Literacy crises and reading policies : children still can't read! / Janet Soler and Roger Openshaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soler, Janet.

Contributor:

Openshaw, Roger.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading--Social aspects--Great Britain.

Reading.

Education and state--Great Britain.

Education and state.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addresses the issue of literacy crises and questions their sociological and educational impact. This work links the literacy crises in England and English speaking countries to the issues of educational standards, concepts of teacher professionalism, debates over curriculum content and the whole purpose of schooling.

Contents:

Cover; Literacy Crises and Reading Policies; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; PART 1 Are our standards slipping? Exploring post-Second World War reading debates from a historical perspective; 1 Introduction; 2 Re-emerging debates over methods and standards, 1945-1965; PART 2 The politicisation and escalation of literary education in England; 3 Reading debates and the Bullock Report, 1968-1975; 4 Post-Bullock reactions to a literary crisis, 1975-1983; 5 The renewed reading standards debate of the early 1990s

PART 3 Recent policy developments: Antipodean synergies6 The advent of national literacy strategies; 7 Reading Recovery: a comparative case study; 8 Conclusion: reading debates and educational policy; Appendix 1 A reading revolution: how we can teach every child to read well; Appendix 2 Report of the Literacy Taskforce; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First issued in paperback 2012.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-30523-0

1-134-30524-9

1-280-50634-2

9786610506347

0-203-42247-3

9780203422472

OCLC:

84904834