"A previous edition of this book entitled Broken promises by Patrick Shannon was published by Bergin & Garvey, an imprint of the Greenwood Publishing Group, in 1988"--T.p. verso.
Reading instruction before the turn of the twentieth century
Early attempts to reform reading instruction
A real rationalization of reading instruction
Challenges to the scientific management of reading instruction
One best method : the role of government
The business of reading
The scientific solution
Teachers as targets
A process of elimination
Then, now, and tomorrow.
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Reading against democracy : the broken promises of reading instruction by Patrick Shannon. ISBN 9780325009766. Published by Heinemann in 2007. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
