[Wandiwa]

How Reading Was Taught in the 60s​

Check out the intial way we were taught to read, new concept called ITA, didnt catch on. Thats me on the right.

 

[Jarred Santos]

How Reading Was Taught in the 60s​

Check out the intial way we were taught to read, new concept called ITA, didnt catch on. Thats me on the right.
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Wow, this is amazing! And the context and little @Wandiwa over there adds such a nice layer of nostalgia to this post!

 

[Gsr]

Looking at some of the spelling of words on the blackboard no wonder it isn’t used anymore.

While it may have helped in learning to read, it would have done nothing to help kids learn to spell. The wrong spelling of the words would have stuck in the kids brains and it would have taken too much effort for most kids to then learn the correct spelling.

Then again, with the number of younger generation who now have no idea or interest in spelling words correctly maybe it has made a secret comeback, but I think a lot of teachers these days can’t spell anyway. Kids spell words as they sound more than trying to spell properly.

When I was in primary school I was involved in an inter school spelling competition between area small country schools. Now I loved spelling and spent a lot of time learning how to spell correctly, so much so that I won the cup for my school every week and ended up getting banned from taking part just so the other schools got a chance to win the cup. Now that would be called out as discrimination if it happened today.

 

[Jarred Santos]

Looking at some of the spelling of words on the blackboard no wonder it isn’t used anymore.

While it may have helped in learning to read, it would have done nothing to help kids learn to spell. The wrong spelling of the words would have stuck in the kids brains and it would have taken too much effort for most kids to then learn the correct spelling.

Then again, with the number of younger generation who now have no idea or interest in spelling words correctly maybe it has made a secret comeback, but I think a lot of teachers these days can’t spell anyway. Kids spell words as they sound more than trying to spell properly.

When I was in primary school I was involved in an inter school spelling competition between area small country schools. Now I loved spelling and spent a lot of time learning how to spell correctly, so much so that I won the cup for my school every week and ended up getting banned from taking part just so the other schools got a chance to win the cup. Now that would be called out as discrimination if it happened today.

Thank you for the response @Gsr! It was quite interesting to read about it, but I do see why @Wandiwa mentioned it didn't catch on

 

[Wandiwa]

Nuffing rong wiff my spelin todey.
I dooont evan need ortokerect on my pursonel computa.
Wandiwa.

 

[MERYL greet]

Looking at some of the spelling of words on the blackboard no wonder it isn’t used anymore.

While it may have helped in learning to read, it would have done nothing to help kids learn to spell. The wrong spelling of the words would have stuck in the kids brains and it would have taken too much effort for most kids to then learn the correct spelling.

Then again, with the number of younger generation who now have no idea or interest in spelling words correctly maybe it has made a secret comeback, but I think a lot of teachers these days can’t spell anyway. Kids spell words as they sound more than trying to spell properly.

When I was in primary school I was involved in an inter school spelling competition between area small country schools. Now I loved spelling and spent a lot of time learning how to spell correctly, so much so that I won the cup for my school every week and ended up getting banned from taking part just so the other schools got a chance to win the cup. Now that would be called out as discrimination if it happened today.

 

[MERYL greet]

VERY strange. I started teaching in Queensland in the late fifties, using the "Nip and Fluff", "Dick and Dora" series. Children were taught by simply being presented with familiar, sensible words using consistent letter combinations over and over and expanded .

Nuffing rong wiff my spelin todey.
I dooont evan need ortokerect on my pursonel computa.
Wandiwa.

The method set out above was NOT used in Queensland State Schools. Children were presented with familiar patterns of letters in words

 

[Jarred Santos]

Nuffing rong wiff my spelin todey.
I dooont evan need ortokerect on my pursonel computa.
Wandiwa.

Are you sure it didn't catch on... Kidding

VERY strange. I started teaching in Queensland in the late fifties, using the "Nip and Fluff", "Dick and Dora" series. Children were taught by simply being presented with familiar, sensible words using consistent letter combinations over and over and expanded .


The method set out above was NOT used in Queensland State Schools. Children were presented with familiar patterns of letters in words

Thank you for this @MERYL greet! Greatly appreciate the context. Perhaps this was only in WA, then

 

[Wandiwa]

Probably was only in WA .... I know in WA only 2 schools ran with it.