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Description

In this episode, host Anya Ricketson explores writing in education and cumulative essay writing with the help of guest Ida Klausen, a third year Elementary Education major with a minor in teaching English to speakers of other languages. Ida and Anya chat about how essay writing can become easier when the assignment is applicable to the real life operation of a discipline. Ida also explains how reading is taught to children, and questions how effectively the education system helps future teachers learn to teach writing. Learn how reading and writing are taught to future generations on this episode of Red Penned.

Guest: Ida Klausen

Ida Klausen is an Elementary Education major with a minor in teaching English to speakers of other languages. She is also the musical director of the EcoTones, an environmental activism acapella group. In her free time she enjoys music, hiking, laying in her hammock, and everything else about the outdoors.