Managing the Literacy Curriculum How Schools Can Become Communities of Readers and Writers

This book focuses on a critical period for pupils between the ages of nine and thirteen when the demands made on children's literacy change fundamentally, and when children establish life-time patterns of reading and non-reading. At this stage it is crucially important that literacy is viewed as a central part of the curriculum, but many schools find it difficualt to manage and support literacy teaching across a range of subjects. Based on the authors' five-year research project, the book looks in particular at the progression from primary to secondary school, and how teachers can work together to help children cope with the curriculum across the subject boundaries. It provides a framework for teachers and managers to help set up a whole-school approach to literacy, based on a series of steps which enable managers to find out how litercy is perceived by teachers and effectively used within classroom contexts. Practical guidance on how schools can help pupils who have literacy difficulties, on methods of assessment and reporting, and on how outside agencies can be involved will be particularly helpful to teachers and heads of department.Webster, Alec is the author of 'Managing the Literacy Curriculum How Schools Can Become Communities of Readers and Writers' with ISBN 9780415112956 and ISBN 0415112958.