Teaching Literacy Effectively in the Primary School / Edition 1

by Richard Fox, Jane Medwell, Louise Poulson, David Wray

Overview

This book discusses the implications arising from the authors' research into what constitutes an effective teacher of literacy. They have been able to identify what effective teachers know, understand and do which enable them to put effective teaching of literacy into practice in the primary phase. By identifying the strategies used by these teachers, the authors show how these can be applied by other primary teachers to improve their teaching of literacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415237765
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/18/2001
Series:	Language and Literacy in Action
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

David Wray is Professor of Literacy at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on literacy teaching, including Literacy and Language in the Primary Years and Extending Literacy, published by RoutledgeFalmer.,
Jane Medwell is Director of the Primary PGCE programme and Lecturer in Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. She has researched and published widely in the area of literacy teaching.,
Louise Poulson is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bath.,
Richard Fox was formerly Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Exeter.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Effective teaching and effective teachers; Chapter 2 Investigating effective teachers of literacy; Chapter 3 Effective teachers of literacy in action; Chapter 4 The subject knowledge of effective teachers of literacy; Chapter 5 Teachers’ beliefs about literacy teaching; Chapter 6 Knowledge, beliefs and practice in effective teachers of literacy; Chapter 7 Becoming an effective teacher of literacy; Chapter 8 Conclusions and implications;