From David.Reinking at uga.edu Fri Jun 9 13:55:09 2023 From: David.Reinking at uga.edu (David P. Reinking) Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2023 12:55:09 +0000 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] voting on TIAA ballot Message-ID: For those of you who, like me, received a ballot from Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of American (TIAA), a recommendation for how to vote follows below. The recommendation comes from TIAA Divest, a committee within Third Act?s Educators Working Group (an activist organization for senior citizens). It is part of their efforts to leverage large investors to move away from investing in fossil fuels. My apologies to those of you who do not have retirement accounts with TIAA, especially those of you who live in other countries. But, perhaps you have investments in other companies with similar opportunities to exert leverage in this direction. TIAA clients are now receiving materials for the ?2023 TIAA Election.? The candidates are vying for seats on the Board of Trustees. All candidates are already members of the Board of Trustees. All were selected by the Board of Governors, who themselves actually elect the trustees and who only ?seek your participation as a TIAA participant.? None of the candidates is a scientist or educator; none has provided any evidence of concern with the climate crisis or with changing TIAA?s destructive investment practices. TIAA-Divest therefore encourages all clients to vote ?AGAINST? the entire slate of Trustees. Since the Governors intend for this election to inform them of ?participants? views,? this is the way for you to register your deep discontentment with their $78 billion investment in fossil fuel holdings and their land grabs from Oregon to Brazil that are destroying communities and the environment. We also encourage you to vote ?NO? on question #2, the ?Advisory Vote on TIAA's Executive Compensation.? 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I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, *Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language*. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *"If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* *Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses* 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From trasinsk at kent.edu Fri Jun 23 02:01:03 2023 From: trasinsk at kent.edu (Rasinski, Timothy) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 01:01:03 +0000 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] EXT: Balanced Literacy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: May be mistaken but I recall Jim and Pat Cunningham taking up the call for balanced reading instruction- defining it as a comprehensive approach to the teaching of reading. Get Outlook for iOS ________________________________ From: Reading-hall-of-fame on behalf of P David Pearson Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:57:04 PM To: reading hall of fame Subject: EXT: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy Fact-checking my own recollections of history. I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903 ?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. 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David Pearson" Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 5:57 PM To: reading hall of fame Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy Fact-checking my own recollections of history. I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903 ?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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Gay Ivey ________________________________ From: Reading-hall-of-fame on behalf of Douglas Fisher Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2023 9:19 PM To: reading hall of fame Subject: Re: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy I would add the 1996 book Teaching Our Children To Read: The Role of Skills in a Comprehensive Reading Program by Bill Honig, with the first chapter title: The Case for a Balanced Approach. Doug From: Reading-hall-of-fame on behalf of "P. David Pearson" Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 5:57 PM To: reading hall of fame Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy Fact-checking my own recollections of history. I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." 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Kris Guti?rrez Carol Liu Distinguished Professor Associate Dean Berkeley School of Education University of California, Berkeley 2121 Berkeley Way Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670 gutierrkd at berkeley.edu Member, National Academy of Education Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences > On Jun 22, 2023, at 5:57 PM, P David Pearson wrote: > > Fact-checking my own recollections of history. > > I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. > > I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). > > And then I recall a 1996 book by > E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. > > Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. > > David > > > -- > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > "If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903 > ?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > P. David Pearson > Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Professor of Instructional Science > Graduate School of Education > University of California, Berkeley > > email: ppearson at berkeley.edu > other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com > website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org > ******************* > Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses > 110 41st Street, Apt 401 > Oakland CA 94611-5237 > iPhone: 510 543 6508 > **************************************** > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. 