Stirring the waters : the influence of Marie Clay / edited by Janet S. Gaffney, Billie J. Askew.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaffney, Janet S.

Askew, Billie J.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Language.

Children.

Language arts (Early childhood).

Reading (Early childhood).

Clay, Marie M.

Physical Description:

xiv, 289 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [1999]

Summary:

Stirring the Waters celebrates Marie Clay as a major theorist and researcher whose work has influenced international communities of scholars and practitioners across wide-ranging disciplines. This edited volume represents the depth and breadth of Clay's contributions to education.

The authors of these essays share a common bond--their esteem for Marie Clay. Although representing diverse perspectives, the ideas of these distinguished scholars from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States have been stirred in some way by her work.

Most important, Stirring the Waters is a way to recognize Marie Clay in the most significant way acknowledged by our profession--our work in honor of her work. Teachers, school psychologists, administrators, and researchers in multiple disciplines will be fascinated as they gain insight into the scope of Clay's interests and the eminent scholars whose views have been stirred (or shaken) by hers.

Contents:

Foreword: Theoretical Foundations for Literacy Acquisition / Richard C. Anderson vi

Marie M. Clay / Janet S. Gaffney, Billie J. Askew ix

1. Developmental Diversity and Beginning Literacy Instruction at School / Stuart McNaughton 3

2. There Are x Kinds of Learners in a Single Class: Diversity Without Individual Differences / David R. Olson 17

3. Unpacking Literate Achievement / Peter Johnston 27

4. Creating Independent Learners / Barbara Watson 47

5. Reading Recovery: Waves of Influence on Literacy Education / Billie J. Askew, Janet S. Gaffney 75

6. Language and Literacy as Epistemology / Bridie Raban 99

7. The Gift of Story / Charlotte S. Huck 113

8. Writing (Dallas) Cowboys: A Dialogic Perspective on the "What Did I Write?" Question / Anne Haas Dyson 127

9. The Young Reader as a Self-Extending System: Motivational and Cognitive Underpinnings / John T. Guthrie 149

10. What Does Good First Teaching Mean? / Irene C. Fountas, Gay Su Pinnell 165

11. Revealing and Telling: The Socialisation of Attention in Learning to Read and Write / Courtney B. Cazden 187

12. Teacher Development: The Best Investment in Literacy Education / Carol A. Lyons, Gay Su Pinnell 197

13. The Political and the Professional in Education: An Unneccessary Conflict? / Peter Mortimore, Jo Mortimore 221

14. Theoretical Privilege and Researchers' Contribution to Educational Change / Viviane M. J. Robinson, James C. Walker 239

15. Forging an Interactive Relationship Among Research, Theory, and Practice: Clay's Research Design and Methodology / Noel K. Jones, M. Trika Smith-Burke 261.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

032500207X

OCLC:

41465609