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New page: == Phonics example == I am more than a little puzzled about this phonics business. But anyway, the following quote caught my attention: <blockquote> "In many [British] teachers minds, ph...
== Phonics example ==
I am more than a little puzzled about this phonics business. But anyway, the following quote caught my attention:
<blockquote>
"In many [British] teachers minds, phonics equals right-wing, traditional, drill and skill, boring, anti-child-centred Gradgrind education. Over in the United States, phonics is portrayed as being closely aligned to the Christian fundamentalist right. The No child left behind act mandated phonics. Hell, Dubya loves phonics, so it follows that all right-minded progressive folks need to be against them."
</blockquote>
As someone who was taught to read and write by phonics (and who never noticed any political or religious element to it), I would be interested to read a quote from someone who was opposed to its use. The quote supplied, however, is from a pro-phonics source, as an example of "the kind of attitude" that the author perceives among those who are opposed to phonics. Are there any quotes from ''actual'' anti-phonics, anti-conservative sources we could use instead? A line from a Democrat politician maybe? Or from a decision by a predominantly-liberal school board not to use phonics? [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 09:49, 13 May 2008 (EDT)
I am more than a little puzzled about this phonics business. But anyway, the following quote caught my attention:
<blockquote>
"In many [British] teachers minds, phonics equals right-wing, traditional, drill and skill, boring, anti-child-centred Gradgrind education. Over in the United States, phonics is portrayed as being closely aligned to the Christian fundamentalist right. The No child left behind act mandated phonics. Hell, Dubya loves phonics, so it follows that all right-minded progressive folks need to be against them."
</blockquote>
As someone who was taught to read and write by phonics (and who never noticed any political or religious element to it), I would be interested to read a quote from someone who was opposed to its use. The quote supplied, however, is from a pro-phonics source, as an example of "the kind of attitude" that the author perceives among those who are opposed to phonics. Are there any quotes from ''actual'' anti-phonics, anti-conservative sources we could use instead? A line from a Democrat politician maybe? Or from a decision by a predominantly-liberal school board not to use phonics? [[User:Eoinc|Eoinc]] 09:49, 13 May 2008 (EDT)