[Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Austin ILA

Sun Apr 15 14:57:49 BST 2018

Good morning folks...

Jim..thanks for two things...the work the team is doing for the ILA Convention and for sharing the thoughts on the recent conference in Mexico.

After 45 years in the field (I'm not really all that old, I started very young...and I'm sticking to that story) I've come to the conclusion that our doc students face two great weaknesses. They know virtually nothing about the history of literacy or literacy instruction (thank you to Jim and others of you who have actually covered the topic in-depth), and they know nothing about comparative/international literacy (organizations, policies, players, pedagogical practices, researchers, cultures, etc.). Courses in both will change each student's worldview. One must question...how can students pass their comprehensive examinations without demonstrating a strong knowledge of both topics.  What troubles me more greatly is we as "senior" members of the field have spawned a generation (or two) of members of the professoriate who are little better in their understandings of these two fundamental components of the field's foundation. Furthermore, ILA standards around these topics are at best laughable. 

BTW...we were able to rescue all the volumes of the History of Reading News from internet oblivion...if you want a digital set holler back at me, and I'll figure out a way to get you a set.

Oh well...time to let my high horse out to pasture.

Enjoy the day...

Norm

Norman Stahl
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From: Hoffman, James V <jhoffman at austin.utexas.edu>
To: Carole Bloch <csbloch at gmail.com>
Cc: Brian Cambourne <bcambrn at uow.edu.au>; reading-hall-of-fame <reading-hall-of-fame at nottingham.ac.uk>; Cunningham, James William <jwcunnin at live.unc.edu>; Diane Lapp <lapp at sdsu.edu>
Sent: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 7:55 am
Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Re: Austin ILA

I just attended the CIES (Comparative & International Education Society) conference in Mexico. The theme was something like ReMapping Global Education; South to North dialogue.  There were two layers to the conference.  The North was on top and visible.  USAiD, World Bank etc  continue to make the push for EGRA led by the Crouch and Abadzi (How on earth do such people become the leading literacy experts in the world???) . The usual suspects of RTI (and the other beltway bandits) keep playing along.   Then there was the “South” on the bottom and nearly invisible except by color.  Here the conversations were energetic, thoughtful, and important.  As for the dialogue — none. The north continues to tell the South what they need. The scholarship around literacy is absent from any of the discussions (oh, i did hear in one presentation that “Reading is not Rocket Science’ — that was the leading sentence to a presentation about work in Africa with a15 million dollar project affecting over 600 schools.  and then there was the presentation around the Rumelhart interactive pedagogy method — I’m sure we all know that one.)

it was the most depressing conference experience I have ever had and I only had to listen to it.  Millions are getting this shoved down their throats.   jim

On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:31 AM, carole bloch <csbloch at gmail.com> wrote:

I so wish I could be there too! Would be great to read/see the debates.

Sunday greetings from the beautiful but very dry and troubled outer reaches... where a few of us are now struggling to contextualise and counter  the Helen Abadzi (using neuroscience from people like Dehaene and Shaywitz) 'truths' on how 'the poor'  African language speaking  children can only learn to read by decoding automaticity... this has been taken by some influential researchers and policy makers as the next route out of the comprehension disaster evidence (PIRLS 2016).

Brian, I wonder if you know that one of the articles which helped me to frame the reading for enjoyment campaign I started in 2012 was your 1996 one - I still circulate it  to many young activists in SA trying to ensure a more meaningful future trajectory for children. 

Carole
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On 14 April 2018 at 23:27, Brian Cambourne <bcambrn at uow.edu.au> wrote:

Looks like a great session. Wish I could be there.
 Brian Cambourne

On 15 Apr 2018, at 2:05 AM, Hoffman, James V <jhoffman at austin.utexas.edu> wrote:

Greetings,  

I am pasting the program description for the Reading Hall of Fame seminar/presentation at ILA in Austin and attaching a more complete description To my knowledge, there is no formal meeting for the RHOF at the conference. However, anyone wanting to go out after the session to just catch up we can plan for that..  We look forward to you joining us in this session and Welcome to Austin!

jim

Reading Hall of Fame: A Critical Examination of Four Policy Briefs From the ILA Literacy Research Panel
Sun, Jul 22, 2018: 1:00 PM  - 2:00 PM 
0918 
Cosponsored Session 
Austin Convention Center 
Room: 18A - Theater 
The International Literacy Association formed the "Literacy Research Panel" in 2012 to respond to critical literacy issues facing policy makers. The LRP has been active in responding quickly to such challenges as the National Council of Teacher Quality (NCTQ) report on teacher preparation. This Reading Hall of Fame's session will focus on a subset of these Policy Briefs and the work of the Panel. This examination of the policy briefs is intended to deepen our understanding of these areas. The RHOF is focusing on just four of the briefs. Four members of the RHOF will take the lead in formulating a response. Diane Lapp, the current chair for the Literacy Research Panel, will chair the session and offer background on the work on the development of these Briefs. Lesley Morrow, a past president of ILA and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame will serve as discussant. 

Presenter

Dr. James Hoffman, The University of Texas at Austin 

Copresenter(s)

Dr. Diane Lapp, San Diego State University 
James Cunningham, Uniiversity of North Carolina 
MaryEllen Vogt, California State University 
Donna Alvermann, University of Georgia 
Lesley Mandel Morrow, Rutgers the State University of NJ 

Age Levels

General (age 4-18)

Keywords

Differentiated Instruction
Literacy Leadership

Research

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