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Do You Read Me? : Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia and the Denial of Meaning.
A fascinating and compelling exploration of the learning process for parents, teachers, and anyone with an interest in education. Reading and writing are fundamentally about the communication of meaning. Yet, when a child has difficulty in learning to read and write, the one area that is never seen...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
2015.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INTRODUCTION; PART I READING DISABILITY; CHAPTER ONE The dyslexia muddle; CHAPTER TWO Acronyms, non-science, and nonsense; CHAPTER THREE "Those who can't ... ": the emperor's new clothes; PART II THE NEGLECTED BACKGROUND TO LEARNING PROBLEMS; CHAPTER FOUR First base; CHAPTER FIVE Feeding, reading, and mental anorexia; CHAPTER SIX Emotional health and fitness; CHAPTER SEVEN Family matters: the inner story; CHAPTER EIGHT Family matters: the external situation; CHAPTER NINE Secrets, lies, and hidden agenda.
- CHAPTER TEN Autodidacts and the Garden of EdenCHAPTER ELEVEN Go for it! The function of aggression; CHAPTER TWELVE Writing: exposure or self affirmation?; CHAPTER THIRTEEN Boring! Attention and interest; CHAPTER FOURTEEN What is your story?; CHAPTER FIFTEEN Un-ready adults; CHAPTER SIXTEEN Dysnumeracy: the "third r"; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Hyperlexia, dysbiblia, and the problem of giftedness; PART III THE EDUCATION ISSUE; CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Schooling and education: liberation or persecution?; PART IV DIAGNOSIS FOR REAL UNDERSTANDING.
- CHAPTER NINETEEN Useless intelligence: sensible and nonsensical uses of standardised testsCHAPTER TWENTY How to do assessment and diagnosis: capturing individuality; POSTSCRIPT Education in crisis; REFERENCES; INDEX.