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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458723503321

Titolo

Contextualising difficulties in literacy development : exploring politics, culture, ethnicity, and ethics / / edited by Janet Soler, Janice Wearmouth, and Gavin Reid

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Open University : , : University of Edinburgh, , 2002

ISBN

0-415-28901-7

1-315-01570-6

1-136-48612-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (343 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SolerJanet

WearmouthJanice

ReidGavin <1950->

Disciplina

302.2/244

Soggetti

Reading disability - Social aspects

Reading - Remedial teaching

Educational sociology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Policy contexts and the debates over how to teach literacy; Part 1 What is literacy: a simple or complex process?; 2 Literacy: in search of a paradigm; 3 Framing the issues in literacy education; Part 2 Are there increasing difficulties with literacy?; 4 Explanations of the current international 'literacy crises'; 5 Simply doing their job? The politics of reading standards and 'real books'; 6 When will the phonics police come knocking?

7 Literacy assessment and the politics of identities8 Learning difficulties and the New Literacy Studies: a socially-critical perspective; Part 3 Political and historical considerations: curricula and programmatic responses to literacy difficulties; 9 A veteran enters the



Reading Wars: my journey; 10 Reading Recovery and Pause, Prompt, Praise: professional visions and current practices; 11 How inclusive is the Literacy Hour?; 12 Developmental dyslexia: into the future; Part 4 Impact of social class, culture, ethnicity and gender

13 Texts in context: mapping out the gender differentiation of the reading curriculum14 The literacy acquisition of Black and Asian EAL learners: anti-racist assessment and intervention challenges; 15 Bilingualism and literacies in primary school: implications for professional development; 16 Psychosocial factors in the aetiology and course of specific learning disabilities; Part 5 How can political, social and cultural factors impact upon individual difficulties with literacy?; 17 Myths of illiteracy: childhood memories of reading in London's East End; 18 New times! Old ways?

Part 6 Ethical and social justice issues19 Justice, literacy, and impediments to learning literacy; 20 Reforming special education: beyond 'inclusion'; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides a range of interdisciplinary and international perspectives on difficulties in literacy development. The high-profile team of contributors provide ethical and policy discussions, as well as contextualising individual and collective strategies to addressing difficulties in literacy development. The chapters break new ground by encompassing a wide range of perspectives related to critical literacy, socio-cultural, cognitive, and psychological viewpoints, to help inform practice, policy and research into literacy difficulties.Issues addressed include:*the diffe