ERIC Number: EJ357969
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1987
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The Social Foundations of Literacy.
Cairney, Trevor
Australian Journal of Reading, v10 n2 p84-96 Jun 1987
Points out that teachers who understand that learning to read and write is a complex social as well as cognitive process will structure their classrooms for collaboration and meaningful reading and writing. Claims they will also examine why they vary their teaching practices for different groups of children. (SKC)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Communication Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Literacy, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Writing Relationship, Social Cognition, Teacher Role, Teaching Methods, Theory Practice Relationship, Writing Instruction, Writing Research
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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
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