6th edition. — Pearson Education Inc., 2012. — 641 p. — ISBN-10: 0-13-256606-0; ISBN-13: 978-0-13-256606-3.
Why is high quality teacher education so critical for literacy teachers? Because research tells us it is the teacher who makes the difference in effective reading instruction. As a capable literacy teacher, you will need to think deeply about your teaching decisions in order to understand and meet the literacy needs of every student in your classes. That is a tall order, but this book will become your personal guide to help you succeed in doing so.
Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference, Sixth Edition, emphasizes the essential nature of the teacher's role in literacy instruction. At the core of this new edition, we continue to assert the primacy of the role of teacher quality and effectiveness as the key to successful literacy instruction. We have thoroughly updated our previous five pillars of effective reading instruction, which provided a logical and consistent structure for closely examining the essential elements that well-prepared literacy teachers know, understand, and are able to implement in classrooms. In this new edition, we have added two additional pillars—Motivation and Engagement and Technology and New Literacies. By organizing every chapter around these seven pillars of effective instruction, the concept of the teacher as lynchpin in literacy instruction is reinforced and cemented. Using these seven pillars to ground your thinking about future teaching, you will be able to successfully develop and perform your vital role in helping all children become successful readers and writers.