Reading Association of Ireland

Cumann Léitheoireachta na hÉireann

Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

Editors:
Eithne Kennedy and Tina M. Hickey
Publisher:
Reading Association of Ireland

Summary:

A collection of papers arising from the 28th annual conference of the Reading Association of Ireland, some of which discussed aspects of the past, present and future of the teaching of reading in Ireland and internationally, others consider a range of reading research areas.

Cover, contents and preface of Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

Biographical Details

Chapters:

Reading to Learn: A Major Social and Educational Issue
Mark Morgan, St. Patrick's College, Dublin
“Best Leave it Between the Book and the Hearer”
Finian O’Shea, Church of Ireland College of Education, Dublin
Raising Boys’ Achievements in Literacy
Eve Bearne, Homerton College, University of Cambridge<\dd>
Supporting the Emergent Reader through Research-Based Integrated Early Literacy Instruction
Martin Gleeson, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick
Phono-Graphix: Rethinking the Reading Curriculum
Helen McLernon, James Ferguson and John Gardner, Queen’s University Belfast
Reading about Science while Learning to Read
Ginny Muller and Anne Tapp, Saginaw Valley State University, MI
Reading Achievement in Children from Disadvantaged Areas: Views of Teachers and Parents
Eemer Eivers, Educational Research Centre, Dublin
Teaching Diverse Students to Read
Timothy Blair, University of Central Florida
Assessing Literacy Practices
Siobhan Cahillane-McGovern, St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, and Kathy Hall, Open University
The Development of the Trinity Early Screening Test for Dyslexia
Pauline Cogan and Ray Fuller, Dyslexia Research Group, Trinity College Dublin
Reading Processes in Irish-English Bilinguals: Evidence from the Stroop Interference Effect
Fiona Lyddy, Brion O’Loinsigh and Christine Parsons,NUI, Maynooth