Reclaiming Reading: Teachers, Students, and Researchers Regaining Spaces for Thinking and Action / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9780415888097 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 06/02/2011 Pages: 336 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) Inviting teachers back to the role of reflective advocates for thoughtful reading instruction, this book presents theory and pedagogical possibilities to reclaim and build upon the knowledge base that was growing when government mandates, scripted commercial programs, and high stakes tests took over as the dominant agenda for reading instruction in U.S. public schools. Focusing on literacy learners’ and their teachers’ lives as literate souls, it examines how the teaching of reading can be reclaimed via an intensive reconsideration of five pillars as central to the teaching and learning of reading: learning, teaching, curriculum, language, and sociocultural contexts. Reclaiming Reading articulates the knowledge base that was marginalized or disrupted by legislated and policy intrusions into classrooms and provides practical examples for taking goo