Issues and Trends in Literacy Education
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This issues reader presents current information on critical trends and developments in literacy education to help teachers choose and articulate their own informed approach to reading education. Now in its Fourth Edition, Issues and Trends in Literacy Education continues to present a wide variety of opinions and positions in all crucial aspects of reading and writing education. This new edition includes up-to-date discussions on current topics such as fluency, the use of technology in reading, and multicultural literacy, among others. Renowned authors Dick Robinson, Mike McKenna, and Judy Wedman gear students to success by presenting scrupulously researched material that meets the NCATE/International Reading Association requirements for accreditation of graduate reading programs.A Letter to Students from the AuthorsDear Reader,The authors of this literacy education textbook welcome you to the study of this important aspect of instruction. You are probably quite aware of the many current controversial topics in literacy such as assessment, the use of technology, and approaches to the teaching of reading skills. This new edition of Issues and Trends in Literacy Education was organized around a number of the most critical questions in the current field. Articles in each of these areas were selected primarily on the basis of providing you, the reader, with the latest information as well as varying opinions on a wide variety of literacy topics.One of the primary goals of this book is for you to use these readings as a “springboard” for further investigation in topics that interest you related to effective literacy instruction. Each of the chapters includes a selection of related readings for additional study in a particular area of reading education. These can be used for in-depth study as well as a basis for personal research and writing of related class papers and presentations.The field of literacy education is a rapidly expanding and changing area in education. We hope you find the materials in this book to be both challenging and interest as you continue your study of this field.Thank you,Dick RobinsonMike McKenna
Preface1Introduction to the Field of Literacy Education12Whole Language9Blending Whole Language and Systematic Direct Instruction15Realities of "Whole Language"273Phonics46Saying the "p" Word: Nine Guidelines for Exemplary Phonics Instruction52Acquiring Literacy Is Natural: Who Skilled Cock Robin?65What Kind of Phonics Instruction Will We Have?764Literacy Materials96Basal Readers and the State of American Reading Instruction: A Call for Action102The Basalization of America: A Cause for Concern107An Attack on Basal Readers for the Wrong Reasons1145Emergent Literacy124Emergent Literacy: New Perspectives129From: A Talk with Marilyn Adams1456Spelling152Toward an Embedded Model of Spelling Instruction for Emergent Literates158From: Teaching Spelling171From: Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning about PrintA summary1767Assessment190Putting It All Together: Solving the Reading Assessment Puzzle198Research Currents: What Is and What Might Be in Evaluation2158Content Literacy230From: Teaching Content Reading and Writing234Content Literacy: A Definition and Implications2449Vocabulary Instruction252Incidental vs. Instructional Approaches to Increasing Reading Vocabulary257Vocabulary Development in the Whole Literacy Classroom26910National Standards283Developing Democratic Voices287Launching a Revolution in Standards and Assessments30011Technology312Issues in Technology and Literacy Education316Index333
