Issues and Trends in Literacy Education

by Robinson, Richard David; McKenna, Michael C.; Wedman, Judy M.

• ISBN13: 9780205296514
• ISBN10: 0205296513
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-11-01
• Publisher: Prentice Hall

Summary

Issues and Trends in Literacy Education, Second Edition, is a unique, friendly reference designed to provide information needed by both pre-service and in-service educators to better understand the various viewpoints in the ever-changing field of literacy education. Current topics of interest are identified with articles, related references, discussion questions, application ideas and an annotated bibliography of related resources. After using this book, students will be well versed in reading education and will be able to decide upon and articulate their own informed approach to reading education.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction to the Field of Literacy Education	1	(7)
Balance	8	(36)
A Survey of Instructional Practices of Primary Teachers Nominated as Effective in Promoting Literacy	10	(25)
Michael Pressley
Joan Rankin
Linda Yokoi
The Six Aspects of Literacy: A Curriculum Framework	35	(9)
K. Au
J. Carroll
J. Scheu
Phonics	44	(43)
Everything You Wanted to Know about Phonics (But Were Afraid to Ask)	47	(26)
Steven A. Stahl
Ann M. Duffy-Hester
Katherine Anne Dougherty Stahl
Phonemic Awareness and the Teaching of Reading: A Position Statement from the Board of Directors of the International Reading Association	73	(14)
International Reading Association
Multicultural Diversity	87	(23)
Literacy Learning from a Multicultural Perspective	90	(4)
Jim Anderson
Lee Gunderson
Exploring Culture through Children's Connections	94	(16)
Sandy Kaser
Kathy G. Short
Reading Assessment	110	(43)
Literacy Assessment Reform: Shifting Beliefs, Principled Possibilities, and Emerging Practices	115	(21)
Robert J. Tierney
Transforming Student Assessment	136	(17)
D. Monty Neill
Literacy Materials	153	(22)
Basal Readers and the State of American Reading Instruction: A Call for Action	157	(3)
The Commission on Reading, National Council of Teachers of English
The Basalization of America: A Cause for Concern	160	(5)
Constance Weaver
An Attack on Basal Readers for the Wrong Reasons	165	(10)
Patrick Groff
Spelling	175	(22)
The Case of Invented Spelling: How Theory Becomes Target Practice	178	(4)
Edward Miller
Integrated Word Study: Spelling, Grammar, and Meaning in the Language Arts Classroom	182	(15)
Marcia A. Invernizzi
Mary P. Abouzeid
Janet W. Bloodgood
Emergent Literacy	197	(40)
What Readers Do: Young Children's Ideas about the Nature of Reading	200	(13)
Linda Teran Strommen
Barbara Fowles Mates
Research Based Answers to Questions about Emergent Literacy in Kindergarten	213	(24)
Judi Lucas Lesiak
Content Literacy	237	(28)
Let's Not Marginalize Adolescent Literacy	240	(7)
Richard T. Vacca
Learning with Text in the Primary Grades	247	(18)
Andrea M. Guillaume
Early Intervention	265	(43)
Helping Struggling Readers: Linking Small-Group Intervention with Cross-Age Tutoring	267	(17)
Barbara M. Taylor
Barbara E. Hanson
Karen Justice-Swanson
Susan M. Watts
A Review of Reading Recovery	284	(24)
Billie J. Askew
Irene C. Fountas
Carol A. Lyons
Gay Su Pinnell
Maribeth C. Schmitt
Writing	308	(31)
Process Writing and the Writer's Workshop: Excerpt from When Bad Things Happen to Good Ideas in Literacy Education: Professional Dilemmas, Personal Decisions, and Political Traps	312	(3)
James V. Hoffman
Process Writing and the Secondary School Reality: A Compromise	315	(11)
Barbara Carney
Evaluation: The Center of Writing Instruction	326	(13)
Jane Hansen
Index	339