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Literacy Education (literacy + education)
Selected AbstractsThe work of women teachers in primary literacy education: knowing and doingENGLISH IN EDUCATION, Issue 2 2007Barbara Comber Abstract This paper provides a retrospective account of three decades of my work as a literacy educator and researcher. Taking key insights from feminist sociologist, Dorothy Smith, including women's standpoint, the everyday world as problematic, institutional capture, a sociology for the people, I revisit my research on literacy, poverty and schooling. I argue that understanding better the effects of what we do in educational institutions, through collaborative research with teachers, can lead us to generate positive alternative equity-driven practices. [source] Handwriting: what do we know and what do we need to know?LITERACY, Issue 1 2007Jane Medwell Abstract Handwriting has a low status and profile in literacy education in England and in recent years has attracted little attention from teachers, policy-makers or researchers into mainstream educational processes. This article identifies a substantial programme of research into handwriting, including studies located in the domains of special needs education and psychology, suggesting that it is time to re-evaluate the importance of handwriting in the teaching of literacy. Explorations of the way handwriting affects composing have opened up new avenues for research, screening and intervention, which have the potential to make a significant contribution to children's progress in learning to write. In particular, the role of orthographic motor integration and automaticity in handwriting is now seen as of key importance in composing. Evidence from existing studies suggests that handwriting intervention programmes may have a real impact on the composing skills of young writers. In particular, they could positively affect the progress of the many boys who struggle with writing throughout the primary school years. [source] Living in the feudalism of adult basic and literacy education: Can we negotiate a literacy democracy?NEW DIRECTIONS FOR ADULT & CONTINUING EDUCATION, Issue 91 2001B. Allan Quigley Adult literacy and basic education are governed by political processes that are similar to feudalism. New trends point the way to a democratizing of knowledge in literacy. [source] A study of the strategies of peer tutoring in computer literacy educationBRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, Issue 5 2008Sun-Hee Park No abstract is available for this article. [source] | ||||||||||