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Direct linkFulford, Amanda J. – Ethics and Education, 2009
This paper explores three current notions of literacy, which underpin the theorisation and practice of teaching and learning for both children and adults in England. In so doing, it raises certain problems inherent in these approaches to literacy and literacy education and shows how Stanley Cavell's notions of reading, and especially his reading…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Familiarity, Foreign Countries, Literacy
Peer reviewedTorgerson, Carole J.; King, Sarah E.; Sowden, Amanda J. – Educational Studies, 2002
States that volunteers are often used in the classroom to help children learn to read, but their impact on reading skills is unknown. Examines randomized controlled trials (RCT) in an effort to determine whether using volunteers improves children's reading. Finds that volunteering had a small effect on children's reading. (CMK)
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWood, Clare – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1999
States that the combination of analogous problem-solving ability and phonological awareness, in the absence of extensive reading experience, may be necessary for successfully using orthographic analogies. Seventy children of limited reading experience and ability were assessed on phonemic awareness and the ability to make visual and orthographic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Smith, Keverne – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2004
This article continues the debate about the transition from school to university begun in the international forum in volume 2(1) of this journal and developed in the thoughtful response from Michael Marland in volume 2(2). It examines some of the many points made there in relation to students' own views. Interested colleagues at different…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Higher Education, Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewedBuick, Anna – Reading in a Foreign Language, 1993
Suggests a way to overcome the difficulty of teaching effective reading skills to students with diverse interests. The approach is based on four specifications: (1) each student studies a text on a topic in his own specialty; (2) reading practice images students' academic contexts; (3) classes are learner centered; and (4) students are evaluated…
Descriptors: College Students, Course Content, English (Second Language), Feedback
Centre for Information on Language Teaching and Research, London (England). – 1984
A directory of United Kingdom (UK) organizations and centers that provide services of interest to language teachers and researchers is presented. The organizations are associations and societies that are concerned with language, linguistics, language teaching and research, and the most important groups concerned with educational technology and…
Descriptors: Cultural Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
