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Talk:Mystery:Why is Phonics Taught in the UK but not the US? (view source)
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, 11:10, May 12, 2008Constance Weaver
: Most [[public school]]s in the [[U.S.]] do not teach [[phonics]], and I'm skeptical whether you learned from real [[phonics]]. Often a "look and say" approach will be labeled phonics by schools to stop parental complaints.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:31, 11 May 2008 (EDT)
: Most [[public school]]s in the [[U.S.]] do not teach [[phonics]], and I'm skeptical whether you learned from real [[phonics]]. Often a "look and say" approach will be labeled phonics by schools to stop parental complaints.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 09:31, 11 May 2008 (EDT)
== Constance Weaver ==
[http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED367962&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED367962 Here is a link] to the Education Resources Information Center page about the teachers' text book, ''Reading Process and Practice, From Socio-Psycholinguistics to Whole Language'' by Constance Weaver. It looks fairly innocuous, doesn't it? Weaver, as you can see, is an advocate of "look-say" over phonics. ERIC, it should be borne in mind, is the organization used by "education researchers, teachers, librarians, administrators, education policymakers, instructors and students in teacher-preparation programs". What that page doesn't tell you is what Weaver has to say about phonics. Those researchers, teachers policymakers, etc are all informed - in the textbook! - that phonics is nothing short of a "far right plot... to promote a religious agenda" and inculcate "docility and obedience on the part of the lower classes." When cuckoos like that are allowed to write the textbooks, and "policymakers" read them too, it should come as no surprise that American children are being denied the head start in literacy that phonics provides. [[Image:User Fox.png|10px]] [[User:Fox|Fox]] <small>([[User talk:Fox|talk]]|[[Special:Contributions/Fox|contribs]])</small> 07:10, 12 May 2008 (EDT)