I really liked this chapter. As teachers, it is very important we know how to engage children into a conversation about things they have read and learned. Children have to be able to understand what they have read in order to talk about it. Today in class, Professor Pickett, spoke about how she was getting smarter just by talking to us about the lecture. If children can "retell" what they are learning, think how much smarter they can become. If they practice at retelling, there could also be confidence building up. It could be a whole new generation of public speakers. Since reentering the college scene, I have come across many students who do not like to talk in front of a people. Maybe one reason for this fear, is all of the students have been expected to sit behind a desk and listen to a teacher without being able to answer or respond back.
Something that continues to stick out in my mind is Rosenblatt's theory. I never considered how much control we have over what we read. The way our textbook states, "... text is static, and the author has no more control over it." It is true of any written piece. If if is a paper written for class or the next great piece of literature, the reader is now the translator for the words on the pages. The author has had to let it go.
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I agree, Rosenblatt statement about "static text" only comes to life if someone reads it and comprehends the text.
ReplyDeleteI use to be one of those who was afraid to speak, I am glad the I have overcome my fear of it. Because as teachers that is our job. We not only will be speaking in front of our students but in front of faculty, parents and the community. you made a good point about having the child retell the story so that the child can learn it more effectively.
This chapter was very informative about alot of information , like the role of the teacher, comprehension, assessments, and about the lexicon.
I think a real good way to get a child to understand what they have read is to get them to talk about it. When they learn to play a new video game they talk about it with their friends and that strengthens their understanding of how to play the game.The same goes for books. Another idea that I like even more to have the child remember what they read or was read to them is role playing or simply retelling the story. I think it is so neat that there are so many more options to chose from for teaching children to read and comprehend.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad that you enjoyed Rosenblatt's Transactional Theory. She changed the way that we, as reading theorists, viewed the reading act. You as the reader have total and complete control when interpreting the work of an author and based on your background knowledge and experience each text or work will speak differently to you.
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