Teaching Synthetic Phonics

This practical, up-to-date guide helps trainee teachers understand the theory behind phonics and how children's learning of reading can develop using synthetic phonics.

About the author

Rhona Johnston trained as a primary school teacher and worked as a learning support teacher for a number of years. She was then a lecturer in psychology at the University of St Andrews, a Reader at the University of Birmingham, and since 2001 has been a Professor of Psychology at the University of Hull. With Joyce Watson she devised a synthetic phonics programme which they showed in their study in Clackmannanshire was very much more effective than other types of phonics teaching.Joyce Watson was an early years teacher for a number of years, and then a lecturer at the Northern College of Education, Dundee, for over 20 years. She is now a research fellow at the University of St Andrews. With Rhona Johnston she devised a synthetic phonics programme which they showed in their study in Clackmannanshire was very much more effective than other types of phonics teaching.

Summary

This practical, up-to-date guide helps trainee teachers understand the theory behind phonics and how children's learning of reading can develop using synthetic phonics.

Product details

• Authors: Rhona Johnston, Rhona Watson Johnston, Johnston Rhona, Rhona Johnston, Joyce Watson
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.12.2014
• EAN: 9781473919235
• ISBN: 978-1-4739-1923-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Teaching Handbooks Series; Teaching Handbooks Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; English, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English language: reading & writing skills, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General