England: Prof Diane McGuinness comments on RR research
Posted: Tue Nov 05, 2013 1:43 am
http://rrf.org.uk/messageforum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5815
Coincidentally, I have asked the Department for Education in England whether they are still funding Reading Recovery - thus giving the teaching profession contradictory guidance regarding teaching methods for reading instruction.
Diane asks this very same question above!
5). There is also a major question that I would like answered, and that is - when children begin with a good synthetic phonics programme, WHY THEN are they shifted to a programme (RR) which contradicts everything the children have been taught so far? Surely the REAL test for what works is one-to-one teaching with the same programme they were being taught. If they get JP/PhonoGraphix (Bristol schools) why then, don't they get one-to-one tutoring using these programmes?? What would happen if they did? It would be FAR FAR cheaper to do it this way. So what is the problem?
Coincidentally, I have asked the Department for Education in England whether they are still funding Reading Recovery - thus giving the teaching profession contradictory guidance regarding teaching methods for reading instruction.
Diane asks this very same question above!