This paper reviews four currently recognized modes of inquiry available to reading researchers, including both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The paper discusses empiricism, interpretive research, critical science/theory, and action research, briefly describing the purposes, goals, and assumptions underlying each mode of inquiry. The…

This document consists of a collection of six information summary sheets and worksheets, and a bibliography. The information sheet entitled "What is Literacy" defines literacy, and asks seven pedagogically useful questions about the subject. "What is Critical Literacy" discusses critical literacy as the analytic habits of…

Acting as a sliding signifier, the term "critical thinking" has been bandied about for years now by educators who often ascribe widely varying meanings to it. Researchers and writers mainly stress the "thinking" half of the phrase, often leaving unexamined what it means to be "critical." Those in the fields of critical pedagogy and critical…