The psychology of reading /
Originally published in 1984, this new introductory text fulfilled a need amongst both psychology and education students for a book which dealt with reading in a way that explored areas beyond the strictly practical question of how to teach children to read. Previous books on the psychology of readi...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Routledge,
2018.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Psychology library editions. Psychology of reading ;
volume 5. |
| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2282177 |
| Summary: | Originally published in 1984, this new introductory text fulfilled a need amongst both psychology and education students for a book which dealt with reading in a way that explored areas beyond the strictly practical question of how to teach children to read. Previous books on the psychology of reading had often concentrated on the analytic approach, in which reading had been seen in terms of a set of interconnected sub-skills and the experimental study of these components had become an end in itself. As a result, although great advances had been made in our understanding of certain aspects of the process, psychological studies of reading had increasingly been seen by teachers and others as unduly abstract. The Psychology of Reading goes back to first principles and attempts to set reading in its context alongside other cognitive activities, particularly those involving memory and perceptual processes. Professor Kennedy argues that it is wrong to set reading apart as a skill' when it needs to be understood against a background of work in cognitive psychology. Reading is a social phenomenon concerned with human communication, and in this context it must be seen in terms of an interaction between writer and reader. The book explores the nature of this interaction and the various stylistic and other devices which sustain the contract' between reader and writer. In particular, the psychological processes which allow a reader to make sensible assumptions about a writer's intentions are dealt with in detail. No theory of reading, the author argues, should ignore the purpose of the enterprise. Similarly, explaining success and failure in teaching children to read may well hinge on an understanding of what children think reading is about. The style of this book is concise and largely non-technical. The Psychology of Reading will be welcomed as stimulating and demanding by experts and non-specialist general readers alike. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : text file, PDF |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781315108568 1315108569 9781351610421 1351610422 9781351610414 1351610414 9781351610438 1351610430 9781351335973 1351335979 9781351335980 1351335987 9780203703458 0203703456 9781138090293 1138080659 9781138080652 |