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SAGE PUBLISHING Approaching Difficulties In Literacy Development by Fletcher-Campbell
This Reader considers the complexity of literacy difficulties, showing how research into literacy difficulties has to be multi-faceted and multi-disciplinary and involve a range of research approaches and methods. The chapters show that this is necessary to accommodate the wide range of issues that can, potentially, explain literacy difficulties and suggest strategies and interventions to ease those difficulties.Starting from the point that literacy is a contested concept and that acquiring literacy is a complex process, this Reader goes on to consider literacy development in relation to:- Theoretical understandings, implications for practice- Assessing literacy difficulties- Pedagogy and planning- Interventions in different contextsThis Reader is relevant to all postgraduate students of Literacy, as well as educators, professionals and policy makers. PART ONE: THEORETICAL UNDERSTANDINGS: IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICEReading, dyslexia and the brain - Usha GoswamiConnecting early language and literacy to later reading (dis)abilities: Evidence, theory and practice - Hollis S ScarboroughPolicy and research: Lessons from the Clackmannanshire Synthetic Phonics Initiative - Sue EllisIndividual differences in the inference of word meanings from context: The influence of reading comprehension, vocabulary knowledge and memory capacity - Kate Cain, Jane Oakhill and Kate Lemmon Impact of authentic adult literacy instruction on adult literacy practices - Victoria Purcell-Gates, Sophie C Degener, Erik Jacobson and Marta SolerPART TWO: ASSESSING LITERACY DIFFICULTIESIs the PhAB really fab? The utility of the phonological assessment battery in predicting gains made by older low-progress readers following two terms of intensive literacy instruction - Kevin Wheldall and Simmone PogorzelskiReception class predictors of literacy skills - Jennifer Simpson and John EverattPrinciples for literacy assessment - Peter Johnston and Paula CostelloPART THREE: PEDAGOGY AND PLANNINGDyslexia and learning style - a note of caution - Tilly MortimoreMapping a pedagogy for Special Education Needs - Brahm Norwich and Ann LewisShaping literacy in the secondary school: Policy, practice and agency in the age of the national literacy strategy - Andy Goodwyn and Kate FindlayHeadwoman's blues: Small group reading and the interactions of culture, gender and ability - Shuaib J MeachamPART FOUR: INTERVENTIONS IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTSExcluded voices: Class, culture and family literacy in Scotland - Lyn TettTrust your own observations: Assessment of reader and tutor behaviour in learning to read in English and Maori - Ted Glynn and Stuart McNaughtonLong-term outcomes of early reading intervention - Jane Hurry and Kathy SylvaStudent writing in higher education: An academic literacies approach - Mary R Lea and Brian V. StreetPART FIVE: TRANSFORMING PRACTICEDyslexia and adult literacy: Does dyslexia disempower? - Hugo KerrEffects of the home learning environment and preschool center experience upon literacy and numeracy development in early primary school - Edward C Melhuish, Mai B Phan, Kathy Sylva, Pam Sammons, Iram Siraj-Blatchford and Brenda Taggart