Making Sense of Learners Making Sense of Written Language: The Selected Works of Kenneth S. Goodman and Yetta M. Goodman(World Library of Educationalists)

Ken and Yetta Goodman’s professional work has been a lifelong collaboration, informed by shared philosophical strands. An overarching goal has been to provide access for all children to literacy and learning and to inform and improve teaching and learning. Each also is recognized for specific areas of focus and is known for particular concepts. This volume brings together a thoughtfully crafted selection of their key writings, organized around five central themes: research and theory on the reading process and written language development; teaching; curriculum and evaluation; the role of language; advocacy and the political nature of schooling. In the World Library of Educationalists, international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/practical contributions – so the world can read them in a single manageable volume. Readers will be able to follow the themes and strands of their work and see their contribution to the development of a field, as well as the development of the field itself.

Table of Contents:
CONTENTS Part I: Who We Are and What We Do Part II: What We Believe: Our Paradigm Part III: How We Learned what we Know and Believe: Research Part IV: Applications to the world of teaching and learning: Pedagogy Part V: Commitment, Passion and Politics Afterword: Yet to come… We should live so long!

About the Author :
Kenneth S. Goodman is Professor Emeritus, Language, Reading and Culture, University of Arizona, USA. Yetta M. Goodman is Regents Professor Emerita, Language, Reading and Culture, University of Arizona, USA.

Review :
"In sum, Taiwan in Japan's Empire-Building will be an essential part of any university or college library collection and required reading for all students of Japanese imperialism or Taiwanese history." - Paul D. Barclay, Pacific Affairs: Volume 83, No. 1 -- March 2010 "This book makes some important contributions. It contributes to overcoming a monochromatic view of the Japanese period, arguing very strongly in a number of fields that Japan's rule over Taiwan went through a series of stages. Ts'ai also often introduces her encyclopedic knowledge of the Japanese period in Taiwan, and provides important sources and a very substantial 30-page bibliography." - J. Bruce Jacobs, The China Journal, No. 65, January 2011