Adolescent Literacy
What Works and Why
Published on 22. November 2017
348 pages
978-1-351-23701-7 (ISBN)
Description
Originally published in 1988. Much has changed since then in schools. Mobile technologies, interactive whiteboards, digital texts, class websites, student-authored blogs, social networking and photo sharing sites found integrated into so many classrooms hadn't even been imagined by most educators.
What hasn't changed, however, are the developmental needs of adolescents. A sense of competence, opportunities for creative expression, positive social interactions, and opportunities for self-definition remain centrally important. Similarly, print literacy (i.e., reading and writing with traditional orthography) continues to contribute strongly to academic success, employment opportunity, health, and life satisfaction.
Consequently, this book remains very relevant today. Through case descriptions of literacy programs situated in formal and informal settings, the book draws attention to the ways that developmental appropriateness and engaging literacy instruction can assist all youth in reaching their full potential as readers and writers.
What hasn't changed, however, are the developmental needs of adolescents. A sense of competence, opportunities for creative expression, positive social interactions, and opportunities for self-definition remain centrally important. Similarly, print literacy (i.e., reading and writing with traditional orthography) continues to contribute strongly to academic success, employment opportunity, health, and life satisfaction.
Consequently, this book remains very relevant today. Through case descriptions of literacy programs situated in formal and informal settings, the book draws attention to the ways that developmental appropriateness and engaging literacy instruction can assist all youth in reaching their full potential as readers and writers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
File size
22,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-351-23701-7 (9781351237017)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
05/2019
1st Edition
Routledge
€46.50
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Book
11/2017
1st Edition
Routledge
€186.40
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Persons
Judith Davidson, David Koppenhaver
Content
Foreword. Introduction to the Second Edition 1. Adolescent Literacy Today 2. Methodology 3. The Kenosha Model: Academic Improvement through Language Experience 4. STAR: Structured Teaching in the Areas of Reading and Writing 5. HILT: High Intensity Language Training - An Effective Model of Second-Language Literacy Instruction 6. After-school literacy Programmes for Young Adolescents 7. Summer Literacy Programmes ofr Young Adolescents 8. Special Findings 9. What Works and Why 10. Translating What Works into Programmes and Policies. Appendix. Annotated Resource List
