I can't see anyone taking it up. Paul already has a full agenda and he's the one who pointed out the problem when I discussed a similar idea with him.
'We can't use our classes for testing. People pay to learn PhotoReading and it's not fair to use them as guinea pigs and taking up their valuable time. And you cannot ask for volunteers because of bias. People who volunteer 'want to' and attitude is something that affects the success,with a positive bias. That would throw the research out straight away.'
Without comprehension type test shortly after the screening to find out what people already know about PhotoReading we would have no way of knowing whether there is anything in it.
Like I said the PhotoReading classes would be a poor test class. To date everyone who has taken my class has proven PhotoReading works for them. I know a few don't use it and come to me later with hey Alex I haven't used it help me get back into it. They wouldn't ask me that if it didn't work. So it would be impossible for me to see if it makes any difference and as to it being easier to learn... that's a subjective experience that's difficult to measure.
The problem is testing it. If we can work out a way to measure the result then we've got something. I think if you put the idea to any PhotoReading instructor they would agree that it should work. Proving it is another matter.
If you check this forum you'll see that there are numerous post debating that PhotoReading doesn't work. I saw a brilliant argument on a social networking site. It went, 'I'm a teacher and I can tell you PhotoReading doesn't work.'
Someone asked if they tried it.
The teacher, 'Of course not, it's a waste of time.'
We could do it and because we PhotoRead the PhotoReading book first up anyway it probably doesn't make much difference.
The countries without a translated PhotoReading book would still have the same problem They don't have the book to throw up as a projection.
Unless we can measure the results we've got nothing. Saying it makes it easier to learn or takes less time is subjective. We need objective measures. So for a start I think it needs to be tested on something other than a PhotoReading class.
Still I like the idea and think it would be brilliant if classes in the future had this sort of pre-exposure to the material. Those who do PhotoRead already have that advantage. They can and do apply it to their textbooks and based on anecdotal feedback it makes a difference, yet we cannot test to measure it. Whether it's previewed in projected format using our peripheral awareness or PhotoReading by it's the same thing really. So we're already doing it in our classes just not projected.
AlexK
