Reading as a Struggle: Challenged Readers Making Meaning from Texts by Myrtle I.

Description: Reading as a Struggle by Myrtle I. Welch When culturally diverse and economically deprivedstudents do not excel in school, discourses aboutstruggling readers, about abilities and disabilities,and about teacher preparedness and effectiveness areamong the factors that are considered. My bookshifts the label "struggling reader" away fromstudents and positions students as being challengedby making meaning from texts and by the educationalendeavors instead of, basically, struggling to read. It positions reading as the struggle and not thereaders as strugglers. I investigated the factorsthat impede and impel meaning making for students whoare challenged in this way. Six narratives revealsome of these factors that impede and impel meaningmaking from texts for these six culturally diversestudents. The students spoke of their past, present,and anticipated, future experiences with literacy. Ifound that aliteracy contributes to the delayedemergence of reading for some students who arelabeled struggling readers. Aliteracy represents theability to read but the choice not to read. Sociocultural, sociolinguistic, and socioeconomicfactors contribute to aliteracy and to studentsmaking meaning from texts. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description When culturally diverse and economically deprived students do not excel in school, discourses about struggling readers, about abilities and disabilities, and about teacher preparedness and effectiveness are among the factors that are considered. My book shifts the label "struggling reader" away from students and positions students as being challenged by making meaning from texts and by the educational endeavors instead of, basically, struggling to read. It positions reading as the struggle and not the readers as strugglers. I investigated the factors that impede and impel meaning making for students who are challenged in this way. Six narratives reveal some of these factors that impede and impel meaning making from texts for these six culturally diverse students. The students spoke of their past, present, and anticipated, future experiences with literacy. I found that aliteracy contributes to the delayed emergence of reading for some students who are labeled struggling readers. Aliteracy represents the ability to read but the choice not to read. Sociocultural, sociolinguistic, and socioeconomic factors contribute to aliteracy and to students making meaning from texts. Author Biography Myrtle Irene Welch, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at BuffaloState College. Her publication, Reading Pedagogy: The Foundationand Cornerstone for the Expansion of Literacy in Forum on PublicPolicy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table (2007), Vol.3,No.1 pp.115-128, Oxford, U.K. cast a framework for studentschallenge by educational endeavors. Details ISBN3639129849 Author Myrtle I. Welch Short Title READING AS A STRUGGLE Pages 168 Publisher VDM Verlag Language English ISBN-10 3639129849 ISBN-13 9783639129847 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2009 Subtitle Challenged Readers Making Meaning from Texts UK Release Date 2009-03-05 Imprint VDM Verlag Country of Publication Germany Illustrations black & white illustrations Publication Date 2009-03-05 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132587642;

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