Reading lessons
Subtitle: the debate over literacy
By: Gerald Coles.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hill and Wang
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Reading -- United States; Reading, Psychology of; Reading -- Social aspects -- United States; Literacy -- United States
Description: How children are taught to read and how well they learn are perennially difficult issues in the United States. In this study, Gerald Coles argues that the very terms of today's arguments about learning are flawed. He urges Americans to worry about the best ways to teach reading--not a single "best way"--And about how politics, economics, and power in our unequal society affect our children's ability to read. --From publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-203) and index.