Changing literacies for changing times : an historical perspective on the future of reading research, public policy, and classroom practices / edited by James V. Hoffman, Yetta Goodman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoffman, James V.

Goodman, Yetta M., 1931-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--United States.

Literacy.

Reading--Research.

Literacy--Government policy.

United States.

Literacy--Government policy--United States.

Reading--Research--United States.

Reading.

Physical Description:

xxii, 314 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2009.

Summary:

Offering the wisdom that only experience and expertise in the field can bring, Changing Literacies for Changing Times takes a critical look into the present and the future of literacy as envisioned by leading reading researchers. The lead author of each chapter, and in some cases more than one of the authors, is a distinguished reading researcher elected by their peers into the Reading Hall of Fame. In this book these distinguished literacy leaders extend their role as researchers to speak directly to issues of practice and policy.

All chapters address the theme of literacy and the teaching of literacy as being in a constant state of change. The authors are theoretical as they describe literacy, literacy acquisition, and the teaching of literacy; they are practical as they examine the issues that classroom teachers and reading specialists engage with on a daily basis; and they are political as they advocate for informed policy at the local, state, and national levels. A key message in this book is that literacy professionals must take an active role to shape change.

Contents:

The communicative, visual and performative arts: core components of literacy education / Diane Lapp ... [et al.]

From Gray to Google: learning within a profession / Nancy L. Roser and Sam Weintraub

Multimodality: in perspective / Jerome C. Harste

Surveying the hopescape / Rudine Sims Bishop

The transformation of children's knowledge of language units during beginning and initial literacy / Emilia Ferreiro

Early literacy: then and now / William H. Teale ... [et al.]

Reaching/teaching adolescents: literacies with a history / Donna E. Alvermann

The lamplighters: pioneers of adult literacy education in the United States / Thomas Sticht

Revisiting the concept of "natural learning" / Brian Cambourne

Beyond word recognition: how retrospective and future perspectives on miscue analysis can inform our teaching / Kenneth Goodman, Yetta Goodman, and Eric J. Paulson

Spelling and its role in literacy education: an historical perspective / Richard E. Hodges

Readability: insights, sidelights, and hindsights / Edward Fry

Literacy education at a crossroad: can we counter the trend to marginalize quality teacher education? / Gerald G. Duffy, Sandra M. Webb, and Stephanie Davis

Whole school instructional improvement through the standards-based change process: a developmental model / Taffy E. Raphael, Kathy H. Au, and Susan R. Goldman

Language policy and literacy instruction: the view from South Africa to South Texas / James V. Hoffman ... [et al.]

Fifty years of federal government involvement in reading education / Patrick Shannon ... [et al.]

Literacy policies that are needed: thinking beyond "No Child Left Behind" / Richard L. Allington

Literacy education 2.0: looking through the rear vision mirror as we move ahead / Robert J. Tierney.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415995023

0415995027

9780415995030

0415995035

9780203875186

0203875184

OCLC:

227918197