Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.

Knowledge is actually the thing that allows students to see the connections between complicated and multifaceted problems or ideas within the curriculum.

And if there is no foundation of knowledge, then the

future learning can't really happen. It all stops right there.

This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast from Amplify.

Today we're diving into a topic that I just can't get enough of, the science of learning,

and how it can be applied to literacy instruction.

My guest is Dr. Nathaniel Swain, author of the recent book, Harnessing the Science of Learning,

Success stories to help kickstart your school improvement.

Some of the topics we cover on this episode include retrieval practice, meaningful learning theory, effective practices for knowledge building,

how knowledge powers learning, and more.

Dr. Swain is a wonderful guide through these topics. A little bit more about him. He's a teacher,

instructional coach, and writer. He works as a senior lecturer in learning sciences at

Australia's La Trobe University School of Education and Solar Lab. I'm now so thrilled to welcome him to the show. Dr. Nathaniel Swain, you are joining us on today's

episode of the podcast. I am so excited to have you. Thank you so much, Susan. It's an absolute joy,

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