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URL: From ppearson at berkeley.edu Fri Jun 23 03:50:43 2023 From: ppearson at berkeley.edu (P David Pearson) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 21:50:43 -0500 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy In-Reply-To: <566711DB-0044-4F6C-BD83-787C6A591495@berkeley.edu> References: <566711DB-0044-4F6C-BD83-787C6A591495@berkeley.edu> Message-ID: I started using the radical middle in the preface to Teaching Reading Comprehension in 1978. I borrowed it from Jules Pfeiffer, who used it in a 1950?s cartoon describing Eisenhower?s politics. But I don?t think I uttered the term balanced literacy until I started using it in talks in about 1995 or so. I should see what PowerPoints I have in my cloud storage. P David Pearson 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland, CA 94611-5237 510.543.6508 *If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* On Jun 22, 2023, at 7:25 PM, Kris Gutierrez wrote: ?David, I recall you writing about the ?radical middle,? which I used; I don?t recall your writing on balanced literacy. Kris Guti?rrez Carol Liu Distinguished Professor Associate Dean Berkeley School of Education University of California, Berkeley 2121 Berkeley Way Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670 gutierrkd at berkeley.edu Member, National Academy of Education Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences On Jun 22, 2023, at 5:57 PM, P David Pearson wrote: Fact-checking my own recollections of history. I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, *Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language*. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *"If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* *Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses* 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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Tarry Professor Emerita School of Education and Social Policy Northwestern University Member, National Academy of Education Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, American Educational Research Association Fellow, National Conference on Language and Literacy President, National Academy of Education Member, Reading Hall of Fame Fellow, International Society of the Learning. Sciences From: Reading-hall-of-fame on behalf of P David Pearson Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 9:51 PM To: Kris Gutierrez Cc: reading hall of fame Subject: Re: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy I started using the radical middle in the preface to Teaching Reading Comprehension in 1978. I borrowed it from Jules Pfeiffer, who used it in a 1950?s cartoon describing Eisenhower?s politics. But I don?t think I uttered the term balanced literacy until I started using it in talks in about 1995 or so. I should see what PowerPoints I have in my cloud storage. P David Pearson 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland, CA 94611-5237 510.543.6508 If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903 ?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec On Jun 22, 2023, at 7:25 PM, Kris Gutierrez > wrote: ?David, I recall you writing about the ?radical middle,? which I used; I don?t recall your writing on balanced literacy. Kris Guti?rrez Carol Liu Distinguished Professor Associate Dean Berkeley School of Education University of California, Berkeley 2121 Berkeley Way Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670 gutierrkd at berkeley.edu Member, National Academy of Education Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences On Jun 22, 2023, at 5:57 PM, P David Pearson > wrote: Fact-checking my own recollections of history. I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ "If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903 ?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey Emeritus Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and attachment. 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URL: From ppearson at berkeley.edu Fri Jun 23 04:31:36 2023 From: ppearson at berkeley.edu (P David Pearson) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 22:31:36 -0500 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I completely agree, Carol. I am just trying to trace the evolution of both the idea and the label. David P David Pearson 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland, CA 94611-5237 510.543.6508 *If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* On Jun 22, 2023, at 8:25 PM, Carol D Lee wrote: ? Keep in m ind this is not a scientific debate. It?s a political debate. We need to figure out how to engage the politics. Carol Carol D. Lee, Ph.D. Edwina S. Tarry Professor Emerita School of Education and Social Policy Northwestern University Member, National Academy of Education Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow, American Educational Research Association Fellow, National Conference on Language and Literacy President, National Academy of Education Member, Reading Hall of Fame Fellow, International Society of the Learning. Sciences *From: *Reading-hall-of-fame < reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of P David Pearson *Date: *Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 9:51 PM *To: *Kris Gutierrez *Cc: *reading hall of fame *Subject: *Re: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy I started using the radical middle in the preface to Teaching Reading Comprehension in 1978. I borrowed it from Jules Pfeiffer, who used it in a 1950?s cartoon describing Eisenhower?s politics. But I don?t think I uttered the term balanced literacy until I started using it in talks in about 1995 or so. I should see what PowerPoints I have in my cloud storage. P David Pearson 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland, CA 94611-5237 510.543.6508 *If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* On Jun 22, 2023, at 7:25 PM, Kris Gutierrez wrote: ?David, I recall you writing about the ?radical middle,? which I used; I don?t recall your writing on balanced literacy. Kris Guti?rrez Carol Liu Distinguished Professor Associate Dean Berkeley School of Education University of California, Berkeley 2121 Berkeley Way Berkeley, Ca 94720-1670 gutierrkd at berkeley.edu Member, National Academy of Education Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences On Jun 22, 2023, at 5:57 PM, P David Pearson wrote: Fact-checking my own recollections of history. I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). And then I recall a 1996 book by E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, *Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills in whole language*. