The goal of the institute was better library service for the thousands of handicapped children in New York State. Librarians, special educators, and others in allied fields have concern for these children and wish to offer service or improve existing programs. Some do not know where to start and may even be afraid to make the first step. Others do…

An EPDA Experienced Teachers Fellowship Program designed for elementary and secondary reading teachers was conducted at Loyola University and had as its chief aim the training of teachers to improve the reading instruction of disadvantaged youths with learning problems caused by their communication backgrounds and inability to read. The program…

An extensive inservice training program involved principals, teachers, teacher-aides, and parents. It becan in 1970 with a summer workshop, and then throughout the following school year, substitute teachers were provided 1 day each week to release the teachers from school to attend classes at Portland State University. The program was monitored…

The results of the author's year and a half spent observing and analyzing 47 British state schools for young children are presented. The practice and process, the history and theory of informal education in England's primary schools are examined. Through descriptions of actual episodes, scenes, and schedules for British children up to age eight,…

This collection of statements describes the rationale and research behind the bilingual reading education program in the Philadelphia public schools where students are learning to read in two languages. The native Spanish speakers learn to read in Spanish and are taught to read in English only after having mastered the aural-oral skills of…

First-year evaluation of the Word Attack Component of the Wisconsin Design for Reading was conducted in 23 elementary schools representing disadvantaged inner-city and advantaged schools in Wisconsin and Colorado. Primary-grade pupils in each of the schools experienced the program for 6 months, during which instruction was followed by…

The successful English-as-a-second-language reading teacher must understand the cultural background of her students very well and must take such circumstances into account in the presentation of and the approach to materials. Following a good basic teaching model is equally important. Evaluation of the reading program must consider the students'…

This book of reading is a compilation of periodical articles, most of which have been published in the last five years. Part 1 contains three articles which relate to the process of reading. Part 2 discusses reading readiness development at home and at school. Two articles discuss aspects of the home environment which best help prepare children to…

Edited versions of selected major papers presented at the July 1971 study conference of the United Kingdom Reading Association, which had the theme "Literacy at All Levels," are included in this book. This group defines literacy as "the mastery of our native language in all its aspects, as a means of communication," and…

Emphasis is placed on the need for and techniques in the development of critical reading at the primary level. The following steps for teaching reading as thinking and as acquiring ideas are presented: (1) developing purposes for reading, (2) developing habits of reasoning, and (3) developing habits of testing predictions. Underlying principles…

This book consists of six self-instructional programs to be completed individually by the reader. The topics of the programs (and a brief description of each) are: written plans for classroom instruction (procedures that are appropriate for lesson plans and teaching units); individualizing instruction (including team teaching, nongraded…

This manual is designed to assess the background of the individual and to bring him to the stage of unlocking the symbolic codes called Reading and Mathematics. The manual begins with Introduction to a Symbolic Code (The Thinking Process and The Key to Learning Basis), and continues with Basic Reading Skills (Readiness, Visual Discrimination,…

A 4-weeks summer reading institute with emphasis on reading skills in the content areas was held in 1969. The program was designed for teachers and students from grades 4 to 6, parents, innovation team members, and teacher aides from the Model School Division. Intensive effort was made to provide teachers with special skills in classroom…

This report is an evaluation of the attempt of the Boston resource team to improve the physical and educational conditions in the Dearborn school district during the 1970-71 school year. The team identified four goals for its work in the Dearborn annex: (1) improving the physical appearance of the Dearborn school; (2) involving more parents in the…

A model for augmenting the impact of the community college reading instructor within the institution is presented in this paper. Reported are the actual findings and the criteria used in: (1) the assessment of the reading levels of students enrolled in three courses at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois; (2) the evaluation of the…