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From: Carolyn Gabb <cgabb>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:17:14 -0400
After quite a long absence, I am back on line and as always, enjoying discussions. I taught pre-service teachers for over 15 years in children's literature. My greatest sadness was the discovery of how many of these young women (that is, most elementary ed majors are women -- I had about 10 males in all those years) has been the fact that very few are readers themselves.
Before the semester even began, all my students had to write a "reading autobiography" describing their experiences with print. I still have most of them as I am interested in doing some writing about their views... In addition to this, these students had no knowledge or training in "how" to read aloud. I spent much time modeling and having students read. Each student also made a "read-aloud tape" which was evaluated. I don't believe we can assume that young teachers know how to read aloud just because they have a book and are in front of children.
Believe it or not, I also was "reprimanded" by faculty for taking the 15 minutes per class to read aloud to my students -- saying this was not effective use of their time. At one university where I taught (anonymous) the children's lit course was considered a less important course and could be taken
_after_ student teaching...
Although I have "retired" early due to serious medical complications, I still do occasional workshops on reading aloud. As a professional storyteller, I can attest to the power of story and am glad to see such a strong discussion here.
Carolyn G.
Carolyn Gabb cgabb at mindspring.com Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
Received on Sat 17 Jul 2004 02:17:14 PM CDT
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 15:17:14 -0400
After quite a long absence, I am back on line and as always, enjoying discussions. I taught pre-service teachers for over 15 years in children's literature. My greatest sadness was the discovery of how many of these young women (that is, most elementary ed majors are women -- I had about 10 males in all those years) has been the fact that very few are readers themselves.
Before the semester even began, all my students had to write a "reading autobiography" describing their experiences with print. I still have most of them as I am interested in doing some writing about their views... In addition to this, these students had no knowledge or training in "how" to read aloud. I spent much time modeling and having students read. Each student also made a "read-aloud tape" which was evaluated. I don't believe we can assume that young teachers know how to read aloud just because they have a book and are in front of children.
Believe it or not, I also was "reprimanded" by faculty for taking the 15 minutes per class to read aloud to my students -- saying this was not effective use of their time. At one university where I taught (anonymous) the children's lit course was considered a less important course and could be taken
_after_ student teaching...
Although I have "retired" early due to serious medical complications, I still do occasional workshops on reading aloud. As a professional storyteller, I can attest to the power of story and am glad to see such a strong discussion here.
Carolyn G.
Carolyn Gabb cgabb at mindspring.com Why Wait? Move to EarthLink.
Received on Sat 17 Jul 2004 02:17:14 PM CDT
