Holly Joseph
@drhollyjoseph.bsky.social
Psychology/Education researcher. University of Reading. Interested in reading development, multilingualism and social justice
My fusty old office files have been joined by vibrant, colourful children's books ready for our parent and toddler playgroups in #Whitley Wood, Hexham and soon (we hope) Oxford Road areas of #Reading. Can't wait to get started! #readingforpleasure #familyliteracy
November 23, 2024 at 1:04 PM
My fusty old office files have been joined by vibrant, colourful children's books ready for our parent and toddler playgroups in #Whitley Wood, Hexham and soon (we hope) Oxford Road areas of #Reading. Can't wait to get started! #readingforpleasure #familyliteracy
A reminder to #Whitley parents that we are running shared #storybook reading sessions for parents and toddlers - Tuesday mornings at 9.30 @Whitley_CDA library. Come along, have fun and take the book home with you for free! @alice_mp @Aspire2whitley
November 22, 2024 at 9:23 AM
A reminder to #Whitley parents that we are running shared #storybook reading sessions for parents and toddlers - Tuesday mornings at 9.30 @Whitley_CDA library. Come along, have fun and take the book home with you for free! @alice_mp @Aspire2whitley
We're running a study on literacy development and need parents of children in Year 1 or Year 5 who: 1) speak a language at home other than English; and/or 2) are eligible for free school meals. If this is you, please use the QR code below to register. We're paying £20 per family
November 22, 2024 at 9:29 AM
We're running a study on literacy development and need parents of children in Year 1 or Year 5 who: 1) speak a language at home other than English; and/or 2) are eligible for free school meals. If this is you, please use the QR code below to register. We're paying £20 per family
We tested 71 children, 37 of them with dyslexia. They completed a rapid letter naming task, a word reading efficiency task, and read passages like this containing target words while their eye movements were monitored 7/12
November 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM
We tested 71 children, 37 of them with dyslexia. They completed a rapid letter naming task, a word reading efficiency task, and read passages like this containing target words while their eye movements were monitored 7/12
Enter an eye tracker and enter Dyslexie font (https://www.dyslexiefont.com/) 6/12
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Enter an eye tracker and enter Dyslexie font (https://www.dyslexiefont.com/) 6/12
Our teachers don't match the diversity of our pupils
November 22, 2024 at 2:06 PM
Our teachers don't match the diversity of our pupils
Teachers Like Me? No so much...
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Teachers Like Me? No so much...
Antiracist strategy - listening to voices of students, parents and teachers of colour, curriculum changes, policies, staff understanding #TeachersLikeUs
November 22, 2024 at 1:06 PM
Antiracist strategy - listening to voices of students, parents and teachers of colour, curriculum changes, policies, staff understanding #TeachersLikeUs
Take home messages from @MissTBegum
November 22, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Take home messages from @MissTBegum
#Vulnerability in leaders and mentors is so important for retention
November 22, 2024 at 10:44 AM
#Vulnerability in leaders and mentors is so important for retention
People from black and minority backgrounds are less likely to progress in teaching
November 22, 2024 at 10:31 AM
People from black and minority backgrounds are less likely to progress in teaching
Importance of leadership - inspiring books
November 22, 2024 at 10:12 AM
Importance of leadership - inspiring books
Due to parent demand, we have moved our #storybook sessions back to the library @Whitley_CDA from this week (26th May) until 16th June. Do join us! @AliceMpofuColes @J_S_Foundation @GFJuniorSchool @WP_WEC @Aspire2whitley @CtK_RDG
November 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Due to parent demand, we have moved our #storybook sessions back to the library @Whitley_CDA from this week (26th May) until 16th June. Do join us! @AliceMpofuColes @J_S_Foundation @GFJuniorSchool @WP_WEC @Aspire2whitley @CtK_RDG
Calling #WhitleyWoodshtag/WhitleyWood" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#WhitleyWood parents! Come to our first #storybook reading session at #WhitleyWood community centre - this Thursday (11th) at 9.30am. Tea, biscuits and a free book to take home with you (for first 8 sign-ups)
@Whitley_CDA @J_S_Foundation @UniRdg_Outreach
@Whitley_CDA @J_S_Foundation @UniRdg_Outreach
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Calling #WhitleyWoodshtag/WhitleyWood" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#WhitleyWood parents! Come to our first #storybook reading session at #WhitleyWood community centre - this Thursday (11th) at 9.30am. Tea, biscuits and a free book to take home with you (for first 8 sign-ups)
@Whitley_CDA @J_S_Foundation @UniRdg_Outreach
@Whitley_CDA @J_S_Foundation @UniRdg_Outreach
My kind of home schooling (after a morning of battling over fractions and times tables)
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
My kind of home schooling (after a morning of battling over fractions and times tables)
Fellow #academics, are you finding that developing online materials (esp. recording & uploading screencasts and editing automatic captions) is taking approx. 3 million times longer than usual prep? I am still on Week 1 and feel like I've been working on this since mid-summer...
November 22, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Fellow #academics, are you finding that developing online materials (esp. recording & uploading screencasts and editing automatic captions) is taking approx. 3 million times longer than usual prep? I am still on Week 1 and feel like I've been working on this since mid-summer...
Online delivery for next year's PhD students going well so far... 😱
November 22, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Online delivery for next year's PhD students going well so far... 😱
We are looking for children and adolescents (10-16 yrs) with and without a diagnosis of ASD to take part in a study on reading comprehension over the summer at @UniRdg_IoE . Please get in touch if you are interested and please RT! #ActuallyAutistic #ASD #research
November 22, 2024 at 1:06 PM
We are looking for children and adolescents (10-16 yrs) with and without a diagnosis of ASD to take part in a study on reading comprehension over the summer at @UniRdg_IoE . Please get in touch if you are interested and please RT! #ActuallyAutistic #ASD #research
Great talk from @MinnaTorppa showing that book reading supports reading comprehension and vice-versa #LKALE2019
November 22, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Great talk from @MinnaTorppa showing that book reading supports reading comprehension and vice-versa #LKALE2019
Philip Durant presents his corpus of children’s writing in school from KS1-KS4 - available for use for researchers @bjm_teacher @helencnorris #LKALE2019
November 22, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Philip Durant presents his corpus of children’s writing in school from KS1-KS4 - available for use for researchers @bjm_teacher @helencnorris #LKALE2019
Farewell Tinbergen building - you were ugly but we liked you @OxExpPsy https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17260701.oxford-university-to-replace-tinbergen-building-with-new-state-of-the-art-life-sciences-centre/?ref=mr&lp=10
November 22, 2024 at 2:15 PM
Farewell Tinbergen building - you were ugly but we liked you @OxExpPsy https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/17260701.oxford-university-to-replace-tinbergen-building-with-new-state-of-the-art-life-sciences-centre/?ref=mr&lp=10