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as Horace Mann. David -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *"If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com *website for publications*: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* *Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses* 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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The group was started to counteract what they considered the unchecked acceptance of whole language as the approach to use with any and all students and to send the alternate message that there is no necessary conflict between authentic activity (usually considered the province of whole language) and explicit instruction of skills and strategies (usually considered the province of curriculum-centered approaches). For elaborate accounts of balanced literacy instruction, see McIntyre and Pressley (1996); Gambrell, Morrow, Newman, and Pressley (1999); and Pearson (1996) How soon we forget, even our own work. David On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 6:01?PM Rasinski, Timothy wrote: > May be mistaken but I recall Jim and Pat Cunningham taking up the call for > balanced reading instruction- defining it as a comprehensive approach to > the teaching of reading. > > Get Outlook for iOS > ------------------------------ > *From:* Reading-hall-of-fame < > reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of P David > Pearson > *Sent:* Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:57:04 PM > *To:* reading hall of fame > *Subject:* EXT: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy > > Fact-checking my own recollections of history. > > I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago > that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was > also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su > Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to > recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. > > I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s > version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between > colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned > with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were > some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader > who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some > even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something > like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). > > And then I recall a 1996 book by > > E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, *Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills > in whole language*. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. > > Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining > Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as > Horace Mann. > > David > > > -- > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > *"If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of > tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* > > *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw > Jerzy Lec* > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > P. David Pearson > Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science > Graduate School of Education > University of California, Berkeley > > email: ppearson at berkeley.edu > other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com > website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org > ******************* > *Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses* > 110 41st Street, Apt 401 > Oakland CA 94611-5237 > iPhone: 510 543 6508 > **************************************** > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and > attachment. > > Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not > necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. Email > communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored > where permitted by law. > > > > > *CAUTION: EXTERNAL SENDER* Do not click any links, open any attachments, > or REPLY to the message unless you trust the sender and know the content is > safe. > -- +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *"If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw Jerzy Lec* +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ P. David Pearson Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science Graduate School of Education University of California, Berkeley email: ppearson at berkeley.edu other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org ******************* *Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses* 110 41st Street, Apt 401 Oakland CA 94611-5237 iPhone: 510 543 6508 **************************************** -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cgreenl at wested.org Fri Jun 23 19:51:03 2023 From: cgreenl at wested.org (Cynthia Greenleaf) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:51:03 -0700 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] EXT: Balanced Literacy In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: What I find really interesting about that footnote is the motivation for the term compared to the pejorative use of it now by the uninformed. Wouldn't it be great to show up at the full frontal fonicx fora to say, "Actually, balanced reading instruction was a term adopted at the 1989 ..." *Cynthia Greenleaf, PhD* Senior Research Scientist Literacy | WestEd *e*. greenleaf.cynthia at gmail.com cgreenl at wested.org readingapprenticeship.org *Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, you do better. ~Maya Angelou* On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:18?AM P David Pearson wrote: > I did find this obscure