Stannard,John. <br/><br/>
The literacy game:  the story of the national literacy strategy/ 
John Stannard and Laura Huxford 
 - London:  Routledge,  2007. 
 - x, 210 p.:  ill.;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/> includes references and Index 
<br/><br/>  The Literacy Game examines the origins, evolution and impact of the NLS, and provides a fully comprehensive contribution to the teaching of literacy and the management of educational change.<br/><br/>This illuminating text:  sets out the political background and context to literacy education in England over a decade from 1996 to 2006<br/>-  explains and appraises the rationale and design underpinning the NLS, thereby rebutting some of the folk-lore that has built up around it<br/>- provides an example of the principles and practices of large-scale system change<br/>-  links the NLS to wider global research on system change and educational reform<br/>-   evaluates the contribution of the NLS in advancing knowledge of the literacy curriculum in English and the development of pedagogy as a whole<br/>- considers the impact and consequences of the NLS on standards of literacy. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415417006 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DUCE LC156.7.S83