Reading for Life: High Quality Literacy Instruction for All

ISBN-13: 9781138590922 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 224 str.

Lyn Stone

Opis

Reading for Life helps educational practitioners make informed decisions about which teaching methods to reject and select, and empowers parents to ask the right questions of professionals and policy makers. This book is an innovative, fresh assessment of how high-quality literacy teaching can be provided for all.

Recenzje

"With the author's characteristic sharpness and wit, this book pulls together the academic, psychological and ideological threads of the enormous literature on reading instruction, drawing on research, personal experience and a broad sampling of the best that has been thought and said on the matter." - Dr Jennifer Buckingham, Director of FIVE from FIVE reading project

"'Of making many books there is no end' - that certainly applies to books on the teaching of reading. However, there is always room at the top, which is where this book belongs. Lyn Stone has assembled a highly valuable picture of what it takes learn to read, how best to support struggling readers, and teach reading to best effect. She has also captured the context of the 'tedious debate' about teaching reading and, in so-doing, exposed the fake opposites, which have muddied the waters in this territory for far too long." - Sir Jim Rose, C.B.E., FRSA

"This is a book that should be read everywhere we require people to read. The tragedy is that anything in this should be contentious or controversial to anyone, given the enormous evidence bases that inform its conclusions, or the precision and care Stone invests in unpacking not just the methodology, but the assumptions and axioms of language transmission. There is a war going on between those who mean well, but promote inefficient methods of reading instruction, and those who also mean well and commit to using the best and most evidenced methods. Stone's book is a fabulous example of the latter, and it is not only a powerful addition to the oeuvre of evidence informed education, but a readable and accessible one too. Read it twice, then pass it on to someone else." - Tom Bennett, Director of researchED

"On the whole, I see Reading for Life as a useful addition to my bookshelf. In particular, the "cheat sheet" of major players in the reading wars (p. 50-63) is a great idea, and the author's perspective on dyslexia (p. 128-137) is well expressed. The frequent references to metaphors and the blog-style length and tone of each chapter also make this book a quick and easy reference guide for a variety of topics." - Nicola Bell, Nomanis

Spis treści

Notation Guide  Foreword  Preface  Acknowledgements  Secion 1: More than just talk Chapter 1. A Simple View  Chapter 2. Oral Language Development  Chapter 3. Phonological Awareness  Chapter 4. Phonics  Chapter 5. Fluency  Chapter 6. Vocabulary  Chapter 7. Comprehension  Chapter 8. Underlying Processes for Reading  Chapter 9. The Consequences of Low Literacy Section 2: The reading wars Chapter 10. The Major Players  Chapter 11. Children Left Behind  Chapter 12. Rose to the Occasion  Chapter 13. The Land of Oz  Chapter 14. The Current Scene  Section 3: The arc of pedagogy is long, but it bends towards evidence Chapter 15. Why Changing Your Mind Is Good For You  Chapter 16. Cults and Catchphrases  Chapter 17. Won't Get Fooled Again: Logical Fallacy  Chapter 18. Fooling Ourselves: Cognitive Bias  Chapter 19. Snake Oil: The Disappointing Truth  Chapter 20. Diagnosis: Dyslexia  Section 4: Teaching reading and writing Chapter 21. Teaching Reading and Writing: Overview  Chapter 22. Teaching Handwriting  Chapter 23. Teaching the Alphabet  Chapter 24. Teaching Phonological Awareness  Chapter 25. Teaching Phonics  Chapter 26. Teaching Fluency  Chapter 27. Teaching Vocabulary  Chapter 28. Teaching Comprehension  Glossary