footnote on p 246 of MY OWN article on The Reading > Wars from 2004: > > In 1989, a special interest group with the apocryphal label of Balanced > Reading Instruction was organized at the International Reading Association. > The group was started to counteract what they considered the unchecked > acceptance of whole language as the approach to use with any and all > students and to send the alternate message that there is no necessary > conflict between authentic activity (usually considered the province of > whole language) and explicit instruction of skills and strategies (usually > considered the province of curriculum-centered approaches). For elaborate > accounts of balanced literacy instruction, see McIntyre and Pressley > (1996); Gambrell, Morrow, Newman, and Pressley (1999); and Pearson (1996) > > > How soon we forget, even our own work. > > > David > > > > On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 6:01?PM Rasinski, Timothy > wrote: > >> May be mistaken but I recall Jim and Pat Cunningham taking up the call >> for balanced reading instruction- defining it as a comprehensive approach >> to the teaching of reading. >> >> Get Outlook for iOS >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Reading-hall-of-fame < >> reading-hall-of-fame-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk> on behalf of P >> David Pearson >> *Sent:* Thursday, June 22, 2023 8:57:04 PM >> *To:* reading hall of fame >> *Subject:* EXT: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Balanced Literacy >> >> Fact-checking my own recollections of history. >> >> I was surprised to learn from the Daily in the NYT a couple of weeks ago >> that Lucy Calkins was the founder of balanced literacy. I imagine she was >> also surprised to learn that. And I know that our RHF colleague, Gay Su >> Pinnell, has sometimes received the same attribution. So I am trying to >> recall when I first became aware of the common use of balanced literacy. >> >> I am a little vague on this, but I do remember that in the early 90s >> version of the reading wars, which sometimes featured tensions between >> colleagues affiliated with the Whole Language Umbrella and those aligned >> with the findings of Marilyn Adams' Beginning to Read volume, there were >> some researchers and teacher educators and many state and district leader >> who began searching for a middle ground. And I vaguely recall that some >> even banded together to ask IRA to authorize the establishment of something >> like a Balanced Literacy SIG (special interest group). >> >> And then I recall a 1996 book by >> >> E. McIntyre & M. Pressley, *Balanced Instruction: Strategies and skills >> in whole language*. Boston MA: Christopher-Gordon. >> >> Can others add to the story of who was involved--and how-- in coining >> Balanced Literacy? And I bet there are uses of the term as far back as >> Horace Mann. >> >> David >> >> >> -- >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> *"If we teach today?s students as we taught yesterday?s, we rob them of >> tomorrow." John Dewey, 1903* >> >> *?Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.? ? Stanislaw >> Jerzy Lec* >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> P. David Pearson >> Evelyn Lois Corey *Emeritus* Professor of Instructional Science >> Graduate School of Education >> University of California, Berkeley >> >> email: ppearson at berkeley.edu >> other e-mail: pdavidpearsondean at gmail.com >> website for publications: www.pdavidpearson.org >> ******************* >> *Please use HOME ADDRESS for responses* >> 110 41st Street, Apt 401 >> Oakland CA 94611-5237 >> iPhone: 510 543 6508 >> **************************************** >> >> This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee >> and may contain confidential information. If you have received this >> message in error, please contact the sender and delete the email and >> attachment. >> >> Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not >> necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. 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URL: From tgsticht at gmail.com Sat Jun 24 22:11:44 2023 From: tgsticht at gmail.com (Thomas Sticht) Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2023 14:11:44 -0700 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Multiliteracies:Making Connections in Adult Literacy Education Message-ID: June 24, 2023 Multiliteracies: Making Connections in Adult Literacy Education Tom Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education (Ret.) In 1974 I spent the spring semester at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a visiting associate professor teaching courses in adult literacy education and the development of readable, usable materials for adults. I was assigned to work in the office of Professor Courtney Cazden who was on sabbatical leave that year. Also in that year colleagues and I published a book entitled Auding and Reading: A Developmental Model that cited research by Cazden (1972) on oral language and children?s education so the assignment of me to her office was an interesting event for me. Some 20 years later, in 1994, both Courtney and I were inducted into the international Reading Hall of Fame and then, just two years later, in 1996, Courtney joined with several others to form the New London Group which published a seminal article entitled ?A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures? emphasizing ?the multiple linguistic and cultural differences in our society? Another member of the New London Group was Allan Luke, who was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2021 Luke was serving as a member of the board for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education (OREE) and recommended to the publishers that I be invited to write an article on Adult Literacy and Basic Education in the United States for the OREE. I was indeed contacted and I agreed to write the article (Sticht, 2022).. In the article I discussed various topics that are today often discussed in terms of ?multiliteracies? as formulated by the New London Group with both Courtney Cazden and Allan Luke