Understanding Literacy Development (eBook, ePUB)

A Global View
Redaktion: McKeough, Anne; Lupart, Judy Lee; Timmons, Vianne; Phillips, Linda M.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The acquisition and maintenance of literacy is of pressing interest and concern to educators and educational policy makers worldwide. What are the common themes, the common questions, and the unique circumstances and initiatives that spring from this interest and concern? To address these questions, "Understanding Literacy Development: A Global View" brings together leading experts from around the world to explore ways to best provide teaching and learning opportunities, tailored to specific educational needs, to help all children become better readers.
The premise is that current generic "one-size-fits-all" approaches are inappropriate for many children and can lead to underachievement and failure. The contributors write from a stance that reflects not only their own particular expertise and experience, but also sheds light on literacy development across cultures, countries, and circumstances. Taken together, chapters in this volume target a wide and comprehensive set of literacy issues, and offer an extensive exploration of the complexities of literacy development, including issues related to early literacy, school instruction, family literacy, adolescent and adult literacy, and teacher development.
At a time when education is burdened by increasing economic pressure to do more with less, it is imperative that educators and decision makers at all levels have access to current, broad-ranging, and in-depth information and evidence to inform their choices. This volume, compiling critical research on a wide spectrum of literacy concerns, is an invaluable tool for scholars, teacher educators, professionals and graduate students in the fields of literacy education, early childhoodeducation, educational psychology, educational policy, and related areas.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135608941
• Artikelnr.: 42719301

Autorenporträt

Anne McKeough, Linda M. Phillips, Vianne Timmons, Judy lee Lupart

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. A. McKeough
M. Jarvey
Developing Literacy: Themes and Issues. Part I: Improving School-Based Literacy Development.I. Lundberg
The Child's Route Into Literacy: A Double-Track Journey. T. Nicholson
How to Avoid Reading Failure: Teach Phonemic Awareness. M. Pressley
K. Hilden
Teaching Reading Comprehension. R.C. Anderson
W. Li
A Cross-Language Perspective on Learning to Read. Part II: Literacy Development Beyond the School Walls.D.E. Alvermann
Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Cultural Construction. H.S. Gosse
L.M. Phillips
Family Literacy in Canada: Foundation to a Literate Society. M. Hamilton
Understanding the Everyday: Adult Lives
Literacies
and Informal Learning. Part III: Changing Literacy Practices.S.M. Ng
Literacy and Diversity: Challenges of Change. I. Seda-Santana
Literacies Within Classrooms: Whose and for What Purpose? M.W. Kibby
D. Dechert
Lessons From the Reading Clinic.