‘eclectic approach’

Difficult for

struggling

students to

synthesise these different approach

es

letter pattern

syllableword

word group

sentence

paragraphtext

context

patterns within

the sentence

patterns

within the text

patterns within

the word

Functional model of language in context

D. Rose, 2005

Integrated

systematic

approach