04492nam 22008654a 450 991080847170332120200520144314.01-134-50361-X0-415-26351-41-134-50362-81-280-07912-60-203-16622-110.4324/9780203166222 (CKB)1000000000253094(EBL)180669(OCoLC)437083485(SSID)ssj0000307631(PQKBManifestationID)11212511(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000307631(PQKBWorkID)10250542(PQKB)10512328(SSID)ssj0000377711(PQKBManifestationID)11303058(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377711(PQKBWorkID)10338908(PQKB)10922236(MiAaPQ)EBC180669(Au-PeEL)EBL180669(CaPaEBR)ebr10100952(CaONFJC)MIL7912(OCoLC)56320145(EXLCZ)99100000000025309420020313d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRaising standards in literacy /edited by Ros Fisher, Greg Brooks, and Maureen Lewis1st ed.London ;New York Routledge20021 online resource (288 p.)Language and literacy in action seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-28131-4 0-415-26350-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 StatesDiscussion: 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 2001Examining 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; IndexRaising 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 Language and literacy in action series.Language artsGreat BritainLanguage artsUnited StatesLanguage artsAustraliaEducationStandardsGreat BritainEducationStandardsUnited StatesEducationStandardsAustraliaLanguage artsLanguage artsLanguage artsEducationStandardsEducationStandardsEducationStandards372.6Fisher Ros1702941Brooks Greg1944-803512Lewis Maureen1702942MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808471703321Raising standards in literacy4087829UNINA