Submissions 181-200

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Submission Number

Author

181

Name Not Made Public
The writer says that the Study Technology by L Ron Hubbard enabled him to improve his study results and application so that he started to enjoy learning and wanted to learn more. The submission recommends that the Inquiry take action in implementing this particular method about student techniques into our school systems.

182

School of Education, University of New England, NSW
This submission discusses four groups of issues: first, the interconnectedness of reading and writing development; second, the need for differential teaching, according to student need, of reading as decoding, comprehending and critical interpretive response; third, the importance of literacy pedagogy beyond initial reading instruction, developing students’ effectiveness in reading and writing using conventional book-based resources as well as new forms of digital multimedia; and last, the impact of social, contextual issues on the classroom implementation of literacy pedagogies.

183

Ms Kylie Zani, WA
This writer says that at the age of eight she learned about L Ron Hubbard’s Study Technology through an Applied Scholastics organisation. This submission says that these courses were very simple and enjoyable and they allowed the writer to be able to study any subject independently. The submission requests that the Inquiry seriously consider implementing the solutions offered by Applied Scholastics.

184

Ms Khoi Nguyen, WA
This submission says that Study Technology, delivered by Applied Scholastics, that was the major factor that enabled the author to have great success with her university-level computer programming studies. The submission asks the Committee to take into account the benefits being offered by Applied Scholastics.

185

Name Not Made Public
The writer says that she first became aware of the Applied Scholastics teachings in 1982 and was amazed that something so simple could be so effective. The submission describes how the writer was able to help her children with their schoolwork using these methods.

186

Ms Julie Beer, VIC
This submission calls for a closer examination of the perceived causes of failure in literacy teaching and their attendant solutions, and briefly outlines some basic approaches the writer has found to yield success. The writer says that she has found that the explicit linking of the visual to the oral/aural through narrative and conversation can provide new levels of understanding in reading for students. Such an approach requires a shift from viewing teaching as a method to the understanding of teaching as a much richer dialogic approach.

187

Ms Julie DeAngelis, OzChild, VIC
This submission describes OzChild’s Lift Off With Language program, as an early literacy program targeting phonological awareness. The program is based on early identification and intervention for students regarding reading development, before they fall behind. Direct, classroom instruction implemented by a speech pathologist as the facilitator is the model. Teachers are provided support and training to meet the literacy needs of their young students and parents are also involved in the program. The submission says that statistics clearly demonstrate improvement in students overall average scores and feedback from parents and teachers has been exceptionally positive.

188

Ms Julia Grmistone, Brain Gym, VIC
The submission draws the Inquiry’s attention to the Educational Kinesiology program called Brain Gym, which is a movement-based program used to prepare students for learning. Fundamental to Educational Kinesiology is the idea that movement is important in learning and the notes that some of the difficulties children have with literacy and learning go back to their early childhood development.. The submission refers to an article published in the Brain Gym Journal (July 2000) that lists research and anecdotal evidence from around the world. The submission provides a brief summary of four of the articles. The writer is a member of the International Faculty of Educational Kinesiology.

189

Name Not Made Public
This submission describes the writer’s difficulties while struggling with literacy at school and claims that the Study Technology, promoted by Applied Scholastics, has enabled him to learn six different languages, and to study anything he wants. The submission encourages the Inquiry to further investigate this particular study technique and consider its implementation in all schools in the early school years.

190

Name Not Made Public
This submission claims that the Study Technology by L Ron Hubbard has provided the writer with the tools to understand what he reads, and to be able to apply the material in practice.

191

Name Not Made Public
This submission says that the Study Technology by L Ron Hubbard has given the writer a method to completely understand what she read so that she was able to extend her education by taking up studies at TAFE.

192

Ms Ann Richardson, VIC
The submission say that contemporary methods for teaching reading are effective for most students, but that those at risk are often not identified early enough, nor are they taught in the most effective way. This submission expands on these points under the following headings: children who are at risk; early identification is vital; predicating success in literacy acquisition; early experiences play an important role; and, lastly, the importance of quality programs in childcare centres. The writer has many years experience as a classroom teacher, Reading Recovery teacher and Special Education teacher.

193

Name Not Made Public
The author of this submission has worked as a writer, book editor, management consultant and executive. This submission encourages “the long overdue return to phonics”, and claims there is also great need for a simple and workable system of study such as the Study Technology by L Ron Hubbard. The author says that this study technique represents a profound advance in education and schooling and that it should be reviewed by the Inquiry’s Committee.

194

Ms Connie de Koning, WA
This submission claims that Study Technology offered by Applied Scholastics has enriched the lives of the writer and her flatmate in a whole new way. The submission recommends Study Technology as a way of improving the reading and writing skills of Australia’s population.

195

Mr Nigel Graham, WA
The writer says that he found study difficult in the past but has been greatly helped by Study Technology. Mr Graham notes that he is a very hands on individual and that Study Technology provided the solution he needed to be able to study for an indefinite time and to apply what he had learnt.

196

Mr Elve Olver, VIC
This submission says that the writer, after 19 years of teaching, was introduced to the Study Technology technique as defined by Mr L Ron Hubbard and he became very much aware of the wasted years of frustration from a personal view point of learning and teaching children. The submission encourages that this particular study method should be available to all Australians especially at an early age when they start at school.

197

Name Not Made Public
In this submission, the writer says that the Study Technology by L Ron Hubbard made a huge difference to his willingness to read the humanities, and to understand contracts and other work necessities. The submission urges the Inquiry to seriously consider the training and education programs offered by Applied Scholastics and to incorporate the materials into the public education system as a matter of urgency.

198

Mrs Carrie Wright, ACT
This submission says that the writer’s two children have been greatly assisted in English language, spelling, and understanding the subjects they are studying by literacy courses conducted by Applied Scholastics. The submission suggests that this method of teaching be made available to all students, that teachers be made aware of its existence and it be available to them to apply in their classes.

199

Mr Greg Bradley, NSW
This submission claims that the Study Technology technique by L Ron Hubbard contains the vital discoveries of the three barriers to study and includes methods for overcoming these barriers that are easy to apply and have immediate results. The writer claims that he and his wife and three children have been assisted greatly by this particular study technique and suggests that the Inquiry investigate its effectiveness for improving literacy and reading skills.

200

Mr Jim Noonan, WA
This submission says that the writer has used the Study Technology by L Ron Hubbard for the past 25 years for himself, and family members and others, to their benefit. The submission suggests that Study Technology should form part of our national education system for lifting literacy standards

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