Understanding Phonics and the Teaching of Reading : Critical Perspectives.
Title:
Understanding Phonics and the Teaching of Reading : Critical Perspectives.
Author:
Goouch, Kathy.
ISBN:
9780335235131
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (212 pages)
Contents:
Front cover -- Half title -- Title title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: sound and fury -- Chapter 1 What is early childhood for? -- Chapter 2 Parents' voices: a conversation with parents of pre-school children -- Chapter 3 Understanding educational discourse: attending to multiple voices -- Chapter 4 The limits of science in the phonics debate -- Chapter 5 Teachers' voices: talking about childern and learning to read -- Chapter 6 To codify pedagogy or enrich learning? A Wengerian perspective on early literacy policy in England -- Chapter 7 Social class and the struggle to learn to read: using Bernstein to understand the politics of the teaching of reading -- Chapter 8 Learning to read across languages: the role of phonics and synthetic phonics -- Chapter 9 Inquiry into meaning: a conversation -- Chapter 10 Revisiting reading for pleasure: diversity, delight and desire -- Index -- Back cover.
Abstract:
Offers critical perspectives on the teaching of reading and phonics, challenging contemporary policy in both England and the US. This book provides insights into how children encounter texts in the complex world of literacy. It celebrates the complexity, pleasure and passion that are the foundations of becoming a successful reader.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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