Phonics Exposed

Unveils the implications and consequences of teaching phonics via a systematic direct intense program that mandates all children to experience the same scripted lesson at the same time.

Contents: Y. M. Goodman, Foreword. Preface. Why Another Book on Phonics? Phonics Lessons. What Is Reading? Phonics Programs, Teacher Knowledge, and Teacher Identity. A Closer Look at the Children. Phonics Programs and Curriculum. Phonics, Reading, and Culture. Phonics, Reading, and Politics. Teachers, Activism, and Hope. Appendix: Maybe Rules Are Not the Way to Teach Phonics.