S8 E8: The plea to preserve deep reading, with Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D.

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

Education, Science, How To, Social Sciences, Early Literacy, Amplify, Science Of Reading

4.5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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A name known throughout the literacy world, Maryanne Wolf, Ed.D., has published over 170 scientific articles and four books focusing on the science of the reading brain. In this episode she discusses the reading brain in a digital context and delves into some of the tensions around literacy instruction in the present moment, including the Science of Reading beyond just phonics, the plea to preserve deep reading, and literacy and screens. She also talks about the topics she’s most focused on a...

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.
0:07.0	Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,
0:13.7	including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.
0:20.0	It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,
0:24.2	serving multilingual learners, and so much more.
0:27.4	It's packed with beautiful diagrams,
0:29.7	a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.
0:34.0	Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.
0:42.1	Reading as we know it and as we love it is in the beginning of a set of changes that none of us can fully know or predict,
0:52.3	but we must understand what we have.
0:58.9	This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify,
1:04.2	where the science of reading lives. This season of the podcast has been all about knowledge
1:09.7	and knowledge building.
1:11.5	On this episode, I'm excited to go deep into the science of the reading brain.
1:16.8	We'll explore how the human brain developed to read, the effects of reading in a digital context, and much more.
1:24.2	My guest is cognitive scientist Marianne Wolfe. She's the director of UCLA's Center for
1:30.6	Dyslexia, Diverse Learners, and Social Justice, and the author of over 170 publications and books,
1:38.2	including Proust and the Squid, The Story and Science of the Reading Brain, and Reader come home, the reading brain in a digital world.
1:47.2	On this episode, Wolf discusses her research and shares what she's focused on next in the
1:52.7	evolving world of reading research. I think you'll learn a lot about the reading brain and much
1:58.5	more from this conversation with Dr. Marianne Wolf.
2:03.1	Dr. Marianne Wolf, thank you so much for joining us on today's episode. It's such an honor to
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