"𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎;
𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚝𝚑 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜.
𝚆𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚞𝚗𝚜."

─ 𝘛𝘰𝘮 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘴

Reading and what we know
In reading and then writing about Willingham’s The Reading Mind, the author makes some interesting arguments about the relationships between what we know and reading comprehension and between the time spent reading and what we know. As the reciprocal relationship implies, this is a cognitive explanation of how the rich get richer. The author throws in a relate
https://learningaloud.com/blog/2024/09/27/reading-and-what-we-know/
#DigitalLiteracy #knowledge #reading

I thought I'd do an updated #introduction since my first one was a bit sparse on details. Also, #HappyNewYear

I'm an #editor working full-time from home for a small publication. The organisation has gone through a lot of changes over the past six months, which have been stressful, but hopefully things will be more stable this year.

#2024 will also be the year I finish my #PhD. I know I said that last year but I've run out of time so I really have to do it now. It's a #creative PhD -- I'm writing a #steampunk novel set in #WesternAustralia and my #thesis discusses Australian steampunk. Weirdly, despite having spent years on this, I still like the topic and I hope to write some more papers on specific elements when I'm finished. (But first I need to finish).

I have a partner and four #children and live with them plus two #dogs, three #cats and a bunch of #chooks (aka #chickens) in a little regional city on the south coast of Western Australia. I love #cooking, #reading, #writing, #gardening and #hiking and am interested in all things #green ... I've been banging on about the #environment for decades and despite the dire predicament we humans collectively find ourselves in now, I'm heartened by the fact that #climate issues are mainstream news now. I believe in #hope because I think it's a radical act of defiance against the #doom.

I'm fascinated by #science and #space and the #history of how humans have learnt and passed down #knowledge through millennia. I love to learn new things from people whose backgrounds are different from my own. I spent a little time in Germany and did languages in my undergrad degree, so ich spreche #deutsch et parle un peu #français. I'm also learning #Japanese on Duolingo so now I can say 'this cake is tasty', which, I think we can all agree, is a very handy phrase to know.

Ooh! Nearly forgot. Love #tea. Big fan.