Distinguished Educators on Reading

Foreword

Preface

Section 1: Distinguished Educators on Theories of Literacy

I Didn't Found Whole Language
Kenneth S. Goodman

Romance and Reality
Keith E. Stanovich

Toward an Educationally Relevant Theory of Literacy Learning: Twenty Years of Inquiry
Brian Cambourne   FREE!

Imagine That: Literacy Education for Public Democracy
Patrick Shannon

Section 2: Distinguished Educators on Teachers

How Do You Spell Dream? You Learn—With the Help of a Teacher
Denny Taylor

Those Influential Literacy Teachers: Meaning Negotiators and Motivation Builders
Robert B. Ruddell

Literacy for All Students: Ten Steps Toward Making a Difference
Kathryn H. Au

Whole Language: Why Bother?
Dorothy J. Watson

Trust the Shadows
Donald H. Graves

Section 3: Distinguished Educators on Schools

The Schools We Have. The Schools We Need.
Richard L. Allington

When Bad Things Happen to Good Ideas in Literacy Education: Professional Dilemmas, Personal Decisions, and Political Traps
James V. Hoffman

What Ever Happened to...?
Margaret Early

There's More to Teaching At-Risk and Delayed Readers Than Good Reading Instruction
Irene W. Gaskins

Recent Political Changes in Germany and Their Impact on Teaching Reading
Franz Biglmaier

Section 4: Distinguished Educators on Curriculum, Materials, and Instruction

Jim Trelease Speaks on Reading Aloud to Children
Jim Trelease

Having My Say
Sam L. Sebesta

The Power of Story: What I Have Learned as a Writer and a Teacher
Gloria Houston

Me and My Hypertext:) A Multiple Digression Analysis of Technology and Literacy (sic)
David Reinking

Reading-Writing Relationships, Thematic Units, Inquiry Learning...In Pursuit of Effective Integrated Literacy Instruction
Timothy Shanahan

Revaluing Readers While Readers Revalue Themselves: Retrospective Miscue Analysis
Yetta M. Goodman

Explorations in Developmental Spelling: Foundations for Learning and Teaching, Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary
Donald R. Bear, Shane Templeton

Dolores Durkin Speaks on Instruction
Dolores Durkin

Reinventing Our Literacy Programs: Books, Basics, Balance
Dorothy S. Strickland

“Ariston Metron”
John C. Manning

Educational Contexts for Engagement in Literacy
John T. Guthrie

Creating Classroom Cultures That Foster Reading Motivation
Linda B. Gambrell

Jerry Harste Speaks on Reading and Writing
Jerome C. Harste

Text Matters in Learning to Read
Elfrieda H. Hiebert

Real Literacy in a School Setting: Five-Year-Olds Take on the World
Nigel Hall

From the Vantage of Retirement
Jeannette Veatch

Section 5: Distinguished Educators on Assessment and Evaluation

Putting It All Together: Solving the Reading Assessment Puzzle
Roger Farr

Literacy Assessment Reform: Shifting Beliefs, Principled Possibilities, and Emerging Practices
Robert J. Tierney

Evaluation: The Center of Writing Instruction
Jane Hansen