It was a deep honour to engage in a conversation with Molly about her Chapter, My Journey in Education. Molly generously shares the following points and much more:
- Her passion for social justice particularly in the area of literacy
- Experience in teaching primary school students
- Her doctorate and deep work in reading comprehension
- Her podcast - End Book Deserts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/end-book-deserts/id1471803313
- Important strategies such as Think Alouds to use during read alouds
- The books she has written - https://drmollyness.com/my-work/
- Published articles - https://ldaustralia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1203-LDA-Bulletin-August-2024_WEB.pdf; https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/make-time-for-the-read-aloud-heres-how/2024/04
- The release of oxytocin (warm fuzzy feelings) when engaging with picture books - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34031240/
- A brand new book written by Molly Ness and Katie Pace Miles, Making Words Stick - https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/making-words-stick-9781546176459.html
An enormous thanks to Molly for the time, energy, and effort in having this robust conversation about her Chapter and to everyone that will engage with it. Please share it with others. This conversation will be available on @humanchapters YouTube, Podcast, and Facebook.
Molly can be contacted on https://drmollyness.com/
