| Description |
vi, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Re-emerging debates over methods and standards : 1945-1965 -- Reading debates and the Bullock report, 1968-1975 -- Post-Bullock reactions to a literacy crisis, 1975-1983 -- The renewed reading standards debate of the early 1990s -- The advent of national literacy strategies -- Reading recovery : a comparative case study |
| Summary |
The authors build a convincing case that the problem of how to teach reading needs to be re-conceptualized as part of a deeply social phenomenon. The study addresses the critical issue of literacy crises around the world and questions their wider sociological and educational impact |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Education and state -- Great Britain.
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Literacy -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Reading -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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| Author |
Openshaw, Roger.
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| LC no. |
2005018271 |
| ISBN |
0415336767 (hbk.) |
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9780415336765 (hbk.) |
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