Improving literacy at KS2 and KS3 / edited by Andrew Goodwyn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodwyn, Andrew, 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts.

English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Great Britain.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching (Elementary).

Great Britain.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Great Britain.

English language--Study and teaching (Secondary).

Physical Description:

214 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Paul Chapman ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE, 2002.

Summary:

This book aims to help student and practicing teachers to understand the issues surrounding literacy, the place of transition in pupils' lives, and to feel confident in handling the National Literacy Strategy.

The book focuses on the crucial period when children complete primary schooling and begin in secondary schools, it examines the issue of transition from one phase to the other and specifically, the nature of literacy at this period. The authors contrast the 'whole school' approach of primaries to the very subject-specific nature of secondary teaching.

The authors set the National Literacy Strategy in perspective, reviewing earlier movements such as Language across the Curriculum and the NLS itself. They offer a critique of the strategy and outline its strengths and weaknesses. The book sets out evidence of the way schools are reacting to the NLS, and what classroom teachers and their pupils think.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761947221

076194723X

OCLC:

52312878