Identity, Social Class and Learning in the Bottom Reading Group

Drawing on a rich ethnographic study of three primary classrooms, this book reopens a critical inquiry into ability-grouped reading that has been quiet since the 1990s, when guided reading in literacy education became established practice in the UK and the US.

List of contents

1. Ability-Grouped Reading
2. Socio-Political and Emotional Landscapes of Ability-Grouped Reading
3. A Feeling for Reading
4. Social Positioning in Hierarchical Reading Groups
5. How Class Matters in Classroom Reading Hierarchies
6. Print Reading Difficulties and Ability-Grouped Reading
7. Disrupting School-Based Literacy Hierarchies
8. Conclusions

About the author

Jess Anderson is a post-doctoral fellow in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Stirling. A primary teacher and teacher educator for many years, she brings a practitioner lens as well as theoretical and research perspectives to issues of social equity and inequity in primary school literacies.

Summary

Drawing on a rich ethnographic study of three primary classrooms, this book reopens a critical inquiry into ability-grouped reading that has been quiet since the 1990s, when guided reading in literacy education became established practice in the UK and the US.

Product details

• Authors: Jess Anderson, Jess (University of Stirling Anderson
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032785677
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3278567-7
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Routledge Advances in Critical Diversities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Social issues & processes, United States of America, USA, Moral and social purpose of education, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Social and ethical issues, Primary & middle schools, Moral & social purpose of education, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary