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Peer reviewedNicholson, Tom – Reading Teacher, 1980
Results of a New Zealand survey showed that parents were interested in their children's reading progress but were not aware of the teaching strategies they could use to reinforce school learning. (GT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Parent Attitudes
Peer reviewedHoldaway, Don – Theory into Practice, 1982
The "shared book experience," a teaching model developed in New Zealand to introduce Pacific Island children to literacy education, is described. The model, based on use of popular children's books, teaches children to master literacy skills the way they master spoken language. Research on early pre-reading behavior is discussed. (PP)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Early Reading, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textNicholson, Tom – 1994
Taking into account what research says about getting all children off to a better start in becoming literate, this booklet discusses recent "cutting-edge" research in the area of reading and spelling acquisition, focusing on the practical implications. The first part of the booklet notes what happens in the homes of early readers,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy, Foreign Countries
Clay, Marie M. – 1976
A case study of a New Zealand educator's 14-year efforts to apply reading theory to reading instruction is described in this paper. The project was begun in 1962 to find out if teachers could observe the process of learning to read going awry within a few months of the child's entry into school, and to seek ways of correcting that trend if…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Classroom Observation Techniques, Conference Reports
Kamil, Michael L., Ed.; Mosenthal, Peter B., Ed.; Pearson, P. David, Ed.; Barr, Rebecca, Ed. – 2000
A comprehensive overview of important contemporary issues in the field of reading research, this book presents 47 essays that examine literacy through a variety of lenses--some permitting microscopic views and others panoramic views. Essays in the book cover current methodology as well as cumulative research-based knowledge. Essays in Part I…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Dyslexia, Educational Policy
Clay, Marie M. – 1982
The reports of research in this monograph reflect 18 years of observation of the behaviors of children learning to read in New Zealand schools. The first section of the monograph urges teachers to look more closely at language behaviors in their classrooms to see how children go about the tasks set before them. The second section reports on…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Direct linkWorthy, Jo, Ed.; Maloch, Beth, Ed.; Hoffman, James V., Ed.; Schallert, Diane L., Ed.; Fairbanks, Colleen M., Ed. – National Reading Conference, 2004
This volume presents the 53rd Yearbook of the National Reading Conference (NRC). The papers in this Yearbook reflect NRC's practice of pursuing not only traditionally important topics in literacy but also many issues that may not be deemed worthy of funding and government attention. Rather than a narrowing of the field, the submitted manuscripts,…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Yearbooks, Foreign Countries, Literacy
