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Synopsis
In its third edition, this classic remains a helpful, and humanistic antidote to the managed "systems" approach to reading instruction. The theme of Frank Smith's scholarly yet readable classic--that reading must make sense to the learner, and so must reading instruction--has made it one of the most important educational books of the past decade./ Pub: 6/97.
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About the Author
Frank Smith has been a professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, the University of Toronto, the University of Victoria, British Columbia, and the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
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Reading Without Nonsense
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Teachers' College Press, 1996
ISBN 10: 0807734721
ISBN 13: 9780807734728
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Reading Without Nonsense remains a groundbreaking, humanistic antidote to the managed systems approach to reading instruction. In his extensively revised fourth edition, Frank Smith brings teachers and teacher educators up to date on how reading should not be taught. It is a necessary reminder that reading and learning to read are natural activities. There is a massive assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. Now more important than ever, Reading Without Nonsense, Fourth Edition provides the evidence and arguments that teachers need to resist this mechanistic view. As Frank Smith emphasizes, the act of reading has never changed despite all the changes in materials, procedures, and methodology proposed by people with an interest in how reading is taught. Reading Without Nonsense remains one of the most authoritative, influential, informative, and accessible texts on reading and learning to read. as well as administrators, parents, and everyone concerned with literacy and education. Seller Inventory # 00076440710
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Reading Without Nonsense
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ISBN 10: 0807734721
ISBN 13: 9780807734728
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reading Without Nonsense remains a groundbreaking, humanistic antidote to the managed systems approach to reading instruction. In his extensively revised fourth edition, Frank Smith brings teachers and teacher educators up to date on how reading should not be taught. It is a necessary reminder that reading and learning to read are natural activities. There is a massive assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. Now more important than ever, Reading Without Nonsense, Fourth Edition provides the evidence and arguments that teachers need to resist this mechanistic view. As Frank Smith emphasizes, the act of reading has never changed despite all the changes in materials, procedures, and methodology proposed by people with an interest in how reading is taught. Reading Without Nonsense remains one of the most authoritative, influential, informative, and accessible texts on reading and learning to read. as well as administrators, parents, and everyone concerned with literacy and education. Seller Inventory # 00104125022
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Reading Without Nonsense
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ISBN 13: 9780807734728
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Reading Without Nonsense remains a groundbreaking, humanistic antidote to the managed systems approach to reading instruction. In his extensively revised fourth edition, Frank Smith brings teachers and teacher educators up to date on how reading should not be taught. It is a necessary reminder that reading and learning to read are natural activities. There is a massive assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. Now more important than ever, Reading Without Nonsense, Fourth Edition provides the evidence and arguments that teachers need to resist this mechanistic view. As Frank Smith emphasizes, the act of reading has never changed despite all the changes in materials, procedures, and methodology proposed by people with an interest in how reading is taught. Reading Without Nonsense remains one of the most authoritative, influential, informative, and accessible texts on reading and learning to read. as well as administrators, parents, and everyone concerned with literacy and education. Seller Inventory # CIN0807734721G
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Reading Without Nonsense
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ISBN 10: 0807734721
ISBN 13: 9780807734728
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Reading Without Nonsense remains a groundbreaking, humanistic antidote to the managed systems approach to reading instruction. In his extensively revised fourth edition, Frank Smith brings teachers and teacher educators up to date on how reading should not be taught. It is a necessary reminder that reading and learning to read are natural activities. There is a massive assault on the independence of teachers of reading, mandated under the No Child Left Behind legislation, which regards reading as an unnatural act requiring contrived systematic instruction. Now more important than ever, Reading Without Nonsense, Fourth Edition provides the evidence and arguments that teachers need to resist this mechanistic view. As Frank Smith emphasizes, the act of reading has never changed despite all the changes in materials, procedures, and methodology proposed by people with an interest in how reading is taught. Reading Without Nonsense remains one of the most authoritative, influential, informative, and accessible texts on reading and learning to read. as well as administrators, parents, and everyone concerned with literacy and education. Seller Inventory # CIN0807734721VG
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