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

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ISBN: 9780415995030 | 0415995035
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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.

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Preface	p. x
Contributors	p. xiii
Expanding Views of Literacy	p. 1
The Communicative, Visual, and Performative Arts: Core Components of Literacy Education	p. 3
From Gray to Google: Learning within a Profession	p. 17
Multimodality: In Perspective	p. 34
Surveying the Hopescape	p. 49
Literacy Development	p. 59
The Transformation of Children's Knowledge of Language Units During Beginning and Initial Literacy	p. 61
Early Literacy: Then and Now	p. 76
Reaching/Teaching Adolescents: Literacies with a History	p. 98
The Lamplighters: Pioneers of Adult Literacy Education in the United States	p. 108
Foundational Issues in the Teaching of Reading	p. 123
Revisiting The Concept of "Natural Learning"	p. 125
Beyond Word Recognition: How Retrospective and Future Perspectives on Miscue Analysis Can Inform Our Teaching	p. 146
Spelling and Its Role in Literacy Education: An Historical Perspective	p. 162
Readability: Insights, Sidelights, and Hindsights	p. 174
Teaching, Teacher Education, and Professional Development	p. 187
Literacy Education at a Crossroad: Can We Counter the Trend to Marginalize Quality Teacher Education?	p. 189
Whole School Instructional Improvement through the Standards-based Change Process: A Developmental Model	p. 198
Policy and Practice in Literacy Education	p. 231
Language Policy and Literacy Instruction: The View from South Africa to South Texas	p. 233
Fifty Years of Federal Government Involvement in Reading Education	p. 249
Literacy Policies That Are Needed: Thinking Beyond "No Child Left Behind"	p. 266
Literacy Education 2.0: Looking through the Rear Vision Mirror as we Move Ahead	p. 282
Index	p. 305
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