Download or read book Understanding Reading Development written by Colin Harrison and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2003-12-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on how to understand reading processes and what it means to develop reading comprehension. With a wide-ranging theoretical basis, the author makes new connections between work in critical theory, cognitive psychology and literacy. Key features include: } how and why we read } evaluating response to reading } a whole-school approach to developing reading. This book is highly recommended to teachers, literacy coordinators and students and lecturers of masters and doctoral programmes with a reading or literacy focus.