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Lefstein, Adam – Teachers College Record, 2008
Background/Context: Literacy education has always been hotly contested, and in England the debate has recently intensified in controversies over synthetic phonics teaching and the National Literacy Strategy. This article brings together four theoretical and policy contexts in studying this debate: (1) the long-standing and on-going "reading…
Descriptors: Literacy, Educational Research, Phonics, Democracy