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UNINA9910791181503321 |
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Titolo |
Contextualising difficulties in literacy development : exploring politics, culture, ethnicity, and ethics / / edited by Janet Soler, Janice Wearmouth, and Gavin Reid |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge : , : Open University : , : University of Edinburgh, , 2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-136-48619-4 |
0-415-28901-7 |
1-315-01570-6 |
1-136-48612-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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SolerJanet |
WearmouthJanice |
ReidGavin <1950-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Reading disability - Social aspects |
Reading - Remedial teaching |
Educational sociology |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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