Postgraduate Module Descriptor


EFPM321: Reading the World

This module descriptor refers to the 2021/2 academic year.

Indicative Reading List

This reading list is indicative - i.e. it provides an idea of texts that may be useful to you on this module, but it is not considered to be a confirmed or compulsory reading list for this module.

Appleyard, J.A. (1991) Becoming a Reader. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Clark, C (2013) Children's and Young People's Reading in 2012: Findings from the 2012 Annual Literacy Survey London: National Literacy Trust

Fox, G. (1995) Celebrating Children’s Literature. London: Hodder and Stoughton

Gough, P.B.  and Tunmer, W.E. (1986) Decoding, reading, and reading disability. Remedial and Special Education, 7, 6-10.

Harrison, C. (2004) Understanding Reading Development. London: Sage

International Reading Association (2007) Reading Well: A Synthesis of the International Reading Association's Research on Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction. Newark, DE: Author.

NSW  Teaching Comprehension Strategies http://www.curriculumsupport.education.nsw.gov.au/literacy/assets/pdf/packages/combook.pdf

Snow, C., Griffin, P. and Burns, M.C. (2007) Knowledge to Support the Teaching of Reading. San Francisco: Jossey Bass

Stainthorp, R. and Stuart, M. (2008) The simple view of reading and evidence based practice.   Evidence to UCET ITE Committee http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=the+simple+view+of+reading&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

Stuart, M., Stainthorp, R. and Snowling, M. (2008) Literacy as a complex activity: deconstructing the simple view of reading. Literacy, 42, 59-66.

Thomson, J.M. and Goswami, U. (2010) Learning novel phonological representations in developmental dyslexia: Associations with basic auditory processing of rise time and phonological awareness. Reading & Writing, 23, 453-69.

Torgerson, C. Brooks, G. and Hall, J. (2006) A Systematic Review of the Research Literature on the Use of Phonics in the Teaching of Reading and Spelling. London: DfES Research Report 711

Wyse, D. and Goswami, U. (2008) Synthetic phonics and the teaching of reading. British Educational Research Journal, 34: 691–710.