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Back to SearchRACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO: DISABILITY-RACISM INTERSECTION - Part 3
Season 8 Episode 3
Disability and race are both social construction designed to put human beings into categories. This podcast examines two models of disability: the me…
5 years, 9 months ago
VOCABULARY: AN OVERVIEW OF WORD LEARNNG
Season 6 Episode 9
Children learn between 3,000 and 4,000 words a year. By the end of elementary school they know approximately 25,000 and by the end of high school app…
5 years, 10 months ago
THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO - Part 2
Season 8 Episode 2
There is a bit of racism in the special education silo. I used to describe special education as a field – as in “the field of special education.” And…
5 years, 10 months ago
RACISM IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SILO - PART 1
Season 8 Episode 1
This is the first in a series of podcasts that will address racism as it pertains to special education and literacy instruction. In these podcasts I …
5 years, 10 months ago
ACTION RESEARCH: THE STEPS
Season 7 Episode 3
The steps of the action research process are described below. Note that it is a recursive process that does not always proceed in a linear fashion (…
5 years, 10 months ago
ACTION RESEARCH: 7 DESCRIPTORS
Season 7 Episode 2
The following seven descriptors provide insight as to the nature of action research.
1. Action research is systematic
2. You do not start with an answe…
5 years, 10 months ago
BEING AND BECOMING AN EXPERT TEACHER
Season 7 Episode 1
Teachers are the most significant variable in determining the quality of education students receive and the amount of learning that occurs. Yet, when…
5 years, 10 months ago
METHODS, STRATEGIES, AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN READING
Season 6 Episode 8
A method in education usually refers to a defined process or specific set of techniques that are used exclusively in a prescribed fashion for instruc…
5 years, 10 months ago
SIGHT WORDS AND SCOPE AND SEQUENCE CHARTS
Season 6 Episode 7
This podcast describes strategies for attending to sight words in a meaning-based approach to reading. It ends with an examination of scope and seque…
5 years, 10 months ago
UNDERSTANDING COMMONLY MISUNDERSTOOD TERMS AND CONCEPTS RELATED TO READING INSTRUCTION AND INTERVENTIONS
Season 6 Episode 6
There are eight terms related to reading instruction that are commonly misunderstood: (1) reading, (2) word recognition, (3) word identification, (4)…
5 years, 11 months ago