Description |
xiii, 386 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Introduction. Dilemmas in the choice of responses to students' difficulties in literacy development (Janice Wearmouth) -- Part I. Family and Community: 2. Parents and teachers (Peter Mittler); 3. Collaboration between teachers and parents in assisting children's reading (J. Tizard, W.N. Schofield and Jenny Hewison); 4. Pause Prompt Praise: reading tutoring procedures for home and school partnership (Ted Glynn); 5. Dyslexia: parents in need (Pat Heaton); 6. Rhetoric and research in family literacy (Peter Hannon); 7. Developing literacy in families with histories of reading problems: preliminary results from a longitudinal study of young children of dyslexic parents (Bente E. Hagtvet, et al); 8. Partnership approaches: new futures for travellers (Elizabeth Jordan) -- Part II. School and Classroom: 9. Using Soft Systems Methodology to re-think special needs (Norah Frederickson); 10. Case studies of individual classrooms (E.C. Wragg, et al); 11. Contradictory models: the dilemma of specific learning difficulties (Alan Dyson and David Skidmore); 12. The National Literacy Strategy and dyslexia: a comparison of teaching methods and materials (Judith Piotrowski and Rea Reason) -- Part III. Individual Pupil: 13. Examinations, assessments and special arrangements (Nick Peacey); 14. Learning to understand written language (Jane Oakhill and Nicola Yuill); 15. Specific developmental dyslexia (SDD): 'basics to back' in 2000 and beyond? (Peter Pumfrey); 16. Multisensory teaching of reading in mainstream settings (Mike Johnson); 17. Researching the social and emotional consequences of dyslexia (Barbara Riddick); 18. An examination of the relationship between labelling and stigmatisation with special reference to dyslexia (Barbara Riddick); 19. The long-term effects of two interventions for children with reading difficulties (Qualifications and Curriculum Authority); 20. Teaching spelling: some questions answered (Diana Bentley); 21. Spelling (Rea Reason and Rene Boote) |
Summary |
"This book will be of interest to postgraduate students, teachers, researchers, education professionals and policy makers who are looking for well-researched, practical strategies to address difficulties in literacy development."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Reading -- Remedial teaching.
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Reading disability.
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Author |
Reid, Gavin, 1950-
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Soler, Janet.
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Wearmouth, Janice.
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LC no. |
2002068323 |
ISBN |
0415289025 |
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0415289033 paperback |
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0415289025 hardback |
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