| Descript |
1 online resource (vi, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index. |
| Contents |
Re-emerging debates over methods and standards : 1945-1965 -- Reading debates and the Bullock report, 1968-1975 -- Post-Bullock reactions to a literacy crisis, 1975-1983 -- The renewed reading standards debate of the early 1990s -- The advent of national literacy strategies -- Reading recovery : a comparative case study. |
| Summary |
The authors build a convincing case that the problem of how to teach reading needs to be re-conceptualized as part of a deeply social phenomenon. The study addresses the critical issue of literacy crises around the world and questions their wider sociological and educational impact. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide |
| Subject |
Reading -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
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Education and state -- Great Britain.
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EDUCATION -- Educational Policy & Reform -- General. |
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EDUCATION -- Administration -- General. |
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Education and state. (OCoLC)fst00902835 |
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Reading -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01090680 |
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Great Britain. (OCoLC)fst01204623 |
| Alt Author |
Openshaw, Roger.
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| ISBN |
0203422473 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203422472 (electronic bk.) |
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9786610506347 |
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6610506345 |
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0415336767 |
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9780415336765 |
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0415336767 (Cloth) |
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9780415336765 (hbk.) |
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9780415649742 |
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0415649749 |
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