17/11/2022
"Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong"
The Six-Episode podcast series from apmreports brings out the wrong premise, built by sheer marketing efforts, on the methods of developing reading amongst kids. It shows how the marketing based efforts triumphed over the research based studies and arguments which resulted in the present day, misplaced methods and manners the kids are taught through.
These are longish podcasts, but hold good lessons for the academics, parents, schools, Governments and more so to the marketers too!
"In this podcast, host Emily Hanford investigates the influential authors who promote this idea and the company that sells their work. It's an exposé of how educators came to believe in something that isn't true and are now reckoning with the consequences — children harmed, money wasted, an education system upended."
Enjoy listening!
https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on this idea can make it harder for children to learn how to read. In this new podcast, host Emily H...
