First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introduction; The current context - a brief history; Extending literacy: learning and teaching; Theory into practice: strategies to support literacy development; Are we having any effect?; Making sense of the world: language and learning in Geography; Writing about development; The EXCEL Project in a secondary school; Introducing guided reading into Year 7 English lessons; The LITDOC - a collaborative approach to literacy; Putting literacy on the secondary agenda; A whole-school literacy policy - making it work; Appendices.