Contemporary Readings in Literacy Education

<p><b>The latest research on literacy education-made more accessible!</b></p><p></p><p></p><p>To help students and beginning teachers understand contemporary issues in literacy education this book provides a collection of edited readings and accompanying strategies. The articles have been selected to provide a balance between readings that focus on key theoretical concerns and others that suggest classroom applications of those guiding principles.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Key Features</p><p></p><ul type=disc><li>The text is organized into sections representing today's most important literacy concerns.</li></ul><p></p><ul type=disc><li>The readings are contextualized with section introductions by the editors that provide an overview of each topic.</li></ul><p></p><ul type=disc><li>Section introductions also include hands-on instructional strategies to help students negotiate the articles promote overall comprehension and apply the material in practice.</li></ul><p></p><ul type=disc><li>Articles have been edited to be accessible and relevant to students and they provide a variety of viewpoints on the issues raised.</li></ul><p></p><ul type=disc><li>A selection of the articles is available in full-text form at www.sagepub.com/cappello.</li></ul><p></p><p></p><p>This text will help instructors integrate the latest research into their courses in a meaningful way and show students how to apply research and theory to practice.</p><p></p><p><strong>Includes Articles From the Following Journals:</strong></p><p><em>American Educational Research Journal</em></p><p><em>American Educator</em></p><p><em>California Reader</em></p><p><em>Educational Leadership</em></p><p><em>Educational Policy</em></p><p><em>Education and Urban Society</em></p><p><em>English Education</em></p><p><em>English Journal</em></p><p><em>International Journal of Applied Linguistics</em></p><p><em>Intervention in School and Clinic</em></p><p><em>Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy</em></p><p><em>Journal of Early Childhood Literacy</em></p><p><em>Journal of Educational Psychology</em></p><p><em>Language Arts</em></p><p><em>Reading Psychology</em></p><p><em>Reading Research Quarterly</em></p><p><em>The Reading Teacher</em></p><p><em>RELC Journal</em></p><p><em>Remedial and Special Education</em></p><p><em>Review of Research in Education</em></p><p><em>Written Communication</em></p>