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This text on teaching reading and phonics is specifically for secondary trainees, providing them with all they need to know to support students who need help in this area.
List of contents
Introduction
What is the role of phonics in the teaching of reading?
Understanding the alphabetic code
Challenges
Phonics into spelling (morphology and spelling strategies)
The pedagogy of reading in Key Stage 3
Tracking, assessing and intervening in students' learning
About the author
Wendy Jolliffe is Professor of Education and worked in Initial Teacher Education (ITE) for 14 years; latterly as Head of Teacher Education at the University of Hull. She worked previously as a Regional Adviser for the National Strategies and advised ITT providers on effective provision for literacy. She has published extensively in Primary English and Cooperative Learning.
David Waugh is a former deputy headteacher who worked in ITT from 1990 at the University of Hull, where he led the PGCE course and became Head of Department. In 2008 he was appointed as one of two (the other being Wendy) National Strategies Regional Advisers for ITT. He is currently lectures at Durham University. He has published extensively in primary English, as well as developing e-learning resources for National Strategies for English, mathematics and mentoring and coaching. David also writes children’s stories, including The Wishroom, which was written with 45 children from 15 East Durham primary schools and published in 2017.
Summary
This text on teaching reading and phonics is specifically for secondary trainees, providing them with all they need to know to support students who need help in this area.
