ED265507 CS008278
Title: The Making of a Reader. Language and Learning for Human
Service Professions Monograph Series.
Author(s): Cochran-Smith, Marilyn
Pages: 277
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0-89391-187-9
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut St.,
Norwood, NJ 07648 ($29.50 hardcover--ISBN-0-89391-187-9; $19.95
paperback--ISBN-0-89391-219-0).
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Reports--Research (143)
Geographic Source: U.S.; New Jersey
Journal Announcement: RIEJUN1986
A study of the ways adults socialize children into particular
patterns of literacy by helping them develop the literary and social
knowledge necessary for using and understanding print is described in
this monograph. Specifically, the monograph focuses on adults and
children observed over a period of 18 months at a preschool, and
provides insights into how adults acted on their assumptions about how
children learn to make sense of written text. The chapters discuss
(1) the constructs framing the study; (2) dimensions of storyreading--what we know and need to know; (3) a case study approach to examining
storyreading; (4) the context in which storyreading is embedded,
including the attitudes, values, and beliefs of the nursery-school
community; (5) the nursery school structure, including the physical
plant, material culture and organization of space, and organization of
time; (6) reading and writing "off the rug," which includes the uses,
contexts for, instruction, and practice of reading and writing occurring in many differing situations during the school day; (7) "rug-time" (usually book reading events) as a framework for storyreading;
(8) storyreading as an interactive negotiation; (9) experiences in
life related to text during group story reading; (10) relating text
information to life experiences; and (11) conclusions and implications
for teachers, parents, and researchers. Most chapters contain
summaries. The monograph concludes with a list of children's books
cited in the text, references, and author and subject indexes. (EL)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading; Models; Nursery Schools; Parent
Child Relationship; Preschool Education; Reader Response; Reading
Aloud to Others; Reading Instruction; *Reading Readiness; *Reading
Research; Socialization; *Story Reading
Identifiers: *Print Awareness
