This episode re-imagines the future of reading. We examine whether reading in print or digitally has an impact on the way we read, and on the evolution of our species as a learning species. We ask, what does the skills future of reading look like? And how do we ensure we embrace all the different complexities and elements of reading as parents, educators, learners, and citizens?

Episode Guests
Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the National Heritage Board
Dr Angelia Poon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education
Dr Victor Lim Fei, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education
Ng Kah Gay, Publisher, Ethos Books

Recommended Reads

Links
7 ways the printing press changed the world
What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation
Reading literary fiction improves theory of the mind
EU Common Framework for Intercultural Digital Literacies
Mark Pegrum Overview of Digital Literacies

 

This episode re-imagines the future of reading. We examine whether reading in print or digitally has an impact on the way we read, and on the evolution of our species as a learning species. We ask, what does the skills future of reading look like? And how do we ensure we embrace all the different complexities and elements of reading as parents, educators, learners, and citizens?
Episode Guests
<ul>
<li>Professor Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Rector of Tembusu College at the National University of Singapore, and Chairman of the National Heritage Board</li>
<li>Dr Angelia Poon, Associate Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Dr Victor Lim Fei, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Education</li>
<li>Ng Kah Gay, Publisher, Ethos Books</li>
</ul>
Recommended Reads
Links
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/printing-press-renaissance">7 ways the printing press changed the world</a></li>
<li><a href="https://theconversation.com/what-my-students-taught-me-about-reading-old-books-hold-new-insights-for-the-digital-generation-127799">What my students taught me about reading: old books hold new insights for the digital generation</a></li>
<li><a href="https://science.sciencemag.org/content/342/6156/377">Reading literary fiction improves theory of the mind</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.eumade4ll.eu/common-framework-of-reference-for-intercultural-digital-literacy/">EU Common Framework for Intercultural Digital Literacies</a></li>
<li>Mark Pegrum <a href="https://markpegrum.com/overview-of-digital-learning/e-learning-with-web-3-0/">Overview of Digital Literacies</a></li>
</ul>
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Hi, I’m Loh Chin Ee and welcome to the How We Read Podcast.  
 
I started this podcast because I wanted to help people better understand the art and science of learning to read. 
 
As an educator and researcher at the National Institute of Education, people often ask me about reading. With questions ranging from how they can help their children improve their reading skills to book recommendations on why they should read literature, I know there is a keen interest in reading.
 
Join me as I talk to experts and educators who share their rich experiences with us.  
 
The How We Read podcast launches the 4th of January 2021. 

Hi, I&rsquo;m Loh Chin Ee and welcome to the How We Read Podcast. &nbsp; &nbsp; I started this podcast because I wanted to help people better understand the art and science of learning to read.&nbsp; &nbsp; As an educator and researcher at the National Institute of Education, people often ask me about reading. With questions ranging from how they can help their children improve their reading skills to book recommendations on why they should read literature, I know there is a keen interest in reading. &nbsp; Join me as I talk to experts and educators who share their rich experiences with us. &nbsp; &nbsp; The How We Read podcast launches the 4th of January 2021.&nbsp;

How We Read Podcast

In this educational podcast series brought to you by the National Institute of Education at the Nanyang Technological University, we explore how children, adolescents and adults and learn to read.

Learning to read is not just a matter of phonics as many might believe. Neither is learning to read something that stops at childhood. Rather, learning to read is a complex enterprise that includes finding the right book, having reading role models, being immersed in book-full environments and searching for new ways to approach different kinds of texts through different stages of life.

This series takes you into the world of reading, from childhood to old age, to uncover the art and science of learning to read. 

In this educational podcast series brought to you by the National Institute of Education at the Nanyang Technological University, we explore how children, adolescents and adults and learn to read.
Learning to read is not just a matter of phonics as many might believe. Neither is learning to read something that stops at childhood. Rather, learning to read is a complex enterprise that includes finding the right book, having reading role models, being immersed in book-full environments and searching for new ways to approach different kinds of texts through different stages of life.
This series takes you into the world of reading, from childhood to old age, to uncover the art and science of learning to read.&nbsp;

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