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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783874203321

Autore

Webster Alec

Titolo

Managing the literacy curriculum : how schools can become communities of readers and writers / / Alec Webster, Michael Beveridge, and Malcolm Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996

ISBN

1-134-83009-2

1-134-83010-6

1-280-14457-2

0-203-97573-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BeveridgeMichael

ReedMalcolm

Disciplina

420.71041

428.0071

428.00712

Soggetti

Language arts (Elementary) - Great Britain

Language arts (Secondary) - Great Britain

Reading (Elementary) - Great Britain

Reading (Secondary) - Great Britain

English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Elementary) - Great Britain

English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Secondary) - Great Britain

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 (p. [180]-185) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; FIGURES; TABLES; APPENDICES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 RETHINKING THE MEANING OF LITERACY; 2 A FRAMWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING LITERACY TEACHING AND LEARNING; 3 AUDITING THE LITERACY CURRICULUM; 4 LITERACY AND LEARNING IN THE PRIMARY CLASSROOM; 5 LITERACY ACROSS A SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM; 6 MANAGING THE LITERACY CURRICULUM; APPENDICES; REFERENCES; INDEX



Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on a critical period for pupils between the ages of nine and thirteen when the demands made on children's literacy change fundamentally, and when children establish life-time patterns of reading and non-reading. It provides a framework for teachers and managers to help set up a whole-school approach to literacy, based on a series of steps which enable managers to find out how literacy is perceived by teachers and effectively used within classroom contexts. Practical guidance on how schools can help pupils who have literacy difficulties, on methods of assessment and reporting,