Reading and Learning to Read

This text aims to prepare instructors to teach reading in a meaningful and thoughtful way, to produce indepentant readers who enjoy the activity. It incorporates individual beliefs and multiple perspectives, encouraging partnerships among teachers, specialists, authors and parents in order to provide quality instruction for all children. The book contains current information about reading and features case studies of a student teacher, a first-year teacher and two veteran teachers, allowing readers to explore how teachers make decisions about reading instructions.