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Literacy : teaching and learning language skills / edited by Asher Cashdan.

Contributor(s): Cashdan, Asher.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Blackwell, 1986Description: [192] p. ; 23 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0631135545 (hbk); 0631142797 (pbk).Subject(s): Language artsDDC classification: 401.9
Contents:
Introduction / Asher Cashdan -- Language and the curriculum / Asher Cashdan -- Styles of interaction and opportunities for learning / Gordan Wells -- Cognitive processes in reading and spelling / Geoffrey and Jean Underwood -- New directions in text research and readability / Colin Harrison -- Children as writers / John Harris -- Hearing children read / Helen Arnold -- Information skills through project work / David Wray -- The microcomputer revolution in reading / David Williams -- Classroom-based assessment / Peter Brinton -- What's wrong with teaching reading? / John Merritt.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 401.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00039840
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item 401.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00039841
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Asher Cashdan -- Language and the curriculum / Asher Cashdan -- Styles of interaction and opportunities for learning / Gordan Wells -- Cognitive processes in reading and spelling / Geoffrey and Jean Underwood -- New directions in text research and readability / Colin Harrison -- Children as writers / John Harris -- Hearing children read / Helen Arnold -- Information skills through project work / David Wray -- The microcomputer revolution in reading / David Williams -- Classroom-based assessment / Peter Brinton -- What's wrong with teaching reading? / John Merritt.

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CHOICE Review

Ten essays in Cashdan's collection provide a useful resource for understanding current research on teaching language skills in the UK. All of the essays are guided by the current assumption that literacy means using language to ``make meaning,'' or, in Cashdan's words, to understand the ``content and analysis of message.'' Among the topics included are Geoffrey and Jean Underwood's ``Cognitive Processes in Reading and Spelling,'' John Harris's ``Children as Writers,'' Helen Arnold's ``Hearing Children Read,'' Colin Harrison's ``New Directions in Text Research and Readability,'' David Williams's ``The Microcomputer Revolution in Reading,'' David Wray's ``Information Skills Through Project Work,'' and Peter Briton's ``Classroom-based Assessment.'' Essays on broader issues in teaching language frame the collection, concluding with John Merritt's ``What's Wrong with Teaching Reading?'' He argues that separating reading from the ``general context of learning'' has done considerable harm to learners and suggests educational reform can best come about by focusing on operational rather than ``limited focus theoretical questions.'' Educational reformers as diverse as A.N. Whitehead, Bruno Bettelheim, and John Holt have made the same plea. Recommended for college and graduate research libraries.-D.K. Gordon, Christopher Newport College

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