Skip to main content Site map

Understanding Reading Development (PDF eBook)


Understanding Reading Development (PDF eBook)

eBook by Harrison, Colin

Understanding Reading Development (PDF eBook)

£33.99

ISBN:
9781847876478
Publication Date:
11 Dec 2003
Publisher:
Sage Publications
Imprint:
SAGE Publications Ltd
Pages:
216 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
Download available
Understanding Reading Development (PDF eBook)

Description

This book focuses on how to understand reading processes and what it means to develop reading comprehension. With a wide-ranging theoretical basis, the author makes new connections between work in critical theory, cognitive psychology and literacy.Key features include:} how and why we read} evaluating response to reading } a whole-school approach to developing reading.This book is highly recommended to teachers, literacy coordinators and students and lecturers of masters and doctoral programmes with a reading or literacy focus.

Contents

Reading Reading What Does Research Tell Us About the Reading Process and the Early Stages of Reading Development? Understanding Understanding - Colin Harrison and John Perry Developing Reading Comprehension - How We Learn from Texts What We Have Learned from Research Literacy Development in the Primary Classroom - Colin Harrison with Geraldine Kotsis Fun, Phonics, Fluency, Fantasy and Developing Reading for Meaning Case Studies of Reading Development at Secondary Level - Colin Harrison, Alan Dewar and Steve Willshaw Developing Critical Literacy Text, Discourse and the Collaborative Construction of Meaning Evaluating Response to Reading Can There Be Such A Thing As Postmodern Assessment? A Whole-School Approach to Developing Reading Policy Staff Development and Evaluation

Accessing your eBook through Kortext

Once purchased, you can view your eBook through the Kortext app, available to download for Windows, Android and iOS devices. Once you have downloaded the app, your eBook will be available on your Kortext digital bookshelf and can even be downloaded to view offline anytime, anywhere, helping you learn without limits.

In addition, you'll have access to Kortext's smart study tools including highlighting, notetaking, copy and paste, and easy reference export.

To download the Kortext app, head to your device's app store or visit https://app.kortext.com to sign up and read through your browser.

This is a Kortext title - click here to find out more This is a Kortext title - click here to find out more

NB: eBook is only available for a single-user licence (i.e. not for multiple / networked users).

Back

University of Sunderland logo