I am beginning my reading with the theory and science of reading. Very interesting stuff. In "The Whole Story: Natural Learning and the acquisition of Literacy in the Classroom," Brian Camborne states that "reading, writing, speaking and listening are but parallel manifestations of the same vital human function - the mind's effort to create meaning." He goes on to say that learning to talk is natural but takes certain conditions to make it successful (immersion, demonstration, engagement, expectation, responsibility, aproximation, use and response. These conditions for success are also relevant when learning how to read. Therefore, he believes that "the brain can also learn to process oral and written forms of the language in much the same way, provided the conditions under which each is learned are also much the same."
Then, I just recieved this book from the library...
"Wolf, a professor of child development at Tufts University, integrates psychology and archeology, linguistics and education, history and neuroscience in a truly pathbreaking look at the development of the reading brain-a complicated phenomenon that Wolf seeks to chronicle from both the early history of humanity and the early stages of an individual's development" (review from P
ublishers Weekly).
Both really interesting things. I can't wait to get deeper into them!
Here are some bullett points of the notes I took during Patricia's presentation:
