Report from the Field: READING RECOVERY: RESPONSE FROM THE FIELD
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ABSTRACT. As an intervention for children who are experiencing difficulty with the development of their entry level reading skills, Marie Clay's (1985) Reading Recovery has become a popular alternative for many professional educators. As the use of Clay's program has spread across North America, the benefits that were originally suggested by Clay and others have received considerable support. Close scrutiny of the program, however, has also revealed problems with implementation, maintenance, and evaluation strategies. Smaller schools and school divisions that are trying to implement Reading Recovery are discovering that these problems are especially imposing and difficult to manage and that this seems to be particularly the case in rural and remote areas of the country. This paper attempts to identify and discuss the extent and impact of some of those problems from the perspective of field-based educators in Manitoba. RÉSUMÉ. Méthode d'intervention auprès des enfanrs qui éprouvent des difficultés à acquérir des connaissances de base en lecture, Reading Recovery de Marie Clay (1985) propose une solution de rechange qu'ont adoptée de nombreux éducateurs professionnels. Ce programme est maintenant très en vogue en Amérique du Nord et les avantages que prédisaient Clay et d'autres intervenants ont été confirmés par de nombreuses sources. En y regardant de plus près, on se rend toutefois compte que le programme présente des problèmes sur le plan de la mise en oeuvre, de l'entretien et des stratégies d'évaluation. Les écoles et commissions scolaires de plus petite taille qui tentent de l'implanter constatent que ces problèmes sont très graves et difficiles à surmonter, particulièrement en milieu rural et dans les régions éloignées. Cet article vise à cerner et à analyser la portée et les répercussions de certains de ces problèmes vus dans l'optique des éducateurs travaillant sur le terrain au Manitoba.Downloads
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1998-01-01
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Kepron, J. (1998). Report from the Field: READING RECOVERY: RESPONSE FROM THE FIELD. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 33(001). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/8403
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