Synopsis
Co-Hosts for Voice of Literacy: Drs. Betsy Baker, Candace Kuby & Sarah Vander Zanden <br>The co-hosts share a passion for literacy research. Disseminating current literacy research to teachers, parents, administrators, and policy makers as well as researchers will open up dialogue and generate understanding from many perspectives. Dr. Candace Kuby is an Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Missouri. Her scholarship focuses on: 1) critical, inventive, hybrid, and multimodal literacies and 2) innovative qualitative research methodologies. Candace is the author of Critical literacy in the early childhood classroom: Unpacking histories, unlearning privilege (2013) with Teachers College Press and co-editor of Disrupting Qualitative Inquiry: Possibilities and Tensions in Educational Research (2014) with Peter Lang. Journals in which her scholarship appear include: International Journal for Qualitative Studies in Education; Young Children; Journal of Early Childhood Literacy; and Education, Citizenship, and Social Justice. Dr. Sarah Vander Zanden is an Assistant Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Her scholarship focuses on critical literacy, multimodal discourse analysis, literacy teacher education, and formative assessment. Sarah is the Director of the Reading Clinic at UNI and has published articles in Language Arts, Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, and Critical Literacies among others.Voice of Literacy began in 2008 by Dr. Betsy Baker at the University of Missouri. Watch the video to learn of her vision for starting Voice of Literacy. <object width="655" height="398"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uy5z_asVvMY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uy5z_asVvMY?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="655" height="398"></embed></object><br />Listen to bi-weekly podcasts of interviews with literacy researchers as they discuss the implications of their research. Join the online discussions of the podcasts. Create a dialog between researchers, teachers, parents, principals, and policymakers.New podcasts are posted on 1st and 3rd Mondays from September - April.In collaboration with the editors of Reading Research Quarterly and the Journal of Literacy Research, the hosts ask researchers to explain the following: <br>- How did you get interested in your topic? <br> - How does your research help teachers? <br> - How does your research help parents? <br> - How does your research inform policymakers? <br> You are invited to listen to the podcasts and join online discussions in the following ways: <br> - Teachers can use them for professional "reading" and discussion groups <br> - Teachers can pass along pertinent podcasts to parents and principals <br> - Parents can use them to learn what research says about supporting children's reading and writing development <br> - Policymakers can use them to find out policy implications from the most current research <br> - Journalists can use them to understand a topic and report current research findings <br> - Professors can use them to introduce to students a topic and assigned readings <br> - Professors can play the podcasts during class or assign them for homework <br> - Professors can engage students in face-to-face discussions, online discussions for their course (e.g., Blackboard), or let students participate in the online discussions available on the podcast web site <br> - College students can use them to "get up to speed" on current research in reading, writing, and literacy <br> We welcome your feedback. Email Dr. Betsy Baker (bakere@missouri.edu), Dr. Kuby (kubyc@missouri.edu), or Dr. Vander Zanden (sarah.vanderz@uni.edu) or leave a voice mail (573-882-4831).
Episodes
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Writing prompts that help adolescents think as historians with Dr. Chauncey Monte-Sano
01/10/2012 Duration: 885h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Chauncey Monte-Sano discuss writing prompts that help adolescents think as historians
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U.S. survey of middle school student attitudes toward reading with Dr. Mike McKenna
17/09/2012 Duration: 680h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Mike McKenna discuss U.S. survey of middle school student attitudes toward reading
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Adaptive teaching in literacy instruction with Dr. Seth Parsons
03/09/2012 Duration: 645h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Seth Parsons discuss adaptive teaching in literacy instruction
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Black-White Literacy Gap, Adult Literacy, and Implications with Dr. Dale Cohen
16/04/2012 Duration: 480h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Dale Cohen discuss black-white literacy gap, adult literacy, and implications
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Vocabulary Instruction: How Students Approach New Words with Dr. Jocelyn Folk
01/04/2012 Duration: 820h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Jocelyn Folk":https://www.kent.edu/psychology/profile/jocelyn-r-folk discuss vocabulary Instruction: how students approach new words
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Using peer video analysis to improve literacy instruction with Dr. Tanya Christ
19/03/2012 Duration: 690h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Tanya Christ":mailto:christ@oakland.edu discuss using peer video analysis to improve literacy instruction
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Review of scholarship regarding family literacy with Dr. Catherine Compton-Lilly
05/03/2012 Duration: 730h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Catherine Compton-Lilly discuss a review of scholarship regarding family literacy
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Career portfolio as genre: Empowering students, examining genre with Dr. Ross Collin
20/02/2012 Duration: 847h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Ross Collin discuss career portfolio as genre: empowering students, examining genre
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Reading coaches, policy, and reading instruction with Dr. Cynthia Coburn
06/02/2012 Duration: 906h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Cynthia Coburn":http://www-gse.berkeley.edu/faculty/CECoburn/CECoburn.html discuss reading coaches, policy, and reading instruction
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Gleaning insights from historians, mathematicians, and chemists about how they read within their disciplines with Dr. Cynthia Shanahan
16/01/2012 Duration: 790h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Cynthia Shanahan discuss insights from historians, mathematicians, and chemists about how they read within their disciplines
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How offline reading, online reading, and prior knowledge can help predict students’ abilities to understand what they read online with Dr. Julie Coiro
19/12/2011 Duration: 765h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Julie Coiro discuss how offline reading, online reading, and prior knowledge can help predict students’ abilities to understand what they read online
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Using children’s literacy skills to differentiate reading comprehension instruction with Dr. Carol Connor
05/12/2011 Duration: 983h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Carol Connor discuss using children’s literacy skills to differentiate reading comprehension instruction
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Inquiry-based instruction used to understand dialect, language, and power with Dr. Amanda Godley
22/11/2011 Duration: 838h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Amanda Godley":http://www.education.pitt.edu/people/profile.aspx?f=AmandaGodley discuss inquiry-based instruction used to understand dialect, language, and power
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U. S. National Survey: Teachers’ Perceptions of Integrating Literacy and Technology with Dr. Amy Hutchison
07/11/2011 Duration: 1047h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Amy Hutchison":http://www.hs.iastate.edu/directory/profile.php?u=amyhutch discuss a U.S. National Survey: Teachers’ Perceptions of Integrating Literacy and Technology
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Examining hidden literacies in urban middle schools with Dr. Denise Ives
17/10/2011 Duration: 1087h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Denise Ives":http://blogs.umass.edu/dives/ discuss hidden literacies in urban middle schools
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Using morphological analysis to infer word meanings with Dr. Deborah McCutchen
03/10/2011 Duration: 774h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Deborah McCutchen discuss using morphological analysis to infer word meanings
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Using picture books to address racism with Dr. Althier Lazar
18/09/2011 Duration: 790h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Althier Lazar discuss using picture books to address racism
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Designing technology to support comprehension among monolingual and bilingual students with Dr. Bridget Dalton
18/04/2011 Duration: 865h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and "Dr. Bridget Dalton":http://literacybeat.wordpress.com/ discuss designing technology to support comprehension among monolingual and bilingual students
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Raising Consciousness through Graffiti in the Streets of a São Paulo with Dr. Chris Iddings
04/04/2011 Duration: 758h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Chris Iddings discuss raising consciousness through graffiti in the streets of a São Paulo
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Literature discussions and immigrant elementary children with Dr. Carmen Medina
14/03/2010 Duration: 759h00s"Dr. Baker":http://web.missouri.edu/bakere/ and Dr. Carmen Medina discuss literature discussions and immigrant elementary children