Understanding Literacy Development

The volume provides a global view of literacy development across cultures, countries, and circumstances. It brings together leading experts in the field of literacy education to explore ways to provide teaching and learning opportunites.

Anne McKeough, Linda M. Phillips, Vianne Timmons, Judy lee Lupart

Contents: Preface. A. McKeough, M. Jarvey, Developing Literacy: Themes and Issues. Part I: Improving School-Based Literacy Development.I. Lundberg, The Child's Route Into Literacy: A Double-Track Journey. T. Nicholson, How to Avoid Reading Failure: Teach Phonemic Awareness. M. Pressley, K. Hilden, Teaching Reading Comprehension. R.C. Anderson, W. Li, A Cross-Language Perspective on Learning to Read. Part II: Literacy Development Beyond the School Walls.D.E. Alvermann, Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Cultural Construction. H.S. Gosse, L.M. Phillips, Family Literacy in Canada: Foundation to a Literate Society. M. Hamilton, Understanding the Everyday: Adult Lives, Literacies, and Informal Learning. Part III: Changing Literacy Practices.S.M. Ng, Literacy and Diversity: Challenges of Change. I. Seda-Santana, Literacies Within Classrooms: Whose and for What Purpose? M.W. Kibby, D. Dechert, Lessons From the Reading Clinic.