Self-Paced Phonics

Description

This new edition pays particular attention to the unique needs of multicultural and multilingual children. It includes more examples illustrating particular phonics elements and expands significantly the practices and cumulative reviews, providing more opportunities for students to work with both the content and pedagogy of phonics.

 

Helps teachers deal effectively with the challenges of teaching phonics in today’s diverse, multilingual classrooms. Critical research related to bilingual classrooms has been added. There is a wide array of both national and international peer-reviewed research studies included as well.

  

Provides educators with a current, accurate, and appropriate review of the changes in Federal policy initiatives related to No Child Left Behind and its successor, Race to the Top. This edition contains over 100 new references to these changes.

 

Gives readers an easily accessible reference guide to terminology related to phonics, as well as other topics related to reading in a multilingual classroom. Included are substantial additions to the glossary, chapter practice items, cumulative chapter reviews, and both pre- and post-tests.

 

Helps both pre-service and practicing teachers become more effective in addressing the diverse needs of learners in their classrooms. An annotated list of professional organizations related to the teaching of phonics and the teaching of cultural and bilingual education as related to teaching reading and phonics is included.

 

Presents opportunities for teachers to add to their understanding of phonics and its daily applications in teaching. Since the last edition, many excellent free websites supporting the teaching of phonics have been developed, and references to many of these new resources have been added in this edition.

 

Gives teachers collaborative discussion topics in each chapter to use in the classroom or online, helping users to delve more deeply into the substance and subjects of each chapter by sharing their perceptions and practical experiences with teaching phonics with others. The Points to Ponder: An Invitation to Dialogue feature broadens learners’ perspectives and allows them to reflect on their own values about critical topics in phonics and language learning.

Here’s practical guidance for developing a sound understanding of both the content and pedagogy of phonics. Pre-service and in-service teachers alike can turn to this self-regulating, self-monitoring resource to make phonics more easily understood and useable in the classroom with a minimum of instruction, at their own pace. Self-Paced Phonics: A Text for Educators, Fifth Edition, is particularly teacher-friendly and immediately applicable to Web-based instructional models. This new edition pays particular attention to the unique needs of multicultural and multilingual children. It includes more examples illustrating particular phonics elements and expands significantly the practices and cumulative reviews, providing more opportunities for students to work with both the content and pedagogy of phonics.

 

· Readers get meaningful, manageable units of learning and immediate feedback for better understanding of the principles and pedagogy of phonics through chapter practices, cumulative reviews, pretests, and post-tests.

 

· Educators can complete the book with a minimum of direct instruction, at their own pace.

 

· Practicing teachers get to see phonics instruction in context and are better able to understand both the content and pedagogy of phonics.

 

· Readers get opportunities for further exploration of phonics and related topics through an Additional Web-Based Resources section that points readers to a number of helpful websites.

 

· Teachers get sound advice on dealing effectively with the challenges of teaching phonics in today’s diverse, multilingual classrooms.

 

· Educators get up-to-date information on the changes in Federal policy initiatives related to No Child Left Behind and Race to the Top.

 

Self-Paced Phonics: A Text for Educators, Fifth Edition, is the ideal resource for pre-service and in-service teachers to get practical instruction that helps them develop a sound understanding of both the content and pedagogy of phonics. More than a tutorial in phonics, this self-regulating, self-monitoring resource covers both the content and pedagogy of phonics. Designed for use with a minimum of instruction, at the reader’s own pace, the book is particularly teacher-friendly and immediately applicable to Web-based instructional models.

Dr. Roger S. Dow is Director of the Reading Clinic and the Graduate Reading Program at Frostburg State University where he has taught for over 30 years. Prior to coming to Frostburg, Dr. Dow received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University in reading and in psychology. He is an active member of the International Reading Association, with varied interests in linguistics and foreign languages as they relate to English.

 

Dr. G. Thomas Baer is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at Illinois State University where he has taught for over 35 years. During his tenure, he has served as Elementary Education Coordinator, Department Chair, and instructor of elementary education courses specializing in reading instruction.

Pre-service and in-service teachers get practical instruction that helps them develop a sound understanding of both the content and pedagogy of phonics.

 

More than a tutorial in phonics, this self-regulating, self-monitoring resource covers both the content and pedagogy of phonics. Designed for use with a minimum of instruction, to be used at the reader’s own pace, the book is particularly teacher-friendly and immediately applicable to Web-based instructional models. The authors recognize phonics as one of the least understood word recognition techniques and have set the book up to make phonics more easily understood and useable in the classroom. This new edition pays particular attention to the unique needs of multicultural and multilingual children. It includes more examples illustrating particular phonics elements and expands significantly the practices and cumulative reviews, providing more opportunities for students to work with both the content and pedagogy of phonics.

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Phonics Pretest
• 3. Phonics Vocabulary and Phonemes
• 4. Emergent Literacy and Phonics
• 5. Phonic Generalizations
• 6. Teaching Consonants and Vowels
• 7. Syllabication and Accenting
• 8. Diagnostic Teaching
• 9. Phonics Post-Test
• Appendix: Answer Key
• Glossary
• References and Resources
• Additional Resources

Readers get meaningful, manageable units of learning and immediate feedback for better understanding of the principles and pedagogy of phonics. Included are chapter practices, cumulative reviews, pretests, and post-tests that provide numerous opportunities to work with the content of phonics.

 

Educators can complete the book with a minimum of direct instruction, at their own pace. This self-regulating, self-monitoring resource is teacher friendly and immediately applicable to Web-based instructional models.

 

Practicing teachers get to see phonics instruction in context and are better able to understand both the content and pedagogy of phonics.

 

Readers get opportunities for further exploration of phonics and related topics. Included is an Additional Web-Based Resources section that points readers to a number of helpful websites

Additional information

Dimensions	0.40 × 7.30 × 9.10 in
Imprint	Pearson
Format	gen
ISBN-13	09780132883672
ISBN-10	0132883678
Author	Roger S. Dow, G. Thomas Baer
BISAC	EDU046000
Subjects	higher education, EDU046000, Vocational / Professional Studies, Teacher Education, Literacy TED, Reading / Literacy Methods (K-8)