The Power of Effective Reading Instruction with Karen Gazith
The Be Podcast Network, an organization of more than four dozen engaging shows dedicated to education, and Reading Is Fundamental are partnering during National Literacy Month to share high-impact conversations about literacy with more than 40 unique episodes featuring conversations about the state of children’s literacy nationwide, best practices for reading instruction and engagement, strategies to foster the joy of reading in school and at home, and much more.
Today, Karen Gazith joins the show. Karen received her PhD in Education and Counselling Psychology from McGill University and has taught at McGill for over two decades. She also serves as the Graduate Program Director of the Certificate in Inclusive Education in the same department and as a liaison to the Office of First Nations and Inuit Education in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education at McGill.
Karen’s book is The Power of Effective Reading Instruction: How Neuroscience Informs Instruction Across All Grades and Disciplines.
They discuss:
- Teaching students to read is the most essential duty of schools
- Reading is everyone’s business
- What should change in pre-service and inservice learning?
- What neuroscience research says about how children learn to read
- The Big 5: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency, Comprehension
- Reading instruction across content areas