The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing - Hardcover

Wyse, Dominic; Hacking, Charlotte

 
9781032565934: The Balancing Act: An Evidence-Based Approach to Teaching Phonics, Reading and Writing
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1032565934 ISBN 13: 9781032565934
Publisher: Routledge, 2024

Synopsis

Dominic Wyse and Charlotte Hacking present a ground-breaking account of teaching phonics, reading, and writing. Created from a landmark study, new research, new theory, and cutting-edge teacher professional development, this balanced approach to teaching seeks to improve all children’s learning, and therefore life chances.

The book dismantles polarised debates about the teaching of phonics and analyses the latest scientific evidence of what really works. It shows, in vivid detail, how phonics, reading, and writing should be taught through the creativity of some of the best authors of books for children. By describing lessons inspired by ‘real books’, it showcases why the new approach is more effective than narrow phonics approaches.

The authors call for a paradigm shift in literacy education. The chapters show how and why education policies should be improved on the basis of unique analyses of research evidence from experimental trials and the new theory and model the Double Helix of Reading and Writing. It is a book of hope for the future in the context of powerful elites influencing narrow curricula, narrow pedagogy, and high stakes assessments.

The Balancing Act will be of interest to anyone who is invested in young children’s development. It is essential reading for teachers, trainee teachers, lecturers, researchers, and policy makers world-wide who want to improve the teaching of reading and writing in the English language.

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About the Author

Dominic Wyse is Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education at the Institute of Education, University College London, UK. Dominic is also the Founding Director of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Pedagogy (HHCP) at UCL

Charlotte Hacking is Director of Learning and Programmes at the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), UK.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2024
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1032565934
ISBN 13 
9781032565934
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
274

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