Achieving literacy : longitudinal studies of adolescents learning to read / Margaret Meek with Stephen Armstrong ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meek, Margaret.

Series:

Routledge library editions. Education.

Routledge library editions. Education ; v. 116

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts--Remedial teaching--Longitudinal studies.

Language arts.

Literacy--Longitudinal studies.

Literacy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (379 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge & K. Paul, 1983.

Summary:

How children learn to read well and what kind of teaching helps them is a scarcely penetrated mystery. This book is a fascinating and informative research report by a group of teachers who set out to teach children who have failed to acquire a useful degree of literacy; in it they discuss their experiences. The authors are presenting evidence about a central and constant problem in education, an essential kind of evidence which is often ignored, because it is so difficult to collect and present. The report presents enough case-notes and recordings of lessons and discussions to allow readers

Contents:

Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. A view of the task; 2. Features Of The Starting Point; A language for life; Reading experts or expert readers?; The group gathers; 3. The compromise; Fiona; Elizabeth; Vicky; Steve; Judith; 4. Reading, without tests; 5. Early encounters; Opening moves; Andy and Fiona; Sharon and Vicky; Chris and Elizabeth; Trevor and Judith; John and Steve; My Holiday; What the teachers learned; 6. Two sources of evidence; The tape transcribed; What the video reveals; 7. What progress looks like

Vicky and Tracy - confirming the role of the readerJudith and Trevor - what happens to the pupil's view of himself as a reader?; Elizabeth and Chris - progress exemplified; Small steps forward; Steve and Tom - a very special case; 8. Reflexions; The elusive joy; Implications and implementations; Notes

Notes:

First published in 1983 by Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-51080-X

1-280-77679-X

9786613687180

0-203-14753-7

1-136-51081-8

9780203147535

OCLC:

804665711