Posts tagged ‘literacy’
“Child-Sized History” – How Young Readers are Taught to Conceptualize History” | Sara Schwebel
AIRED: April 9, 2012 – 11:00 am PST :: Sara Schwebel shares with Allen, Dr. Melody and our listeners the educational efforts of teachers who employ historical novels in the classroom to awaken students to the ways in which understanding our past can have relevance to the present.
The Digital Divide | Dr. Mark Bauerlein
AIRED: October 24, 2011 – 11:00 am PST :: “The Digital Divide” | Mark Bauerlein, shares with Allen and Melody the shocking facts that according to recent reports most young people in the United States neither read literature (or fully know how), work reliably (just ask employers), visit cultural institutions (of any sort), nor vote (most can’t even understand a simple ballot).
DON’T STOP NOW: Parent Involvement in Literacy Beyond the Early Elementary Years”
Aired: June 9, 2009 – 11:00 AM PST :: SPECIAL GUEST: Cathy Miller, President of TLA – The Literacy Ambassador’s® Mission
Lighting the spark and fanning the flame of literacy, Cathy began her journey with a vision of building bridges for children, hand in hand with adults, promoting literacy as a tool for life. Utilizing leading edge research and reading technologies, TLA emphasizes the “big picture” and “behavior” of reading.
