Full Description
In Reading Researchers in Search of Common Ground, Second Edition, Rona F. Flippo revisits her groundbreaking Expert Study, in which she set out to find common ground among experts in the much-fragmented field of reading research. The original edition, featuring contributions from participants in the Expert Study, commentary from additional distinguished literacy scholars with specialized experiences and vantage points from which to view it, and recommendations for use of its findings, was published in 2001 and has become a classic in the field. The Expert Study's findings and discussions related to it remain provocative, viable, and highly relevant. Taking a fresh look at it, and its current implications for literacy education and common ground in light of the newest thinking and research of today, the Second Edition includes four new chapters from leaders in the field who discuss the Study from their unique vantage points (literacy trends, emergent writing development, a comprehensive literacy curriculum, and a comparative analysis of the study's findings and recommendations). It is a must-read resource for the entire literacy community - researchers, teacher educators, graduate students, administrators, practitioners, and policymakers.
Contents
Part I: The Study, Findings, and Experts' Points of View: Revisited Chapter 1 About the "Expert Study": Report and Original Findings. Rona F. Flippo Chapter 2 Point of View: Richard C. Anderson. Linda G. Fielding Chapter 3 Point of View: On Being an "Expert" with a Point of View. Brian Cambourne Chapter 4 Point of View: My Point of View. Edward Fry Chapter 5 Point of View: Always a Teacher: From Teacher to Teacher Educator to Researcher. Yetta M. Goodman Chapter 6 Point of View: When a Researcher Studies Writers in Their Classrooms. Jane Hansen Chapter 7 Point of View: Jerome C. Harste. Diane DeFord Chapter 8 Point of View: Wayne R. Otto. Robert T. Rude Chapter 9 Point of View: Global Perspectives on Teaching Children to Read English. Scott G. Paris Chapter 10 Point of View: Life in the Radical Middle. P. David Pearson Chapter 11 Point of View: George Spache. Richard D. Robinson Chapter 12 Point of View: Principled Pluralism, Cognitive Flexibility, and New Contexts for Reading. Rand J. Spiro, Paul Morsink, and Benjamin Forsyth Part II: What We Know About Literacy: Revisited Chapter 13 Multicultural Considerations and Diverse Students. Kathryn H. Au Chapter 14 Motivation to Read. Jacquelynn A. Malloy and Linda B. Gambrell Chapter 15 Emergent Writing Development and Second-Language Learners. David B. Yaden and Joan M. Tardibuono Chapter 16 Communication and Collaboration with Parents, Families and Communities. Timothy V. Rasinski Chapter 17 Literacy Instruction: Toward a Comprehensive, Scientific, and Artistic Literacy Curriculum. Nancy Padak and Timothy V. Rasinski Part III: Toward a Common Ground: Revisited Chapter 18 A Focus on Policy-Driven Literacy Practices, the Media, and the Work of Reading Professionals. Maryann Mraz and Richard T. Vacca. Chapter 19 A Focus on the NAEP Data. Jay R. Campbell Chapter 20 A Focus on Literacy Trends and Issues Today. Jack Cassidy and Corinne Valadez Chapter 21 A Focus on Struggling Readers: A Comparative Analysis of Expert Opinion and Empirical Research Recommendations. Cindy D. Jones, D. Ray Reutzel and John
