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Author Hayes, Debra N. A., 1960- author.

Title Literacy, leading and learning : beyond pedagogies of poverty / Debra Hayes, Robert Hattam, Barbara Comber, Lyn Kerkham, Ruth Lipton & Pat Thompson
Published London : Routledge, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series Local/global issues in education
Local/global issues in education.
Contents Chapter Introduction: The problem of literacy Long-running debates and -- chapter 1 Poverty now -- chapter 2 Studying schools -- chapter 3 Educational leadifership practices: Making and remaking the school -- chapter 4 Uncommon pedagogies -- chapter 5 Common pedagogies: Missed opportunities and unmet hopes -- chapter 6 Supporting children's literacy learning at school and home: Analysing the effects of discourse -- chapter 7 'We can make a difference': Educational leadifership practices for literacy learning
Summary How might educational leaders and teachers improve literacy achievement in schools serving communities experiencing high levels of poverty? This question is the focus of this book. Drawing on long-term case studies of four primary schools located in these communities, this book describes the difference between what is commonly practiced and those practices that have a greater chance of supporting young people's literacy learning. In this multilayered analysis of the effects of policy on practice, the authors: discuss global concerns with literacy policy and testing in view of the growing gaps between rich and poor; examine the effects of the intensification of inequality and entrenched poverty, and the implications for schools; illustrate how deficit discourses pertaining to communities living in poverty are contested in schools; and describe the complexities of sustaining pedagogical and curriculum change to address the problem of unequal educational outcomes in literacy. This book grapples with some of the most debated questions regarding educational disadvantage, school change, leadership and literacy pedagogy that face educational researchers, policy-makers and practitioners internationally. As well as providing a critique of the risks of current policy rationales, it conveys some hopeful accounts of practice that provide leads for further development. Book jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 11, 2017)
Subject Literacy -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.)
Reading (Primary) -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.)
Language arts (Primary) -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.)
Children with social disabilities -- Education (Primary) -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.)
Academic achievement -- Australia -- Adelaide (S.A.)
EDUCATION -- Elementary.
Academic achievement
Children with social disabilities -- Education (Primary)
Language arts (Primary)
Literacy
Reading (Primary)
South Australia -- Adelaide
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