Advocates for effectiveness talk learning, literacy, and instruction
Is there anyone who cannot learn something valuable from a conversation with Linda Diamond and Paige Pullen?
Linda Diamond and Paige Pullen, two widely known educators who are at the forefront of promoting reform in reading—actually, literacy—instruction joined Zach Groshell for an informative episode of his podcast, Progressively Incorrect. In “Linda Diamond & Paige Pullen on Connecting Learning, Literacy, and Instruction” they discuss critical features of effective instruction in a way that doesn’t require listeners to track a lot of gobbledygook about psychoneurological constructs.
They make many very important points. Here are paraphrases of just a few of those points:
Linda: “The science of reading is not the science of reading instruction”
Paige: “The three sciences framework: (1) learning science…(2) instructional science,,,and (3) literacy science. When we combine them we get a complete guide to literacy education.”
Linda: “The goal of the Evidence Advocacy Center is to advocate for the professionalization of the entire field of education…the whole system.”
Paige: “Implement a high-quality instructional system and support it consistently.”
I strongly encourage the Dear Readers of Special Education Today to grab some headphones (or the speakers in one’s car) and listen to “S5E02: Linda Diamond & Paige Pullen on Connecting Learning, Literacy, and Instruction” from the Progressively Incorrect podcast from Zach Groshell’s Education Richsaw.
And I strongly encourage readers to share this podcast with others who care about outcomes for kids. There’s lots of sensible conversation in it about why and how we ought to move to evidence-based education.