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Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Kelly Gallagher
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Description for Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: CB; JNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
Is the love of reading dying in our schools? If so, why? And what can be done about it? Educators are familiar with many of the factors that have contributed to the decline- poverty, second-language issue, and competing entertainment. In his provocative new book, national literacy consultant Kelly Gallagher suggests, however, that it is time to recognise a new and significant contributor to the death of reading: our schools. In Readicide, Kelly argues that American schools are actively (though unwittingly) furthering the decline of reading-specifically, he contends, through the standard instructional practices used in most schools. Kelly doesn't settle identifying only the problems. Readicide provides educators with specific steps to reverse the downward spiral in reading- steps that will help prevent the loss of another generation of readers.
Product Details
Publisher
Stenhouse Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
York, Maine, United States
ISBN
9781571107800
SKU
V9781571107800
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Ref
99-12
About Kelly Gallagher
Kelly, a baseballoholic and a self-described expert at negotiating airports, is in his 33rd year of teaching at the high school level. He currently teaches at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, California. He believes that there is no greater pleasure than teaching someone something. Teaching is artistic, it matters a great deal, and I can never get the job down perfectly. Kelly thinks that professional development should treat teachers as such - professionals. I know in the classroom that good things happen when my students have meaningful discussions. I know as a teacher myself that my craft sharpens when I am given the opportunity to have meaningful discussions with my peers. And let's have a laugh or two while we are at it. Writing his six books for Stenhouse was a solitary experience. Though I have written outlines prior to each of my books, I have yet to follow any of them step-by-step. That is why I find writing rewarding - because the act of writing itself generates new thinking, and new thinking is always exciting.
Reviews for Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Readicide is an intriguing look at many possible solutions to the problem of the decline of reading in American schools. - Midwest Book Review Rather than dwelling on the problem, Gallagher centers on explaining concrete ways schools can improve literature teaching, focusing on comprehension and producing lifelong readers. - Catholic Library World Those with a vested interest in the education of American youth
in other words, everyone who has reached the age of reason
should read this book and share it with others. - American School Board Journal Readicide is an intriguing look at many possible solutions to the problem of the decline of reading in American schools. - Midwest Book Review
in other words, everyone who has reached the age of reason
should read this book and share it with others. - American School Board Journal Readicide is an intriguing look at many possible solutions to the problem of the decline of reading in American schools. - Midwest Book Review