tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post3916962907785270509..comments2024-03-26T05:20:10.232-04:00Comments on Between the By-Road and the Main Road: An Open Letter to Each Researcher Cited by PARCC in their Support of Close ReadingMary Ann Reillyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-72725430314027413212013-12-05T22:29:29.027-05:002013-12-05T22:29:29.027-05:00Mary Ann--You are smart to challenge this... there...Mary Ann--You are smart to challenge this... there is no paper by Ericcson (sic) and Kintsch. Ericsson (with two "S"es) has a paper about deliberate practice with other researchers. And, their work is not explicitly about close reading anyway. It's a much more high level analysis of readers' cognitive processes. "Close reading" is a term that originated with literary Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-43718995252709944532011-08-30T17:43:41.146-04:002011-08-30T17:43:41.146-04:00@Brent Westcott, I think you may be short-changing...@Brent Westcott, I think you may be short-changing theories of reader response. Good ole' Louise Rosenblatt (_Literature as Exploration_) was pretty clear that an initial response to a text was just that: initial. I'll let her speak for herself:<br /><br />"A situation in which students did nothing but give free rein to their reactions, their likes & dislikes, would undoubtedly Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13736432060469980948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-59475732791692923032011-08-18T22:57:38.510-04:002011-08-18T22:57:38.510-04:00Appreciative of your response Brett and that you a...Appreciative of your response Brett and that you are still able to make decisions as a teacher as tow which approaches you may wish to emphasize based on learning outcomes you and hopefully your students seek. That's the main point I am after. Intellectual autonomy must remain viable or we will fail as public institution.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-59581895360905559892011-08-18T21:03:05.396-04:002011-08-18T21:03:05.396-04:00I am barely familiar with what the PARCC is, but I...I am barely familiar with what the PARCC is, but I teach honors and IB English at eleventh and twelfth grade. In my school district, the reader/writer workshop model is gospel, which mostly includes reader response theory. What I know is that after years of this, juniors are not prepared to do any kind of close reading that is required in an IB or AP English class. And honestly, when does any Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-2421071943627342972011-08-18T20:15:40.221-04:002011-08-18T20:15:40.221-04:00@Struggling and Juggling, thank you for your kind ...@Struggling and Juggling, thank you for your kind words. We all need to keep on doing what is necessary to bring to light the absurdity of the education plans of the national and for some, state and local departments.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-90930983885802907092011-08-18T19:50:22.682-04:002011-08-18T19:50:22.682-04:00@Michael - issues such as this one are precisely w...@Michael - issues such as this one are precisely why Mary Ann and others like her MUST REMAIN in education; if nothing else, it is important that we model for our students constructive skepticism and debate appropriately and in the public forum.<br /><br />@Mary Ann - thanks... it is reassuring for those of us in the trenches to know that while we juggle creative methods and content with Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-31091753449843207092011-08-18T19:36:04.738-04:002011-08-18T19:36:04.738-04:00@Michael, it was really disturbing to read all of ...@Michael, it was really disturbing to read all of the standards, frameworks, etc. I recently heard the Common Core "author" ridicule reader response theory - Louise Rosenblatt at a public gathering of educators. It was galling considering her incredible contributions to reading literature. So, I'm thinking you are more positive. I doubt we'll get the botanist.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-44764659623396250312011-08-18T18:35:49.640-04:002011-08-18T18:35:49.640-04:00I sometimes wonder at your ability to remain in ed...I sometimes wonder at your ability to remain in education when each day must seem like another waiting windmill tilt. I can't tell which appalls me more: the undying myth that one way, one standard, one approach is right and certain, or the fact that a nation of educated "close readers" will leave us with too many botanists and no one left to paint a picture of the forest....Michael Charneyhttp://www.chasingglennbeck.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-2126156300396299652011-08-18T17:42:02.190-04:002011-08-18T17:42:02.190-04:00Heard from a second researcher who also said that ...Heard from a second researcher who also said that she does not support any single method of reading.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899447029099688486.post-28900851282006167552011-08-18T17:32:52.500-04:002011-08-18T17:32:52.500-04:00I have already heard from one of the researchers w...I have already heard from one of the researchers who explained that he has never heard of the term close reading. Apparently his research did not originate nor can he apply it to the idea of close reading.Mary Ann Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14349201167828984708noreply@blogger.com