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Living Reading: Exploring the Lives of Reading Teachers

By Judith Davidson

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang Inc.
Year
2000
ISBN
0820445606, 9780820445601
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1082210 bytes)
Pages
183\179
Time added
2016-11-02 00:49:26
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Living Reading is a qualitative research study of the ways teachers form and enact notions of literacy through participation in a subject-area association that places reading at the heart of its mission. This study explores the gendered and historical roots of the discipline of reading and reading instruction in the United States, and it demonstrates how the professional development opportunities offered by this organization (and others like it) support and constrain educational reform initiatives. Through «living reading» teacher-members seek spiritual affirmation and renewal as well as professional knowledge. This is the first in-depth look inside the practice of a subject-area association, one of a select number of professional groups that wield broad influence on teachers’ practice and educational policy.

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