AskST@NLB: Relearn how to read
The askST@NLB series is organised by The Straits Times and National Library Board
These monthly sessions, helmed by journalists from The Straits Times, take on everyday topics ranging from current affairs to finance, education, health and lifestyle.
Send in your questions. Selected questions will be addressed by the speakers.
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Relearn How to Read
The video will be streamed on Friday, Nov 13 at 7pm on The Straits Times' Facebook page
Today, they will find multiple answers to their questions online, and it is up to them to figure out what is right and what is wrong. The sheer speed and volume of information flow have created perfect conditions for fake news to thrive. This requires youth to learn how to read better - not so much in terms of greater fluency, but with more discernment.
Come listen to The Straits Times Senior Education Correspondent Sandra Davie and Ms Leslie Davis, Training Consultant at British Council, Singapore on why youth have to relearn how to read and what parents can do to develop critical reading skills in their children.
About the speakers:
Sandra Davie
Senior Education Correspondent, The Straits Times
She was a junior college teacher before joining the newspaper. As a young reporter, she covered a range of topics from health to education. She honed her investigative journalism skills further at The Philadelphia Inquirer on a Knight Ridder fellowship and on her return joined a special report team and wrote many award-winning stories. She became Education Correspondent in 1998 and has since written extensively on education issues. She has a BA from the National University of Singapore and a MSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Leslie Davis
Training Consultant, British Council, Singapore
Leslie is passionate about supporting educators to find solutions for issues in their classroom. Through Master Classes and workshops, she has focused on Subject Literacy, Oracy and Encouraging Personal Response. She has a BA in English Language and Literature from The College of William and Mary and a Masters of Teaching from the University of Virginia. She is a registered teacher both in the US and in New Zealand. She also has a Literacy Specialist qualification from the University of Toronto and has designed courses to support teachers with developing reading and writing skills.
Leslie is also an Emotional Intelligence Practitioner (Six Seconds Singapore) and has developed a suite of workshops aimed at supporting teachers and students with strategies to establish positive relationships and handle challenging situations effectively, both inside and outside the classroom. Leslie has recently finished a Masters of Applied Positive Psychology and Post Graduate Diploma in Positive Organizational Psychology from The School of Positive Psychology Singapore and Anglia Ruskin University.
