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Yaden, David B., Jr. – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2023
The rhetoric of the reading wars has become more than just an armchair academic debate, but is encoded now in the very laws, house and senate bills, and legislative policies of the majority of the states. In turn, these policies are powered by staggering sums of money such as the 90-million-dollar investment of Fulton County, Georgia in a revamp…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
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Meek, Margaret – Theory into Practice, 1982
Through stories, children become aware of their culture and make sense of their world. Past stories came from books; now they come from television. To develop a theory of children's literature, knowledge about children, about their books, and about reading must be placed in a new theoretical pattern. (PP)
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Childrens Literature, Cultural Influences, Early Reading
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Spencer, Margaret – Language Arts, 1986
Suggests that reading and writing are not only language competencies displayed in literacy or literature but that they are the sites for analysis in emergent literacies. (DF)
Descriptors: Comprehension, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Language Arts
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Prentice, Julia – Reading, 1985
Discusses an approach to early reading instruction that emphasizes "real" books and parental involvement. Contains a list of "dos" and "don'ts" for use by parents in helping their children read. (DF)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Learning Theories, Oral Reading, Parent Participation