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The Printing Press
Johannes Guttenberg invented the printing press in the 1450s. The printing press allowed for books to be more widely available to people of all classes. Before this invention, only a select few were taught how to read and write. -
The "Golden Age" of Children's Literature
The "Golden Age" of children's literature was the introduction of books that included exploring, adventure, and the joyous aspects of childhood. The "Golden Age" begins with Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Novels during this time represent the development and reform for children's books. Other classic books that were published during the "golden age" were The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Winnie the Pooh. -
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
The ESEA was signed into law by President Johnson in 1965. The law was created to ensure a full educational opportunity to all Americans. ESEA provided federal grants to state schools to buy textbooks and library books. -
Family Literacy- Denny Taylor
In 1983, theorist, Denny Taylor, formulated the term family literacy to describe how reading was involved in the everyday life of families she was studying. Taylor found that the families encouraged literary activities that supported children's early literacy development. Since then, family literacy has impacted the way learning to read and write are viewed prior to formal schooling. -
Writing Workshop- Lucy Calkins
Lucy Calkins is one of the theorist accredited to the writing workshop approach. Calkins's novel, The Art of Teaching Writing (1986), explains her methods and reasoning for implementing writing workshops in the classroom. Calkins revealed that students writing is a process and students can learn to write well through that process. Also, Calkins stressed the importance of students having their own writing journals in the classroom. -
National Reading Panel
Congress formed the National Reading Panel in 1997 to evaluate and establish the best ways to teach children to read. The panel found phonics, guided oral reading, teaching vocabulary words, fluency, phonemic awareness, and reading comprehension strategies were a combination of useful techniques to teach children how to read. Despite the panel not being utilized today or after 2000, it brought reading awareness to the United States forefront. -
Read to Succeed Act
South Carolina enacted the Read to Succeed Act in 2014. The act emphases the importance of focusing on early childhood, high quality reading instruction, assessment to identify struggling students, and retention in 3rd grade for struggling readers. -
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The Evolution of Literacy Education. (n.d.). University of Texas Permian Basin. Retrieved January 26, 2024, from https://online.utpb.edu/about-us/articles/education/the-evolution-of-literacy-education/ -
References
Child Development and Behavior Branch. (2019, June 10). National Reading Panel (Historical/ For Reference Only). National Insititute of Child Health and Development. https://www.nichd.nih.gov/research/supported/nrp Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). (n.d.). U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved January 26, 2024, from https://www.ed.gov/essa?src=policy -
References cont.
Family Literacy. (n.d.). International Encyclopedia of Marriage and Family. Retrieved January 26, 2024, from Encyclopedia.com: https://www.encyclopedia.com/reference/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/family-literacy Feinberg, Barbara. (2007, May 17). The Lucy Calkins Project. Education Next. https://www.educationnext.org/the-lucy-calkins-project/#:~:text=Some%20of%20Calkins's%20ideas%20on,writers'%20workshop%20in%20the%20classroom. -
References cont.
Pinkerton, Byrd. (2016, May 10). Through The Looking Glass: How Children’s Books Have Grown Up. nprEd. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2016/05/10/476490413/through-the-looking-glass-how-childrens-books-have-grown-up Read to Succeed. (n.d.) South Carolina Department of Education. Retrieved January 26, 2024, from https://ed.sc.gov/instruction/early-learning-and-literacy/read-to-succeed/