as members. This includes topics such as academic literacy, health literacy, family literacy, workplace literacies, civics literacy, and digital literacy. Now, bringing this all up to date, Cacicio, Cote, & Bigger (2023) have prepared a report for ?ALL IN: The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network?, a coalition of organizations formed by the Barbara Bush Foundation to advance adult literacy education in the United States. Entitled ?Investing in Multiple Literacies for Individual and Collective Empowerment? the report?s authors ?,,,acknowledge the seminal work of the New London group in establishing the concept of multiliteracies which captures the multiplicity of communications channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today; multiple literacies shares a focus on the impact of technology and distributed digital information on literacy?.. The Cacicio et al (2023) report maintains that ?In the age of information, the types of literacies needed to participate in society have increased dramatically. These literacies include civic, digital, financial, health, information, and oral literacy, among others, all of which correlate to strong foundational literacy skills. Foundational adult literacy skills are clearly linked to sustained income growth,2 better healthcare access,3 improved job prospects for justice-involved and returning citizens,4 and stronger language and literacy skills among children.5? Reference number 5 at the end of the above paragraph refers to a paper I wrote (Sticht, 2011) that discusses the relationships between oral language and written language learning, which relates to the works by Cazden (1972) and Sticht et al. (1974) mentioned earlier, and how this helps in the intergenerational transfer of oracy and literacy from parents to their children. In the Cacicio et al (2023) report oral language and literacy are discussed in a section on Storytelling and Oral Literacy and notes that, ?Historically, oral culture and communication has served as a powerful tool of resistance to oppression, particularly among Black and Indigenous communities. Storytelling and public speaking in general, is a leadership skill?embodying empathy, emotional intelligence, and the ability to motivate others.? Cacicio et al (2023) report that the purpose of their paper ?. .. is to clarify how promoting access and integrated support of multiple literacies at the individual level can enable our country?s shared social, economic, and civic well-being. It aims to demonstrate how educators, employers, nonprofit, and government leaders can drive collective investment in multiple literacies and create thriving communities nationwide.? Hopefully, this message will provide additional advocacy leverage for getting increased funding for and participation in the Adult Education and Literacy System of the United States. References *?As our world becomes increasingly the written word becomes the baseline for communication* Cacicio, S., Cote, P., & Bigger, K. (2023). Investing in Multiple Literacies for Individual and Collective Empowerment. [White Paper]. The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network. https://allinliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Investing-in-Multiple-Literacies-for- Individual-and-Collective-Empowerment.pdf Cazden, C. (1972). Child Language and Education. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New London Group.(1996). A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures. Harvard Educational Review, 66, 60?92. Sticht, T. et al. (1974). Auding and Reading: A Developmental Model. Online at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED097641.pdf Sticht, T. (2011) Getting it Right From the Start. American Educator. Fall 2011. Online at: https://www.aft. org/sites/default/files/Sticht.pdf Sticht, T. (2022). Adult Literacy and Basic Education in the United States. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1744 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From a2.luke at qut.edu.au Sun Jun 25 23:17:36 2023 From: a2.luke at qut.edu.au (Allan Luke) Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2023 22:17:36 +0000 Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Multiliteracies:Making Connections in Adult Literacy Education In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you, Tom, for your generous narrative recollection. Courtney's contribution to the field carries on shining. She and I did this interview piece for her 2019 Routledge collection, trying to capture some of the historical context of her work and that of Michael Cole, Dell Hymes, Basil Bernstein and colleagues. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/371852870_Beginnings_and_Endings_An_Intergenerational_Conversation There is another interview piece a few years back for the journal Curriculum Inquiry - focusing on 'outsiders' working in Indigenous educational contexts. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333483268_On_cultural_others_working_with_Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_educators_and_communities_Courtney_B_Cazden_and_Allan_Luke_in_conversation Tom's piece for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education is a comprehensive an overview of adult literacy, written with Tom's synoptic precision and focus. