Among the topics are phonological recoding, identifying meaning, the context the text provides, approaches to teaching, and the relation between reading acquisition and language development. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc.
In reviewing the international literature on this vital subject, this book examines three groups who seem most affected by unfair language practices in education: women and girls; minority cultural groups; and minority social groups.
This timely book is the first ever to address the issues associated with how people, and especially children, make sense of punctuation.
In reviewing the international literature on this vital subject, this book examines three groups who seem most affected by unfair language practices in education: women and girls; minority cultural groups; and minority social groups.
The summaries of research, new theoretical frameworks and the new findings presented in this book are at the forefront of this movement in research on reading. The processes of acquisition of print word recognition are examined.
The book concludes with macro and micro level policy options that are necessary for critical (re)construction of women's lives in the region and elsewhere.
This participant-observation study presents the practice of school to work transition at two Japanese high schools, and explains variations about the modal career trajectory of low achieving students, drawing on Bourdieu's work.
This timely book is the first ever to address the issues associated with how people, and especially children, make sense of punctuation.
Based on a comparative analysis of 15 projects on the education of children of migrant workers in 10 European Community countries, this book provides descriptions of advanced practice, problems encountered and solutions found.
This book presents a fascinating picture of how schools guide their students through the crucial stage of transition to the world of work.