#8 Michael Maloney - How to be An Educational Ninja using Direct Instruction and Precision Teaching

Michael Maloney is a researcher and educator with over 50 years of combined experience in both private and public schools. Together with his colleague, Eric Haughton, he integrated behavior analysis, direct instruction, and precision teaching into a highly effective learning approach. 

Michael takes us on a journey through his life, from being fired for disrupting the learning system at the school where he worked to meeting remarkable individuals that contributed to his incredible work.

 

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HIGHLIGHTS

00:01:24 Michael’s childhood and why he decided to become the first teacher in the family.

00:05:07 His educational background.

00:12:40 Why he got kicked out of school and what he did after.

00:17:39 Combining instruction and precision teaching with Eric Haughton.

00:28:35 Integrating behaviour analysis, direct instruction, and precision teaching.

00:32:34 Why are teachers hesitant to use his method?

00:42:55 Installing the program on computers to help 20,000 kids.

00:53:19 How he influenced the Morningside Center’s program.

1:00:21 Why is the discipline not growing?

1:05:02 How Carmen Marcy reduced the recidivism rate.

1:24:19 How did our field get to the point where we've lost touch with some of our most effective tools?

RESOURCES

The Maloney Method: https://www.maloneymethod.com 

Learn more about The Good Behaviour Clock by Edward S. Kubany: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0005791671900553

The Fluency Factory: https://www.fluencyfactory.com

QUOTES

31:07 “You're not going to get fired if a third of these kids don't learn to read this year. In fact, you're going to get rewarded, you're going to get another contract, you're going to get another year of pension, you're going to get a raise, you're going to get two months off in the summer. There's just no accountability in the system and it doesn't start and end with the teachers. It goes all the way to the top.”

 

33:16 “You can barely find an educational institution that teaches the chart, or that teaches direct instruction, or for that matter, even does a good job of teaching behaviour analysis. I mean, I see these graduates, so they got master's degrees and their BCBAs and 28% of them ever use either direct instruction or precision teaching.”

 

1:01:21 “Essentially, until we can do things that people don't have to go sit and listen to somebody and get involved in what I call drive-by consulting, there's no accountability.”

 

1:02:49 “If you gave the teachers the opportunity to learn these skills, which they've never had, they would do a much better job. If they learn direct instruction only, they do a good job. If they paired that with precision teaching, they do an excellent job.”