8: The Science of Reading: Where Do We Go From Here?

A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading

07/20/23 • 39 min

Our journey through the history of literacy instruction in the United States has brought us to the very place we started: the current science of reading movement that has taken the education field by storm. In this concluding episode of A Novel Idea, we discuss the future of the science of reading movement and hear input from a variety of experts, including:

Emily Hanford (Twitter: @ehanford), senior producer and correspondent, APM Reports
Melissa Loftus and Lori Sappington (Twitter: @literacypodcast), co-hosts, Melissa and Lori Love Literacy
Kareem Weaver (Twitter: @KJWinEducation), co-founder, FULCRUM
Dr. G. Reid Lyon, former director, NICHD
Hannah Bain, Iowa teacher
Nina Lorimor-Easley, assistant director for education and outreach, Iowa Reading Research Center
... & more!

Learn More

Science or snake oil: How to tell the difference, Holly Lane, University of Florida Literacy Institute

https://ufli.education.ufl.edu/science-or-snake-oil/

Read it, say it, hear it, write it: Instructional routines that engage the four language skill areas, Meg Mechelke, Iowa Reading Research Center

https://irrc.education.uiowa.edu/blog/2023/05/read-it-say-it-hear-it-write-it-instructional-routines-engage-four-language-skill

Scope and sequence: What is it, and how do educators use it to guide instruction?, Meg Mechelke, Iowa Reading Research Center

https://irrc.education.uiowa.edu/blog/2023/03/scope-and-sequence-what-it-and-how-do-educators-use-it-guide-instruction

Episode transcript and sources
https://irrc.education.uiowa.edu/transcript-and-sources-novel-idea-episode-8

A Novel Idea website:

irrc.education.uiowa.edu/resources/novel-idea-podcast

07/20/23 • 39 min

A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading - 8: The Science of Reading: Where Do We Go From Here?

Transcript

Voice (reads): Why does a school decide to abandon one method of teaching children to read and adopt a different one? Why does another school, despite the existence of some convincing evidence that a new method is more effective than the one currently in use, persist in retaining its present method? As I traveled from school to school, observing and interviewing in an attempt to gather information on results with various methods, I also sought answers to these questions.

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