Pamela Snow, Tanya Serry, Nathaniel Swain, Tessa Weadman, and Eamon Charles, academic staff at the La Trobe University's Science of Language and Reading (SOLAR) Lab explore some key terminology in education.
Read MoreListen to this live coaching workshop on implementing the science of learning with Dr. Nathaniel Swain and Brendan Lee.
In this session, you will hear from real teachers discussing their real-world challenges in implementing the science of learning. Dr Nathaniel Swain and Brendan Lee then guide the teachers and school leaders through some possible solutions, taking an evidence-informed approach. First, you hear from Ainsley from Mary Mede Catholic College in Victoria who has started to implement a number of evidence-supported strategies and programs but has hit a bit of a plateau. Then you will hear from Sarah and Iona from St. Andrews in Cairns who are right at the start of their science of learning journey.
Read MoreWhether you're looking for expert advice on teaching phonics in the classroom, a simple aligned to letters and sounds library of decodable texts, or proven whole-school phonics program, our phonics webinar series has something for you.
Read MoreWhat if you could unlock the secrets to fluency instruction in literacy, and transform your students into confident and skilled readers? Join us as we delve into this crucial topic with Nathaniel Swain, Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University in Australia, who shares his expertise on the three components of fluency: speed, accuracy, and prosody.
Read MoreIn Season 3 | Episode 15 | We will be unpacking and discussing: How do teachers implement a structured literacy approach in the upper grades?
Read MoreIn Season 3 | Episode 8 | We will be unpacking and discussing: How do we incorporate pedagogy that reflects the Science of Learning?
Read More…This is a wide ranging discussion that moves from what makes good writing, to The Writing Revolution, to the Write to Learn resources that Nathaniel has created with the Brandon Park Primary team. We also have a bit of fun playing around with literacy and hopefully model within this podcast the kind of fun that can be had by students too, in this space. It was a real pleasure to have Nathaniel on and I can’t wait to see the impact that Nathaniel continues to have in the coming years and decades in his new role as a teacher educator, in addition to through his wide variety of other exciting projects in the education space…
Read MoreToday we hear from Dr. Nathaniel Swain, a researcher and speech-language pathologist interested in language, literacy, and learning. In this episode we discuss the problems with balanced literacy … and where to go from here. This was such a fun conversation!
Read MoreDr Nathaniel Swain reflects on how and why his preferred method of supporting struggling learners in classrooms has shifted from individual learning intervention and differentiated groups to robust whole class instruction at tier 1 that allows struggling learners to realise their academic potential through repeated exposure to more of the same excellent quality instruction as their peers.
Read MoreIn this episode of Progressively Incorrect, I chat with Dr. Nathaniel Swain about the work he is doing with teachers and middle leaders to ensure that all students receive instruction that is informed by the science of learning.
This is one of those episodes that is jammed packed full of insights and interesting tidbits, including what Dr. Swain describes as the biological imperative we have as humans to learn from others. Instead of falling for the romance that is having students discover or teach themselves the bulk of the material, Dr. Swain talks about the need for teachers to, well, teach the material, and to teach it explicitly and efficiently using principles and findings from cognitive science. As someone who is thoroughly fascinated with the innovations coming out of international education systems, you will also hear me pick Dr. Swain’s brain about the progress being made in Australia to implement evidence-informed instruction and explicit teaching.
Listen to Nathaniel Swain, with host Emma Gentle, on ‘The Em Powered Podcast’ talk about his professional journey which led him down the path of the Science of Learning and his passion to make learning explicit and accessible for all learners.
Read More“In any given moment we have two options: to step forward into growth or step back into safety.”
On six consecutive occasions , six powerful agents of change delivered a 75 minute live talk. Those talks were recorded.
Our first four talks were given by individual speakers, and our last two talks were a collaborative effort by Professor Pamela Snow and Dr Tanya Serry of La Trobe University.
In this online version, you will be able to see all the videos from the live events, you will have all the handouts and you will also be able to participate in quizzes and forums relating to the material.
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