Agency, activism and opening up the conversation on the Science of Reading

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

The symposium offers grounded, case-based descriptions of agency from responses to mandates stemming from the Science of Reading (SoR). The cases detail leading educators’ responses to the SoR in US states (South Carolina and California) and Australia. In hopes of spurring more informed engagements with these developments, the cases are discussed in relationship to agency and what can be learned from these first-hand accounts of the developments witnessed, experiences incurred, actions pursued, and lessons learned.

Content Area

• AREA 14. Other Topics

Chairs

• Robert James Tierney, UBC

• P. David Pearson, UC Berkeley

Discussant

• P. David Pearson, UC Berkeley

Individual Presentations

• Overview: Science of Reading: Examining ithe tenets and reach - Robert James Tierney, UBC; P. David Pearson, UC Berkeley

• Becoming political - Diane Stephens, University of South Carolina

• Resisting Science of Reading: Legislative policy in California - Barbara Flores, California Association for Bilingual Education

• Literacy curricula, teaching and teacher education in Science of Reading times; an Australian perspective - KATINA Zammit, Western Sydney University School of Education

• Discussion; Presenters, Chair. Audience - P. David Pearson, UC Berkeley