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Reading Educational Research and Policy (Learning About Teaching)
โ Scribed by David Scott
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 157
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Reading Educational Research and Policy will improve the ability of teachers to deconstruct policy, research and media texts. This accessible book examines in turn the message systems through which educational meanings are conveyed in modern society: official policy texts; written media and spoken media. Through understanding how and why messages are conveyed, teachers will develop strategies for becoming more critical and reflective of the texts that confront them in their work.
โฆ Table of Contents
Contents......Page 6
Copyright......Page 5
List of Figures and Tables......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 8
1 Introdu ction: Ed ucation al Literacy......Page 16
2 Reading Poli cy Texts......Page 32
3 Reading Resea rch Reports......Page 57
4 Reading the W r itten Media......Page 85
5 Making Con nections......Page 112
6 The Educationally Literate Teacher......Page 128
References......Page 140
Subject Index......Page 147
Author Index......Page 153
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