Changing Literacies for Changing Times: An Historical Perspective on the Future of Reading Research, Public Policy, and Classroom Practices

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ISBN: 9780415995023 | 0415995027
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/7/2009

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Offering the wisdom that only experience and expertise in the field can bring, this book takes a critical look into the present and the future of literacy as envisioned by leading reading researchers. The lead author of each chapter is a distinguished reading researcher elected by their peers into the Reading Hall of Fame. A key message in this book is that literacy professionals must take an active role to shape change.

Table of Contents (preliminary)
Introduction:The Times They are a Chang'in
Changing Literacies
The Communicative, Visual and Performative Arts: Core Components of Literacy Education
Visual texts and Critical Literacy
Changing Learners
Early Literacy
Reaching/Teaching Adolescents: The Role of Literacy Strategies
Changing demographics of literacy learners and literacy teachers: Culural, Linguistic and Social Issues
Changing Perspectives on Basic Processes
Beyond Word Recognition: How Retrospective and Future Perspectives on Miscue Analysis Can Inform Our Teaching
i.Comprehension Strategy Instruction
Preparing Teachers for Change
Teacher Education's Next Great Challenge: How Research on Teaching is Changing Our Understanding of What Teachers Need to Know
Effective Teaching and Teacher Education: Lessons Learned
Learning within a Profession: From Gray to Google
Long-Standing Issues in Literacy Teaching and Learning:(or, Some things don't seem to change but perhaps they should)
Spelling and its Role in Literacy Education - A Historical Perspective
Readability: Insights, Sidelights, and Hindsights
Adult Literacy: Now more than ever!
Changing Research, Literacy & Policy in a Changing Social Context
50 Years of Federal Government Involvement in Reading Education
Literacy Policies that are Needed: Thinking Beyond "No Child Left Behind"
Changing Perspectives
Changing Literacies for Changing Times: A Global Perspective Author to come
US Selling Points:Reading instruction and policy are hot topics - this book raises provocative issues for discussion
Chapter authors are all distinguished reading researchers whose peers elected them into the Reading Hall of Fame
In this book literacy leaders step outside their role of researchers to speak directly to issues of practice
The authors are theoretical as they describe literacy, literacy acquisition, and the teaching of literacy
They are practical as they exam the issues that classroom teachers and reading specialists engage with on a daily basis
And they are political as they advocate for informed policy at the local, state and national levels
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