Teaching Literacy Effectively in the Primary School
Author: David Wray, Richard Fox, Jane Medwell and Louise Poulson Series: Language and Literacy in Action
This text discusses the implications arising from the authors' research into what constitutes an effective teacher of literacy. The research identified what effective teachers know, understand and do which enable them to put effective teaching of literacy into practice in the primary phase.
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This text discusses the implications arising from the authors' research into what constitutes an effective teacher of literacy. The research identified what effective teachers know, understand and do which enable them to put effective teaching of literacy into practice in the primary phase.
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This text discusses the implications arising from the authors' research into what constitutes an effective teacher of literacy. The research identified what effective teachers know, understand and do which enable them to put effective teaching of literacy into practice in the primary phase. By identifying the strategies used by these teachers, the authors show how these can be applied by other primary teachers to improve their teaching of literacy.
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“'This is a topical review, based on new research on the highly sensitive and critical issue of how teachers teach literacy effectively.' - Brigid Smith, Homerton College, Cambridge”
About the Author
David Wray is Professor of Literacy at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on literacy teaching, including Literacy and Language in the Primary Years and Extending Literacy, published by RoutledgeFalmer.,
Jane Medwell is Director of the Primary PGCE programme and Lecturer in Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. She has researched and published widely in the area of literacy teaching.,
Louise Poulson is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bath.,
Richard Fox was formerly Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Exeter.
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This book discusses the implications arising from the authors' research into what constitutes an effective teacher of literacy. They have been able to identify what effective teachers know, understand and do which enable them to put effective teaching of literacy into practice in the primary phase. By identifying the strategies used by these teachers, the authors show how these can be applied by other primary teachers to improve their teaching of literacy.
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