Supporting Readers in Secondary Schools: What every secondary teacher needs to know about teaching reading and phonics (Achieving QTS Series) - Softcover

Wendy Jolliffe; David Waugh; Jayne Stead; Sue Beverton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1446280632 ISBN 13: 9781446280638

Publisher: Learning Matters, 2014

Synopsis

Are you a secondary school teacher who needs to know about phonics and teaching reading? Then this book is for you. 

There are lots of books on teaching phonics but most are written to support primary teachers. This book is written specifically for secondary teachers working with children who need support with reading. The text uses case studies from secondary schools to highlight effective ways to support children with reading and includes useful tips on teaching strategies and ideas for resources. The text covers the subject knowledge you need for the teaching of reading in the broadest sense, including phonics. Intended to support you, as a secondary teacher, it gives guidance on planning methods of assessment and explores a range of intervention programmes and resources.

This text is your comprehensive support resource in teaching reading.

About this title

About the Authors

Wendy Jolliffe is Professor of Education and worked in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) for 14 years; latterly as Head of Teacher Education at the University of Hull. She worked previously as a Regional Adviser for the National Strategies and advised ITT providers on effective provision for literacy.  She has published extensively in Primary English and Cooperative Learning.

David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017.

From the Back Cover

This text on teaching reading and phonics is specifically for secondary trainees, providing them with all they need to know to support students who need help in this area.

Edition details

• Publisher: Learning Matters
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1446280632
• ISBN 13: 9781446280638
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128