Reading Against Democracy The Broken Promises of Reading Instruction

Name: Reading Against Democracy The Broken Promises of Reading Instruction
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ISBN: 9780325009766

ISBN-10: 0325009767

ISBN-13: 9780325009766

Edition: 2007

Authors: Patrick Shannon

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Thoughtful teachers, chafing at restrictions and mandates, are asking themselves, ldquo;How did it come to this?rdquo;s Patrick Shannon's book provides fascinating, thoroughly-researched answers, with an empowering perspective and a hopeful path out of this current nonsense. - Randy and Katherine Bomer Authors of For a Better World s Education is not a disinterested process, nor does it foster many innocent bystanders or casual observers. Pat helps us understand the players, the policies and the programs that influence classroom practices, research agendas, and literacy assessments, and provides the ldquo;big picturerdquo; of literacy education that enables us to comprehend today's…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 2/13/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English

A former preschool and primary grades teacher, Patrick Shannon is currently a professor of education at The Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of nine books, including Reading Poverty (1998), text, lies, & video tape: stories about life, literacy, & learning (1995), Becoming Political: Readings and Writings in the Politics of Literacy Education (1992), and The Struggle to Continue: Progressive Reading Instruction in the United States (1990), all published by Heinemann.



Introduction



Reading Instruction Before the Turn of the Twentieth Century



Early Attempts to Reform Reading Instruction



A Real Rationalization of Reading Instruction



Challenges to the Scientific Management of Reading Instruction



One Best Method: The Role of Government



The Business of Reading



The Scientific Solution



Teachers as Targets



A Process of Elimination



Then, Now, and Tomorrow


Notes


Index