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1744 * If any of you have topics that you would like to take up in an entry for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, contact me directly. The ORE, under lead editor George Noblett - who happens to be a great bluegrass bassist - has been going for a decade plus now and we've had great success as a 'non-canonical' Encyclopedia, taking up important topics, divergent and convergent, historical and contemporary. We've already featured work by Tom, Arlette Willis, Donna Alvermann and Greg Brooks. The online readership and uptake has been significant, and Oxford (a non-profit), has committed all proceeds to maintaining and renewing the venture. Thanks again, Tom - and hope you are all well and flourishing. Allan Allan Luke Brisbane, Queensland, Australia https://www.reverbnation.com/allanluke ________________________________ From: Reading-hall-of-fame on behalf of Thomas Sticht Sent: Sunday, 25 June 2023 07:11 To: reading hall of fame Subject: [Reading-hall-of-fame] Multiliteracies:Making Connections in Adult Literacy Education June 24, 2023 Multiliteracies: Making Connections in Adult Literacy Education Tom Sticht, International Consultant in Adult Education (Ret.) In 1974 I spent the spring semester at the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a visiting associate professor teaching courses in adult literacy education and the development of readable, usable materials for adults. I was assigned to work in the office of Professor Courtney Cazden who was on sabbatical leave that year. Also in that year colleagues and I published a book entitled Auding and Reading: A Developmental Model that cited research by Cazden (1972) on oral language and children?s education so the assignment of me to her office was an interesting event for me. Some 20 years later, in 1994, both Courtney and I were inducted into the international Reading Hall of Fame and then, just two years later, in 1996, Courtney joined with several others to form the New London Group which published a seminal article entitled ?A pedagogy of multiliteracies: Designing social futures? emphasizing ?the multiple linguistic and cultural differences in our society? Another member of the New London Group was Allan Luke, who was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2021 Luke was serving as a member of the board for the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education (OREE) and recommended to the publishers that I be invited to write an article on Adult Literacy and Basic Education in the United States for the OREE. I was indeed contacted and I agreed to write the article (Sticht, 2022).. In the article I discussed various topics that are today often discussed in terms of ?multiliteracies? as formulated by the New London Group with both Courtney Cazden and Allan Luke as members. This includes topics such as academic literacy, health literacy, family literacy, workplace literacies, civics literacy, and digital literacy. Now, bringing this all up to date, Cacicio, Cote, & Bigger (2023) have prepared a report for ?ALL IN: The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network?, a coalition of organizations formed by the Barbara Bush Foundation to advance adult literacy education in the United States. Entitled ?Investing in Multiple Literacies for Individual and Collective Empowerment? the report?s authors ?,,,acknowledge the seminal work of the New London group in establishing the concept of multiliteracies which captures the multiplicity of communications channels and increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in the world today; multiple literacies shares a focus on the impact of technology and distributed digital information on literacy?.. The Cacicio et al (2023) report maintains that ?In the age of information, the types of literacies needed to participate in society have increased dramatically. These literacies include civic, digital, financial, health, information, and oral literacy, among others, all of which correlate to strong foundational literacy skills. Foundational adult literacy skills are clearly linked to sustained income growth,2 better healthcare access,3 improved job prospects for justice-involved and returning citizens,4 and stronger language and literacy skills among children.5? Reference number 5 at the end of the above paragraph refers to a paper I wrote (Sticht, 2011) that discusses the relationships between oral language and written language learning, which relates to the works by Cazden (1972) and Sticht et al. (1974) mentioned earlier, and how this helps in the intergenerational transfer of oracy and literacy from parents to their children. In the Cacicio et al (2023) report oral language and literacy are discussed in a section on Storytelling and Oral Literacy and notes that, ?Historically, oral culture and communication has served as a powerful tool of resistance to oppression, particularly among Black and Indigenous communities. Storytelling and public speaking in general, is a leadership skill?embodying empathy, emotional intelligence, and the ability to motivate others.? Cacicio et al (2023) report that the purpose of their paper ?. .. is to clarify how promoting access and integrated support of multiple literacies at the individual level can enable our country?s shared social, economic, and civic well-being. It aims to demonstrate how educators, employers, nonprofit, and government leaders can drive collective investment in multiple literacies and create thriving communities nationwide.? Hopefully, this message will provide additional advocacy leverage for getting increased funding for and participation in the Adult Education and Literacy System of the United States. References ?As our world becomes increasingly the written word becomes the baseline for communication Cacicio, S., Cote, P., & Bigger, K. (2023). Investing in Multiple Literacies for Individual and Collective Empowerment. [White Paper]. The Adult Literacy and Learning Impact Network. https://allinliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Investing-in-Multiple-Literacies-for- Individual-and-Collective-Empowerment.pdf Cazden, C. (1972). Child Language and Education. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New London Group.(1996). A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures. Harvard Educational Review, 66, 60?92. Sticht, T. et al. (1974). Auding and Reading: A Developmental Model. Online at: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED097641.pdf Sticht, T. (2011) Getting it Right From the Start. American Educator. Fall 2011. Online at: https://www.aft. org/sites/default/files/Sticht.pdf Sticht, T. (2022). Adult Literacy and Basic Education in the United States. Online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1744 This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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