Hi Ashley, I enjoyed listening to your response to this week's questions. I liked how you referenced McLaughlin stating that readers take an active role in reading and link what they know with what they are taught. Being around young readers, I see that not all readers make this link between what they know and what they are reading/learning. It seems that this is something that good readers continually do and poor readers need to learn to do. My struggle is how do I teach my kids to become active, engaged readers all the time. Great job! Kathleen
I now see that reading is more than, "Lifting words off of a page and pronouncing them to bringing meaning to a text." Yes, it is an interaction between the text and a reader! This is a point that Louise Rosenblatt (a famous literacy theorist) makes. Reading is not a stagnant activity where the words sit there and wait for every reader to read and construct the same meaning out of. As you say in your post, background knowledge, previous experience, etc. all interact with the text.
I'm glad you were able to connect an idea that McLaughlin made with your definition. Nice work bringing that in to the discussion.
Ashley. I think you got it spot on re the relationship of the reader's history and the understanding they draw from text. One man's terrorist is another’s freedom fighter.
I wonder if you think the same? How would a reader who has experienced an event learn differently than one who had not, but both read the same report about the experience?
Hi Ashley,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed listening to your response to this week's questions. I liked how you referenced McLaughlin stating that readers take an active role in reading and link what they know with what they are taught. Being around young readers, I see that not all readers make this link between what they know and what they are reading/learning. It seems that this is something that good readers continually do and poor readers need to learn to do. My struggle is how do I teach my kids to become active, engaged readers all the time. Great job!
Kathleen
I now see that reading is more than, "Lifting words off of a page and pronouncing them to bringing meaning to a text." Yes, it is an interaction between the text and a reader! This is a point that Louise Rosenblatt (a famous literacy theorist) makes. Reading is not a stagnant activity where the words sit there and wait for every reader to read and construct the same meaning out of. As you say in your post, background knowledge, previous experience, etc. all interact with the text.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to connect an idea that McLaughlin made with your definition. Nice work bringing that in to the discussion.
Ashley. I think you got it spot on re the relationship of the reader's history and the understanding they draw from text. One man's terrorist is another’s freedom fighter.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if you think the same? How would a reader who has experienced an event learn differently than one who had not, but both read the same report about the experience?
Cheers M