Media Missing Reading Report Message - Donnelly
Wednesday, 15 August 2001, 2:21 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party
"The media is missing the essential message contained in the
select committee report on the teaching of reading," said
sub-committee chairperson , Hon Brian Donnelly MP
today.
"The report does not state that we should throw out
the baby with the bath water and go back to the old ways of
teaching, What it does say is that the development of
phonetic, word-level decoding skills is a critical component
of learning to read."
The development of such skills must
be taught in a systematic and deliberate manner. But it
must be connected as closely as possible with engagement
with genuine text.
"What the committee is concerned to see
is that balanced reading programmes as promoted by the
Ministry of Education and teacher training institutions are
actually happening in all our classrooms."
Mr Donnelly had
a helpful suggestion for the media.
"Read the Report," he
said.
ENDS
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