Kate O'Callaghan

Speech language pathologist, advocate of scientific approach to language and literacy teaching

[Bruce Deitrick Price @educatt]

What the heck is Critical Thinking? A dying art! Let's bring it back. Most K-12 is now designed to sabotage thinking in general. Here's a quick update--

https://t.co/tCPgxv1kxX
#socialism #dumbingdown #commoncore #illiteracy #savingK12

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

As educators examine reading instruction, don't ignore importance of morphology-the study of word structure, meaningful parts in words. Phonics alone isn't enough. "Morphological awareness needs to be considered seriously in models of reading development." https://t.co/970DPOB3Hx

[Emily Hanford @ehanford]

"Teachers need to be prepared with new knowledge, particularly about the reading brain and its implications for how we teach teachers and children" writes @MaryanneWolf_ https://t.co/lvlclt9OvD

[The Reading Ape @TheReadingApe]

Check out my new blog post - https://t.co/91rqX10ZYr

[Doug Lemov @Doug_Lemov]

Relationships come when we show learners:

Your success is important to me
I believe in you
I am highly aware of your progress in this endeavor
I will help you succeed

https://t.co/fGHv6S20Gy

[Kate O'Callaghan @Kateslp]

'THE GREAT CREATIVITY TURN-OFF' Excellent article by Shelley Gare in SMH Good Weekend magazine today...."Innovation and creativity....are imprisoned as business buzz terms...their use...is at peak hype." 'consultants and education gurus claim creative thinking can be taught'

[Kate O'Callaghan @Kateslp]

Researching yr 7 history assignment-From Uni of the South article 'Medieval Colloquium'... "One wrote English by taking the letters one knew from Latin and phonetically spelling out speech. In terms of the vernacular, medieval England was hooked on phonics." #PhonicsDebate

[Kate O'Callaghan @Kateslp]

@PamelaSnow2 @ArrowsmithProg Have emailed Debbie Gilmour to get results of over 4 years of implementation of Arrowsmith in NSW Catholic schools...the silence is deafening

[Kate O'Callaghan @Kateslp]

@greg_ashman look at Spelfabet website for extensive recommendations

[Kate O'Callaghan @Kateslp]

@greg_ashman oh wow...where to start...Julia Donaldson (author of the 'Gruffulo') has a whole set of early phonics readers. Little Learners Love Literacy...whole set of awesome phonics readers can be downloaded to ipad in an app for only $40. Phonics UK brilliant stories esp for older kids

[Kate O'Callaghan @Kateslp]

#phonicsdebate My daughter wants to study primary teaching...clearly I won't be telling her to do it at #SydneyUniversity