Perhaps this is what's happening in my daughter's class. I'm not quite sure
why, but:
I take the time to sit with her when she does her homework (which is
apparently unusual). Anyway, when her teacher found out that I'd been
helping her, by which I mean showing her particular spellings, punctuation
conventions, etc, I was told that I shouldn't do this otherwise the teacher
wouldn't know how fast she was advancing (!!???).
The need for surveillance seems to outweigh the need for engaged learning.
Is this what's happening? I see several paradoxes in such restrictions
being placed on parents.
dear diary,
am i damaging my child by involving myself in her education?
Phil
konfewzed bart nt sirprized
At 12:03 21-03-99 -0600, you wrote:
>Phil,
>
>My understanding is invented spelling is an approach in that we do not hold
>back the child's use of writing until they master the cultural spellings of
>words. A common example would be a child leaving out of vowels as "kt"
>when spelling cat. My experience though is it has become intertwined with
>the developmental discourse in which children goes through various stages
>of readiness in which "conventional spelling" is the end result. My
>understanding of invented spelling is that it was originally in opposition
>to the belief that one needed to master the rules of language before one
>participated in its use.
>
>For me, it does bring up the dilemma that since children who use invented
>spelling utilize phonetic awareness, isn't a teacher who teaches phonics
>advocating invented spelling? :)
>
>As one of my T-shirts say: Hookt on Fonix rilly wurkt for mee!
>
>Nate
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Phil Graham <pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au>
>To: <xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
>Sent: Sunday, March 21, 1999 10:48 AM
>Subject: Re: vygotsky and contextualism
>
>
>> At 06:41 21-03-99 -0700, you wrote:
>> >They actually use the word context. To be certified to do staff
>> >development under 1086 in California one must swear to two oaths. One is
>> >not to use teach the use of context and the other is not to advocate
>> >invented spelling.
>>
>> What's invented spelling?
>>
>> Phil
>> Phil Graham
>> p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
>> http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
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>eh,
>> Mr Gibbon?" - The Duke of Gloucester to Edward Gibbon upon the
>publication
>> of "Decline and Fall".
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>
>
Phil Graham
p.graham who-is-at qut.edu.au
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palms/8314/index.html
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