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S0138 · le_bris_2004_et_vos_enfants · registry identity

Your Children Won't Know How to Read

Le Bris · 2004
anecdote independent3 occurrences across 2 books · load 6

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2016 · Why Knowledge Matters
Marc Le Bris's professional experience as a teacher who initially followed progressive methods before seeing their failure.
direct Progressive, 'modern' educational methods like 'natural' reading and self-learning were already dominant in French teacher-training schools by 1977.
ch 7 · anecdote · wkm:ch7_E28
Warrant (implicit): The curriculum taught in teacher-training institutions is a reliable proxy for the actual methods used in classrooms decades later.
could fail ifIndividual teacher experience and 'wisdom of practice' often lead educators to abandon their training-school theories once they face the realities of a classroom.
Marc Le Bris's book 'Your Children Won’t Know How to Read or Count' detailing his experience with 'natural' reading methods and their failure.
related Naturalistic reading theories, such as 'la méthode globale,' caused basic reading difficulties in French pupils even before the national curriculum was officially changed.
ch 7 · anecdote · wkm:ch7_E29
2024 · The Ratchet Effect
Marc Le Bris's bestselling account describing the long-term failure of 'natural' reading methods and progressive pedagogy in France.
related Naturalistic reading theories like 'la méthode globale' and 'la méthode mixte' caused basic reading difficulties in young French pupils.
ch appendix-i · anecdote · re:chappendix-i_E27

Raw book:chapter:endnote references collected during endnote backfill.

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  • Marc Le Bris, Et Vos Enfants ne Sauront pas Lire (2004)
  • Marc Le Bris, Et Vos Enfants ne Sauront pas Lire . . . Ni Compter (2004)
  • Marc Le Bris, Your Children Won't Know How to Read or Count (2004)