Managing the Literacy Curriculum

This book focuses on a critical period for pupils between the ages of nine and thirteen when the demands made on children's literacy change fundamentally, and when children establish life-time patterns of reading and non-reading. It provides a framework for teachers and managers to help set up a whole-school approach to literacy, based on a series of steps which enable managers to find out how literacy is perceived by teachers and effectively used within classroom contexts. Practical guidance on how schools can help pupils who have literacy difficulties, on methods of assessment and reporting, and on how outside agencies can be involved will be particularly helpful to teachers and heads of department.

All three authors are based at the University of Bristol. Alec Webster is Director of the Centre for Literacy Studies, Michael Beveridge is Dean of Social Sciences and Professor of Education, and Malcolm Reed is Lecturer in the School of Education, and a former Head of English in a secondary school.