Teaching Literacy Effectively in the Primary School (Language and Literacy in Action)

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Tables......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Series Editor's Preface......Page 9
Introduction. Teaching literacy effectively: an overview......Page 12
Effective teaching and effective teachers......Page 22
Investigating effective teachers of literacy......Page 40
Effective teachers of literacy in action......Page 52
The subject knowledge of effective teachers of literacy......Page 74
Teachers' beliefs about literacy teaching......Page 100
Knowledge, beliefs and practice in effective teachers of literacy......Page 116
Becoming an effective teacher of literacy......Page 129
Conclusions and implications......Page 142
Appendix A: Background details of teachers involved in the project......Page 155
Appendix B: Questionnaire administered to all teachers in the project......Page 156
Appendix C: Interview schedules......Page 162
Appendix D: The literacy quiz......Page 164
References......Page 170
Index......Page 175