Author : Jean Osborn
Release : 1998-05-01
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 485/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Literacy for All by : Jean Osborn
Download or read book Literacy for All written by Jean Osborn. This book was released on 1998-05-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses crucial and controversial questions facing today's reading scholars, educators, and professionals. Demonstrating the diverse, and often divisive, opinions that characterize the field, leading contributors including--Isabel L. Beck, Vivian L. Gadsden, Taffy E. Raphael, Jane Hansen, Peter Afflerbach, P. David Pearson, Michael Pressley, Richard Anderson, and Marilyn Jager Adams--offer their insights and expertise on such issues as the phonics/whole language debate, the state of reading comprehension instruction, the validity of and need for standards and assessment, effective methods of teacher preparation, and family literacy.