Issues and Trends in Literacy Education

In Issues and Trends in Literacy Education, 5/e, well-respected authors Dick Robinson Mike McKenna, and Kristin Conradi pull together the research and opinions of some of today’s leading literacy educators to give readers an authoritative look at all crucial aspects of reading and writing education. This edition is completely revised to include all new, current articles and readings, including new chapters on English language learners and technology, and the scrupulously researched material meets the NCATE/International Reading Association requirements for accreditation of graduate reading programs.

Well-respected authors Dick Robinson, Mike McKenna, and Kristin Conradi have compiled the opinions and positions of today’s leading researchers and writers on many crucial aspects of reading and writing education–in a new edition that presents the most current information available.

In the 5th Edition of this widely popular book, pre-service and graduate in-service teachers at both the elementary and high school levels get the most up-to-date information available on all crucial aspects of reading and writing education from the expert educators at the forefront of the field. Dick Robinson, Mike McKenna, and Kristin Conradi have masterfully pulled together an all-new group of scrupulously researched articles on the topics of word recognition, fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, English learners, literacy coaching, adolescent literacy, technology and literacy, writing, and response to intervention. Robinson, McKenna, and Conradi start each chapter with an introduction to the leading issues currently being addressed by literacy educators at all levels of instruction and practice and then present the wide variety of opinions and positions drawn from some of today’s leading researchers and writers in the field of literacy.