This text offers practical suggestions for enhancing literacy work in the secondary school. It includes detailed accounts of what teachers in various subjects areas have done to enhance the literacy element in their teaching and, in turn, to extend pupils' learning of subject content.
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Literacy in the Secondary School by Maureen Lewis (University of Exeter, UK)
First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Table of Contents
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.
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GOR001870031
9781853466557
1853466557
Literacy in the Secondary School by Maureen Lewis (University of Exeter, UK)
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