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The Teacher's Tool Kit For LiteracyPart 2: Evidence Based Teaching, What Is It? with Misty AdoniouIn this thought-provoking podcast episode, Misty Adoniou and Phil delve into the intricacies of evidence-based teaching, exploring its history and current challenges. Misty challenges the misconception that teachers simply need ready-made materials to alleviate their time constraints, asserting that teachers are time-poor due to administrative burdens, not lesson planning. She emphasises the importance of evidence-based teaching, which involves adapting instruction based on observable student needs, rather than blindly following pre-made lesson plans.Misty traces the evolution of educational theories over the past 80 years, from behaviourism to nativism to social interactionism, highlighting Australia's leadership in literacy e...
2024-04-2829 minThe Teacher's Tool Kit For LiteracyPart 1: Evidence Based Teaching, What Is It? with Misty AdoniouIn episode 107 of the podcast "Evidence Based Teaching," literacy expert Misty Adoniou joins host Phil to delve into the essence of evidence-based teaching. Misty, an Associate Professor in Language Literacy and TESOL, brings extensive experience and insights to the discussion. She emphasises the importance of evidence-based teaching, highlighting its role in fostering observable, positive learning outcomes for students.Misty explains that evidence-based teaching is deeply rooted in the scientific method, tracing back to the late 1800s with educators like Dewey advocating for rigorous experimentation in education. She elucidates how educational research undergoes scrutiny through peer-reviewed academic journals...
2024-04-2229 minThe Teacher's Tool Kit For LiteracyPart 2: Uncovering Podcast Gold: The Top 9In Episode 96 of the Teacher's Toolkit podcast, expert literacy consultant Sharon Callen and her team conduct a countdown of the top nine most listened-to episodes, and this time with a focus on the top five. At number five is a discussion about 'Effective Literacy Teaching in High Schools' (00:00:30) with Misty Adoniou, with a focus on discipline-specific writing skills. The episode highlights the importance of addressing student motivation in writing and the need for professional learning for teachers in this area. Number four on the list is an episode on the "Six Plus Traits of Writing," (00:06:42) em...
2023-09-1734 min
Talking out of schoolThe Victorian education system, schools and who's influencing the decision makers?Why is it that we have this compulsion to fix things in our schools that don't need fixing? Take the early years, for example. Victoria is the highest performing state in Australia when it comes to reading. Naplan tells us this. Misty Adoniou is a respected expert in the field of language and she says the gaps are in the middle years, not the early years. The overwhelming majority of kids in the early years are doing well and don't need to be taught using a 'deficit' approach.
2022-12-1435 minThe Teacher's Tool Kit For LiteracyPart 2: Effective Literacy Teaching In High SchoolsTeaching literacy in high schools brings a wide range of challenges for teachers. Continuing the conversation is literacy expert Misty Adoniou, Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Canberra and Principal Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and a leader in the literacy research and practice field.Part two of the conversation covers:How to help high school students who are losing the motivation to writeWhy the purpose of the writing has greater importance than structureHow to use beautiful children’s literature for models of writingWhy more funds should go into teachers’ professional development instead of pr...
2021-12-1953 minThe Teacher's Tool Kit For LiteracyPart 1: Effective Literacy Teaching In High SchoolsAddressing the varied literacy levels in high school is a big challenge for teachers, and helping students with low literacy can be difficult. Joining us to discuss this is literacy expert Misty Adoniou, Adjunct Associate Professor at University of Canberra and Principal Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, and a leader in the literacy research and practice field.The conversation covers:Misty’s background and current work in high schools, greatly enjoying helping teachers apply research directly in their classroom, and specifically about the teaching of Writing, Spelling, Grammar and English as an Additional Lan...
2021-12-0550 min
The Canberra Classroom01 - Scaffolding LiteracyScaffolding Literacy is a pedagogy designed to help students' reading and writing skills that has found a new prominence in Canberran high schools over the past few years. Dr Misty Adoniou (01:12) of the University of Melbourne Graduate School of Education and the University of Canberra talks about the pedagogy after facilitating professional learning in Scaffolding Literacy in the ACT. Then, teacher Tanya Young (19:36) talks about how she implemented the Scaffolding strategies in her classroom at Alfred Deakin High School.
