The Reading Instruction Show
by Dr. Andy Johnson
This podcast describes issues and ideas related to effective reading instruction. It is designed for professional educators, parents, tutors, and paraprofessionals.
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Season 14
S14 E08 - The Neurological Basis for Data-Resistant Belief Systems: The 2020 Presidential Election and the COVID Vaccine
S14 E08 - The Neurological Basis for Data-Resistant Belief Systems: The 2020 Presidential Election and the COVID Vaccine
How is it possible that so many people believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election? How is it humanly possible? How is it possible that some still believe that getting vaccinated for COVID-19 is a bad thing? Af...
Jul 26 2021
S14 E06 - LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT: LEARNING WORDS
Language learning is a universal human function. People around the world, in different environments and with different abilities seem to acquire their primary language in essentially the same sequence and the same way. This tells ...
Jul 12 2021
S14 E05 - UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS FROM AN EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVE
Emotions can be better understood if viewed from an evolutionary perspective. Our current human emotions are a result of thousands of years of human evolution. They are part of our ever-evolving human brain. As stated above, they ...
Jun 27 2021
S14 E04 - UNDERSTANDING EMOTIONS: EMOTIONAL DISORDERS AND EDUCATIONAL DISORDERS
At their core, emotions are a physiological response to stimuli that enable humans to react to events of biological or individual significance. From an evolutionary perspective, these physiological responses promoted survival beh...
Jun 27 2021
