critical perspectives Goouch, Kathy; Lambirth, Andrew text xx Headenhead McGraw-Hill Open University Press 2007 monographic und

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viii, 200 p.: 23 cm. This groundbreaking book offers critical perspectives on the teaching of reading and phonics, openly challenging contemporary policy in both England and the US. Introduction: sound and fury / Kathy Goouch and Andrew Lambirth -- What is early childhood for? / Tricia David -- Parents` voices: a conversation with parents of pre-school children / Kathy Goouch -- Understanding educational discourse: attending to multiple voices / Kathy Goouch -- The limits of science in the phonics debate / Patrick Shannon -- Teachers` voices: talking about children and learning to read / Andrew Lambirth -- To codify pedagogy or enrich learning? A Wengerian perspective on early literacy policy in England / Kathy Hall -- Social class and the struggle to learn to read: using Bernstein to understand the politics of the teaching of reading / Andrew Lambirth -- Learning to read across languages: the role of phonics and synthetic phonics / Usha Goswami -- Inquiry into meaning a conversation / Myra Barrs and Margaret Meek Spencer -- Revisiting reading for pleasure: diversity, delight and desire / Teresa Cremin. Includes index English Reading Phonetic method Reading Phonetic method Goverment policy Great Britain 372.465 Un21 978-033522226-1 251212 20260803094033.0