Literacy and learning
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Literacy and learning
The Crisis We Cannot Ignore - 81% of Children Cannot Read (Part 1)
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Comprehending Comprehension
by Marinda Marshal | EBG Blog Posts Do we understand the challenges our children are facing in school? How can you learn anything if you don’t understand? How do you learn without reading well? What do we know about reading? About comprehension? Do we just read headlines, and say, “these poor children”? or do we engage? Are we cognisant of the issue?
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Ready, set, learn to read
by Mrs. M.B. Marshall | EBG Blog Posts The National Reading Panel in the US indicated, after reviewing most of the research done regarding 'Learning-to-Read,' that there are five structural areas that we should develop to teach a child to read successfully.
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Let's start at the beginning
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts ”Skilled reading is an art and teaching a child to read is a science.” Reading is not just recognising symbols or reading and writing basic words. In searching for a better understanding of learn-to-read and read-to-learn, we looked at Scarborough’s reading rope.
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READING - How is it working so far?
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts According to the 2016 PIRLS study, 78% of South African Grade 4 children cannot read for meaning in any language (all 11 languages were tested). That is to say that they cannot locate and retrieve explicitly stated information in a simple and easy text. These children should now be in Grade 10…
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Facing COVID learning loss head-on
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts Lectorsa is a social impact business in education working to improve outcomes for students in their chosen career choices while helping them lead more productive and responsible lives. The outcomes of our systems are measurable...
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Reading enables growth
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts Education is synonym with development, growth and transformation. It unlocks our true potential and helps us to become teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, leaders and more. And at the core of it all is reading. Being able to read well enough to...
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From failure to success
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts #YesWeCan South Africa’s education system has been labelled a catastrophic failure and identified as one of the major drives of inequality in the country by former president FW de Klerk. “The very poor educational outcomes of the great majority of South African...
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Finding the way through the waves
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts Overcome the loss in learning due to COVID-19 A wise man once told the story of how he went on a joy ride with a boat off the South African coast. It was a beautiful day, but within a short time, a storm came up. He described how thankful he was that he had an...
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A fresh perspective on Education
by Minda Marshall | EBG Blog Posts “The world will always need human brilliance, human ingenuity and human skills.” – Brad Keywell, Co-Founder and CEO, Update Technologies. True! The world’s most priceless commodity is indeed, people. We need to invest in them, inspire...
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