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Reading Without Nonsense
Frank Smith
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Description for Reading Without Nonsense
Paperback. There is an assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. This book provides the evidence and arguments that teachers need to resist this mechanistic view; and describes how reading should not be taught. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JNU; YQCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Reading Without Nonsense remains a groundbreaking, humanistic antidote to the managed systems approach to reading instruction. In his extensively revised fourth edition, Frank Smith brings teachers and teacher educators up to date on how reading should not be taught. It is a necessary reminder that reading and learning to read are natural activities. There is a massive assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. Now more important than ever, Reading Without Nonsense, Fourth Edition ... Read more
Reading Without Nonsense remains a groundbreaking, humanistic antidote to the managed systems approach to reading instruction. In his extensively revised fourth edition, Frank Smith brings teachers and teacher educators up to date on how reading should not be taught. It is a necessary reminder that reading and learning to read are natural activities. There is a massive assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. Now more important than ever, Reading Without Nonsense, Fourth Edition ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Teachers´ College Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780807746868
SKU
V9780807746868
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99-50
About Frank Smith
Frank Smith has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the University of Toronto, the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
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