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The literacy game: the story of the national literacy strategy/ John Stannard and Laura Huxford

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London: Routledge, 2007.Description: x, 210 p.: ill.; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780415417006
LOC classification:
  • DUCE LC156.7.S83
Summary: 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. This illuminating text: sets out the political background and context to literacy education in England over a decade from 1996 to 2006 - explains and appraises the rationale and design underpinning the NLS, thereby rebutting some of the folk-lore that has built up around it - provides an example of the principles and practices of large-scale system change - links the NLS to wider global research on system change and educational reform - evaluates the contribution of the NLS in advancing knowledge of the literacy curriculum in English and the development of pedagogy as a whole - considers the impact and consequences of the NLS on standards of literacy.
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Books DUCE LIBRARY Education: Shelf LB2804.A8 – NX543.F5 Education Collection DUCE LC 156.7.S83 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available (Restricted Access) 000000010812

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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.

This illuminating text: sets out the political background and context to literacy education in England over a decade from 1996 to 2006
- explains and appraises the rationale and design underpinning the NLS, thereby rebutting some of the folk-lore that has built up around it
- provides an example of the principles and practices of large-scale system change
- links the NLS to wider global research on system change and educational reform
- evaluates the contribution of the NLS in advancing knowledge of the literacy curriculum in English and the development of pedagogy as a whole
- considers the impact and consequences of the NLS on standards of literacy.

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