1st Edition

Teaching Reading in the Secondary Schools

By Geoff Dean Copyright 2003
    152 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    160 Pages
    by David Fulton Publishers

    This book outlines several approaches to reading which challenge former classroom practices. It is through these approaches that all students - from reluctant boys to the most able of either gender - can continue to grow as readers and develop their readiness to seek meaning in texts.

    Introduction; The problems of reading in the Secondary school; Current reading practices in secondary schools; Making the case for teaching reading; Qualities and characteristics of the reader and assessing reading improvement; Teaching reading in the Secondary school; Teaching reading in subjects other than English.

    Biography

    Geoff Dean