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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808471703321

Titolo

Raising standards in literacy / / edited by Ros Fisher, Greg Brooks, and Maureen Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-134-50361-X

0-415-26351-4

1-134-50362-8

1-280-07912-6

0-203-16622-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Language and literacy in action series

Altri autori (Persone)

FisherRos

BrooksGreg <1944->

LewisMaureen

Disciplina

372.6

Soggetti

Language arts - Great Britain

Language arts - United States

Language arts - Australia

Education - Standards - Great Britain

Education - Standards - United States

Education - Standards - Australia

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Series editor's preface; Introduction; Research into the teaching of literacy; What does research tell us about how to develop comprehension?; What does research tell us about how we should be developing written composition?; As the research predicted? Examining the success of the National Literacy Strategy; What do effective teachers of literacy know, believe and do?; Developing literacy: towards a new understanding of family involvement; The words in basal readers: a historical perspective from the United States

Discussion: research into the teaching of literacyWhat counts as evidence?; The irrelevancy    and danger    of the 'simple view' of



reading to meaningful standards; Understanding national standards in reading; Validity in literacy tests; Trying to count the evidence; Discussion: what counts as evidence?; Developing teacher practice; Textbooks and model programmes: reading reform in the United States; Teacher education programmes and children's reading achievement; The implementation of the National Literacy Strategy in England, 1998  2001

Examining teaching in the literacy hour: case studies from English classroomsThe literacy block in primary school classrooms, Victoria, Australia; Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice; Discussion: developing practice; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 policymakers. 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