Comments on: Solution Focused Planning http://edubuzz.org/blogs/donsblog/2008/02/24/solution-focused-planning/ "We learn from our experience.....if we reflect upon our experience" John Dewey Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alastair Seagroatt http://edubuzz.org/blogs/donsblog/2008/02/24/solution-focused-planning/#comment-10451 Alastair Seagroatt Sat, 01 Mar 2008 11:32:00 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/donsblog/2008/02/24/solution-focused-planning/#comment-10451 I've always liked that diagram as an illustration of the way communication goes astray, along with the phrase - if you don't know where you're going how do you know you've got there? The problem can be, as in reading, the 'where' can differ for different people and matching those 'wheres' does require true communication. I’ve always liked that diagram as an illustration of the way communication goes astray, along with the phrase - if you don’t know where you’re going how do you know you’ve got there?

The problem can be, as in reading, the ‘where’ can differ for different people and matching those ‘wheres’ does require true communication.

]]> By: Hilery Williams http://edubuzz.org/blogs/donsblog/2008/02/24/solution-focused-planning/#comment-10421 Hilery Williams Mon, 25 Feb 2008 09:01:15 +0000 http://edubuzz.org/blogs/donsblog/2008/02/24/solution-focused-planning/#comment-10421 Don There can't be one teacher in the primary sector who doesn't also want every child to be reading by the age of 9; whose aim is precisely that as they give such importance to it; and who has plenty of ideas as to what the outcome looks like. The difficulty for many of us who struggle with teaching reading to those for whom it can be supremely challenging is at what point do we change the emphasis from concentrating on the components of literacy (phonics, fluency, etc.) to enabling access to the wider curriculum via alternative approaches (principally through ICT which requires its own training). Practising skills for which they have little aptitude can take away from time spent actually thinking creatively and deeply. On the other hand to give up the teaching of formal literacy skills is untenable. I look forward to the debate. Don
There can’t be one teacher in the primary sector who doesn’t also want every child to be reading by the age of 9; whose aim is precisely that as they give such importance to it; and who has plenty of ideas as to what the outcome looks like.

The difficulty for many of us who struggle with teaching reading to those for whom it can be supremely challenging is at what point do we change the emphasis from concentrating on the components of literacy (phonics, fluency, etc.) to enabling access to the wider curriculum via alternative approaches (principally through ICT which requires its own training). Practising skills for which they have little aptitude can take away from time spent actually thinking creatively and deeply. On the other hand to give up the teaching of formal literacy skills is untenable.
I look forward to the debate.

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