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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Lexie Scherer , Lexie SchererPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan Edition: 1st ed. 2016 Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 3.648kg ISBN: 9781137537362ISBN 10: 1137537361 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 14 March 2016 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents1. Setting the Scene on Children's Reading 2. Children and Reading: Mapping Literacy 3. Research and Fieldwork at Three Chimneys School 4. The Child and Reading: Narratives of Literacy Competence 5. The Materiality of the Book 6. A Politics of Identity: Narratives of Migration, Place and Faith 7. Race, and the Embodiment of Difference 8. A Reflection on Children, Reading and IdentityReviews“The book aims to examine the ‘taken for granted’ processes of learning to read, and these processes mainly appear to be the assessment and benchmarking systems. In this sense, Scherer explicitly shows how learning to read in school is an unspoken social, cultural and political process that makes a significant impact on children.” (Kimberly Safford, Children & Society, Vol. 33 (2), 2019) The book aims to examine the `taken for granted' processes of learning to read, and these processes mainly appear to be the assessment and benchmarking systems. In this sense, Scherer explicitly shows how learning to read in school is an unspoken social, cultural and political process that makes a significant impact on children. (Kimberly Safford, Children & Society, Vol. 33 (2), 2019) The book aims to examine the 'taken for granted' processes of learning to read, and these processes mainly appear to be the assessment and benchmarking systems. In this sense, Scherer explicitly shows how learning to read in school is an unspoken social, cultural and political process that makes a significant impact on children. (Kimberly Safford, Children & Society, Vol. 33 (2), 2019) Author InformationAlexandra Scherer is Lecturer in Childhood Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. Her research focuses on exploring children's literacies, their identity work and their agency. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |