Reading The Writing On The Wall : Debates, Challenges and Opportunities in the Teaching of Reading - Softcover

 
9780864693556: Reading The Writing On The Wall : Debates, Challenges and Opportunities in the Teaching of Reading

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In this book Tom Nicholson presents the debates and challenges in the controversial field of reading instruction. He covers the pendulum swings that have occurred historically in the teaching of reading, both in New Zealand and elsewhere, and discusses the trends that will shape reading instruction in the future.

This book, the author's twelfth on reading, has a practical orientation. It includes the following topics:
¨ whole language and phonics
¨ the search for the 'best' method
¨ the reading process
¨ phonemic awareness
¨ learning the alphabet
¨ emergent reading
¨ reading comprehension
¨ spelling
¨ reading disabilities
¨ motivation
¨ reading at secondary school

Reading the Writing on the Wall advocates for the right of all children to read for success.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Tom Nicholson is well known and highly regarded in the field of reading. This is his twelfth book. He is also an accomplished and sought-after speaker in this controversial field, and is known for speaking out against the mainstream where necessary.

Tom Nicholson is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

Contributing author Doris Ferry, is a retired primary school teacher and an experienced phonics tutor. She lives on the Kapiti Coast, near Wellington.

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