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The child, the text and the teacher: reading primers and reading instruction.
- Source :
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Paedagogica Historica . Apr2012, Vol. 48 Issue 2, p185-196. 12p. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- From the late sixteenth century, in response to the problem of how best to teach children to read, a variety of texts, such as primers, spellers and readers were produced in England for vernacular instruction. This paper describes how these materials were used by teachers to develop, first, a specific religious understanding according to the stricture of the time and, second, a moral reading practice that provided the child with a guide to secular conduct. The analysis focuses on the use of these texts as a productive means for shaping the child-reader in the context of newly emerging educational spaces, which fostered a particular, morally formative relation among teacher, child and text. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00309230
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Paedagogica Historica
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 73253791
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00309230.2011.644302