ISBN:
0415995027
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0415995035
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0203875184
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9780415995023
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9780415995030
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9780203875186
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 314 p)
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ill
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23 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Changing Literacies for Changing Times : An Historical Perspective on the Future of Reading Research, Public Policy, and Classroom Practices
DDC:
302.2/2440973
Keywords:
Reading Research
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Literacy Government policy
;
Literacy
;
Reading - Research - United States
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Offering the wisdom that only experience and expertise in the field can bring, this book takes a critical look into the present and the future of literacy as envisioned by leading reading researchers. The lead author of each chapter is a distinguished reading researcher elected by their peers into the Reading Hall of Fame. A key message in this book is that literacy professionals must take an active role to shape change
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part I Expanding Views of Literacy; Chapter 1 The Communicative, Visual, and Performative Arts: Core Components of Literacy Education; Chapter 2 From Gray to Google: Learning within a Profession; Chapter 3 Multimodality: In Perspective; Chapter 4 Surveying the Hopescape; Part II Literacy Development; Chapter 5 The Transformation of Children's Knowledge of Language Units During Beginning and Initial Literacy; Chapter 6 Early Literacy: Then and Now; Chapter 7 Reaching/Teaching Adolescents: Literacies with a History
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 8 The Lamplighters: Pioneers of Adult Literacy Education in the United StatesPart III Foundational Issues in the Teaching of Reading; Chapter 9 Revisiting the Concept of "Natural Learning"; Chapter 10 Beyond Word Recognition: How Retrospective and Future Perspectives on Miscue Analysis Can Inform Our Teaching; Chapter 11 Spelling and Its Role in Literacy Education: An Historical Perspective; Chapter 12 Readability: Insights, Sidelights, and Hindsights; Part IV Teaching, Teacher Education, and Professional Development
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 13 Literacy Education at a Crossroad: Can We Counter the Trend to Marginalize Quality Teacher Education?Chapter 14 Whole School Instructional Improvement through the Standards-based Change Process: A Developmental Model; Part V Policy and Practice in Literacy Education; Chapter 15 Language Policy and Literacy Instruction: The View from South Africa to South Texas; Chapter 16 Fifty Years of Federal Government Involvement in Reading Education; Chapter 17 Literacy Policies That Are Needed: Thinking Beyond "No Child Left Behind"
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 18 Literacy Education 2.0: Looking through the Rear Vision Mirror as We Move AheadIndex
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
