Understanding phonics and the teaching of reading /
Debates about the teaching of reading and particularly which phonics method teachers should use have been simmering for many years. This groundbreaking book offers critical perspectives on the teaching of reading and phonics, openly challenging contempora.
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| Language: | English |
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Maidenhead :
Open University Press,
2007
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of 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 readingChapter 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
