Progress toward a literate world : early reading interventions in low- and middle-income countries / Amber Gove, April Mora, Peggy McCardle, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gove, Amber K., editor.

Mora, April, editor.

McCardle, Peggy D., editor.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

New directions for child and adolescent development ; no. 155.

New directions for child and adolescent development, 1520-3247 ; number 155

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy programs--Developing countries.

Literacy programs.

Reading (Elementary)--Developing countries.

Reading (Elementary).

Reading--Remedial teaching.

Reading.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

148 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Progress toward a literate world : early reading interventions in low-income countries

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, [2017]

Summary:

The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) to be achieved by (UNESCO, 2015) significantly included universal primary education (goal 2) and promoting gender quality and empowering women (goal 3), both essential to achieving goal 1, the eradication of extreme poverty and hanger. Effective early literacy instruction plays a critical role in achieving these goals. In this thematic issue, international programs from Africa (Ethiopia, Burundi, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Senegal), Asia (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines), Latin America (Guatemala), and the Middle East (Egypt and Jordan) are presented. These programs attempt to implement evidence-based, culturally sensitive and cost-effective practices in reading instruction and intervention in the early grades. Its is the hope of all of the contributors to this issue that is not only will heighten awareness of the challenges faced but-also will provide valuable information to help guide and improve diverse global education programs and research, especially in developing regions and for children living in poverty or disadvantage in all nations, in the coming decades. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / Peggy McCardle

Great expectations: a framework for assessing and understanding key factors affecting student learning of foundational reading skills / Audrey-Marie Moore, Amber Gove, Karen Tietjen

Lifewide learning for early reading development / Amy Jo Dowd, Elliott Friedlander, Christine Jonason, Jane Leer, Lisa Zook Sorensen, Jarrett Guajardo, Nikhit D'Sa, Clara Pava, Lauren Pisani

Differentiation of effect across systemic literacy programs in Rwanda, the Philippines, and Senegal / Rachel Christina, Elena Vinogradova

Impact of teachers' practices on students' reading comprehension growth in Guatemala / Fernando Rubio, Leslie Rosales de Véliz, María Cristina Perdomo Mosquera, Ventura Salanic López

Designing for scale: reflections on rolling out reading improvement in Kenya and Liberia / Amber Gove, Medina Korda Poole, Benjamin Piper

Sparking a reading revolution: results of early literacy interventions in Egypt and Jordan / Amber Gove, Aarnout Brombacher, Michelle Ward-Brent

Improving early grade reading outcomes: Aprender a Ler in Mozambique / Shirley Burchfield, Haiyan Hua, David Noyes, Willem van de Waal

Working toward a more literate world: reading intervention commentary / Maureen W. Lovett.

Notes:

"Spring 2017."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Progress toward a literate world.

ISBN:

9781119407393

1119407397

OCLC:

971091568