2020-07-1935 min
ACT Education DirectorateMisty Adoniou: Raising expectations and rediscovering the wonder of learning
2019-05-0557 min
3CR Community RadioHow multicultural are we anyway? Community language and cultural diversityMisty Adoniou, language and literacy specialist from the University of Canberra, talks about the relationship between multiculturalism and the everyday use of the 250 community languages across the country, and wonders why Australia still suffers from what she calls linguistic paranoia.Then, language revivalist and postgraduate at the University of New England, Callum Clayton-Dixon, a member of the Ambeyan Indigenous clan of northern New South Wales, explains his research work with the Anaiwan Language Revival Program.
2018-02-0100 min
Teachers Education ReviewTER Topics - Literacy & PhonicsThis episode brings together feature interviews from episodes #068 and #086 of the TER Podcast.First, Stewart Riddle talks about literacy in the classroom, then Misty Adoniou discusses phonics and literacy, and issues with the proposed mandatory year 1 phonics assessment.Timecode:00.00 Opening Credits00:33 Intro01:32 Interview - Stewart Riddle37:26 Interview - Misty Adoniou1:05:16 Sign OffSupport TER Podcast at Patreon.com/TERPodcastTER Podcast on TwitterFollow TER Podcast on Facebook
2017-12-241h 06Teachers Education ReviewTER Topics - Literacy & PhonicsThis episode brings together feature interviews from episodes #068 and #086 of the TER Podcast.First, Stewart Riddle talks about literacy in the classroom, then Misty Adoniou discusses phonics and literacy, and issues with the proposed mandatory year 1 phonics assessment.Timecode:00.00 Opening Credits00:33 Intro01:32 Interview - Stewart Riddle37:26 Interview - Misty Adoniou1:05:16 Sign OffSupport TER Podcast at Patreon.com/TERPodcastTER Podcast on TwitterFollow TER Podcast on Facebook
2017-12-241h 06
Teachers Education ReviewTER #086 - Phonics and Literacy with Misty Adoniou - 19 Feb 2017Main Feature: Dr. Misty Adoniou discusses the implications of a nationwide mandatory phonics assessment, and the relationship between phonics and broader literacy instruction.Regular Features: Dan Haesler asks “When should teachers speak up?” in a new Off Campus; Education in the news – Cameron discusses recent stories about Special Religious Instruction in schools.Timecodes & Links:00.00 Opening Credits01:19 Intro – Principal’s Wellbeing Survey05:41 Off Campus – Dan Haesler14:51 Scripture in Schools31:48 Feature Introduction34:28 Interview – Dr Misty Adoniou1:04:11 Quote & Sign OffSupport TER Podcast at Patreon.com/TERPodcastTER Podcast on TwitterFollow TER Podcast on Facebook
2017-02-191h 06Teachers Education ReviewTER #086 - Phonics and Literacy with Misty Adoniou - 19 Feb 2017Main Feature: Dr. Misty Adoniou discusses the implications of a nationwide mandatory phonics assessment, and the relationship between phonics and broader literacy instruction.Regular Features: Dan Haesler asks “When should teachers speak up?” in a new Off Campus; Education in the news – Cameron discusses recent stories about Special Religious Instruction in schools.Timecodes & Links:00.00 Opening Credits01:19 Intro – Principal’s Wellbeing Survey05:41 Off Campus – Dan Haesler14:51 Scripture in Schools31:48 Feature Introduction34:28 Interview – Dr Misty Adoniou1:04:11 Quote & Sign OffSupport TER Podcast at Patreon.com/TERPodcastTER Podcast on TwitterFollow TER Podcast on Facebook
2017-02-191h 06
3CR Community RadioLanguage and communication - in the classroom and on the streetAll teachers are teachers of language. This week, University of Canberra researcher and education specialist Misty Adoniou explains why.And, when can you use the F-word in public? If you're at a protest rally and the NSW police are on hand, there could be legal consequences. Elyse Methven studies the social and legal aspects of swearing, and she talks about using the F-word in the public domain.
2017-01-0500 min