The learning and teaching of reading and writing

Description

This book provides a unique description of teacher-pupil interaction during the Literacy Hour in good schools. It is based on detailed observations in inner-city primary schools that were recognised as effective and improving. The analysis is informed by contemporary research into the development and teaching of early literacy. The book provides practice-based examples of how teachers and schools might adapt their delivery for literacy as they move to greater creativity in their teaching of reading and writing. The analysis begins within the classrooms of three expert Key Stage 1 teachers and broadens out in to the wider setting of the schools and their senior management teams. An important theme running throughout the book is how the three teachers were able to make exceptional provision for their pupils, who were largely second language speakers and from socio-economically disadvantaged groups. The teachers' successful practice grew from their understanding of both early literacy development and planning for individual need. The information in this book will enable student teachers, recently qualified teachers, and teachers interested in enhancing their literacy teaching to develop their practice in a similarly successful way.

Description

"The book provides practice-based examples of how teachers and schools might adapt their delivery for literacy as they move to greater creativity in their teaching of reading and writing. The reader is provided with background commentary and research underpinning the teaching of literacy in English primary schools. This is then correlated to microanalysis of the classroom practice of three expert teachers, and discussion of the effective features of their school settings."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Genres

• Case studies.

Other Editions

• The Learning and Teaching of Reading and WritingElectronic resourceJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.2006-01-01
• The learning and teaching of reading and writingJohn Wiley & Sons2006
• Learning and Teaching of Reading and WritingWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John2006-01-01
• Literacy TeachingWiley2006-07-07