The great reading disaster : reclaiming our educational birthright /
McNee, Mona.
The great reading disaster : reclaiming our educational birthright / Mona McNee & Alice Coleman. - Exeter : Imprint Academic, ©2007. - 1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Understanding the great reading disaster -- pt. 2. The watchdogs that failed -- pt. 3. The struggle for reform -- pt. 4. The way ahead.
By the late 1980s half the nation's children were receiving eleven years of progressivist schooling that failed to give them even the elementary basis of education that was completed by the age of seven in earlier days. This great reading disaster was caused by the 'look-say' method of teaching, which presented whole words not individual letters. This book explains the causes and provides the solution to this problem.In 2006, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has ordered schoo...
9781845403836 (electronic bk.) 1845403835 (electronic bk.)
GBA798905 bnb
014084110 Uk
Geschichte 1960-2006.
Reading (Elementary)--History.--Great Britain
School failure--Great Britain.
Reading--Phonetic method--Great Britain.
Reading (Elementary)--Whole-word method.--Great Britain
Progressive education.
Lecture (Enseignement primaire)--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Échec scolaire--Grande-Bretagne.
Lecture--Méthode phonétique--Grande-Bretagne.
Lecture (Enseignement primaire)--Méthode globale.--Grande-Bretagne
Éducation progressive.
EDUCATION--Language Experience Approach.
EDUCATION--Teaching Methods & Materials--Reading & Phonics.
Progressive education.
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Elementary)--Whole-word method.
Reading--Phonetic method.
School failure.
Leseunterricht
Ganzheitsmethode
Grundschule
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.
LB1573 / .M3924 2007eb
372.43
The great reading disaster : reclaiming our educational birthright / Mona McNee & Alice Coleman. - Exeter : Imprint Academic, ©2007. - 1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pt. 1. Understanding the great reading disaster -- pt. 2. The watchdogs that failed -- pt. 3. The struggle for reform -- pt. 4. The way ahead.
By the late 1980s half the nation's children were receiving eleven years of progressivist schooling that failed to give them even the elementary basis of education that was completed by the age of seven in earlier days. This great reading disaster was caused by the 'look-say' method of teaching, which presented whole words not individual letters. This book explains the causes and provides the solution to this problem.In 2006, the Secretary of State for Education and Skills has ordered schoo...
9781845403836 (electronic bk.) 1845403835 (electronic bk.)
GBA798905 bnb
014084110 Uk
Geschichte 1960-2006.
Reading (Elementary)--History.--Great Britain
School failure--Great Britain.
Reading--Phonetic method--Great Britain.
Reading (Elementary)--Whole-word method.--Great Britain
Progressive education.
Lecture (Enseignement primaire)--Histoire.--Grande-Bretagne
Échec scolaire--Grande-Bretagne.
Lecture--Méthode phonétique--Grande-Bretagne.
Lecture (Enseignement primaire)--Méthode globale.--Grande-Bretagne
Éducation progressive.
EDUCATION--Language Experience Approach.
EDUCATION--Teaching Methods & Materials--Reading & Phonics.
Progressive education.
Reading (Elementary)
Reading (Elementary)--Whole-word method.
Reading--Phonetic method.
School failure.
Leseunterricht
Ganzheitsmethode
Grundschule
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
Electronic books.
Electronic books--History.
History.
LB1573 / .M3924 2007eb
372.43