Reading Lessons

By Gerald Coles

A provocative analysis of a hotly disputed, often politicized topic.How children are taught to read and how well they learn are perennially difficult issues in the United States. In this hard-hitting study, Gerald Coles argues that the very terms of today's arguments about learning are flawed. He urges Americans to worry about the best ways to teach reading-not a single "best way"-and about how politics, economics, and power in our unequal society affect our children's ability to read.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809080389
• ISBN13: 9780809080380
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

should be read by all

Great book. Coles' ideas are built upon a review of the relevant and most popular research in reading conducted in the past 50 years. Coles is fair. He cites the research, explains it, and summarizes the conclusion the researcher made. Then he says, there are other ways to interpret these findings, and explains the research from another point of view. Throughout the book I felt that Coles was talking about reading in a balanced, informed, and very insightful way.