| Description |
xvi, 271 pages ; 25 cm |
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Language and literacy in action |
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Language and literacy in action series |
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Language and literacy in action
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Language and literacy in action series.
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| Contents |
Section I. Research into the Teaching of Literacy: 1. What does Research Tell Us About How to Develop Comprehension? / Colin Harrison; 2. What Does Research Tell Us About How We Should be Developing Written Composition? / Mary Bailey; 3. As the Research Predicted? Examining the Success of the National Literacy Strategy / Roger Beard; 4. What do Effective Teachers of Literacy Know, Believe and Do? / David Wray and Jane Medwell; 5. Developing Literacy: Towards a New Understanding of Family Involvement / Clare Kelly, Eve Gregory and Ann Williams; 6. Words in Basal Readers: An Historical Perspective from the United States / James V. Hoffman; Discussion: Research into the Teaching of Literacy / Maureen Lewis -- Section II. What Counts as Evidence?: 7. The Irrelevancy and Danger of the 'Simple View' of Reading to Meaningful Standards / Victoria Purcell-Gates |
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8. Understanding National Standards in Reading / Sue Horner; 9. Validity in Literacy Tests / Marian Sainsbury; 10. Trying to Count the Evidence / Greg Brooks; Discussion: What Counts as Evidence? / Greg Brooks -- Section III. Developing Teacher Practice: 11. Textbooks and Model Programmes: Reading Reform in the United States / Elfrieda H. Hiebert; 12. Teacher Education Programmes and Children's Reading Achievement / National Commission of Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction; 13. The Implementation of the English National Literacy Strategy in England, 1998-2001 / Laura Huxford; 14. Examining Teaching in the Literacy Hour: Case Studies from English Classrooms / Ros Fisher and Maureen Lewis |
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15. The Literacy Block in Primary School Classrooms: Victoria, Australia / Bridie Raban and Gillian Essex; 16. Globalisation, Literacy, Curriculum Practice / Allan Luke and Victoria Carrington; Discussion: Developing Practice / Ros Fisher |
| Summary |
"Raising Standards in Literacy represents the best current thinking and research about literacy. The book is the outcome of a high-profile series of seminars on raising standards in literacy, and includes contributions from an impressive group of international researchers and policy makers. By offering a rich and unique mix of contemporary perspectives on literacy education, this book provides an invaluable source of study and insight into the latest research and developments in the teaching of literacy. It includes sections on: how research into literacy teaching can inform new approaches found in England, the USA and Australia; the issues involved in assessing progress in literacy and the validity of research claims made about standards of attainment; and the ways in which literacy education is developing in England, the USA and Australia. The book celebrates the apparent success of current literacy initiatives at the same time as raising questions about the feasibility and relevance of such initiatives to the literacy co-ordinators and consultants and for all those undertaking further study or research in literacy education." -- BOOK JACKET. places (100 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Language arts -- Great Britain.
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Language arts -- United States.
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Language arts -- Australia.
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Education -- Standards -- Great Britain.
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Education -- Standards -- United States.
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Education -- Standards -- Australia.
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| Author |
Brooks, Greg, 1944-
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Lewis, Maureen.
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Fisher, Ros.
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Ebook Library.
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| LC no. |
2002024898 |
| ISBN |
0415263506 hardback |
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0415263514 paperback |
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0203260813 |
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