Learners' Views of Literacy

Understanding pupils perspectives on their learning has been shown to be of significant help in planning and implementing an effective literacy teaching programme.This book offers a new viewpoint of reflective curriculum design, in contrast to current 'top-down models characterised by dictates and requirements placed on teachers from above. Instead, the learner is placed at the centre of teaching as the text explores much-needed evidence about the views of learners themselves. Topics covered include: learners' perspectives of reading, writing and literacy teaching learners' perspectives on literacy teaching an exploration of the viewpoints of the learners advice on how to develop a learner-centred approach to literacy teaching.Wray, David is the author of 'Learners' Views of Literacy', published 2007 under ISBN 9780415385718 and ISBN 0415385717.