Children's Reading and Spelling: Beyond the First Steps

by Terezinha Nunes, Peter Bryant

This book extends models of early literacy, analyzing how children's reading and spelling skills develop throughout their school career.

An account of how a child's reading and spelling develop which goes beyond the early years

Shows that there are radical changes in the way children read and spell as they get older

Describes a new theory about the learning that goes on in the later stages of reading and spelling

Makes clear the educational implications of this theory

The authors' research has previously contributed to the 'literacy hour' - a government initiative to improve the teaching of literacy skills in UK schools

320 pages, Paperback

First published February 17, 2009

About the author

Terezinha Nunes is a British-Brazilian clinical psychologist and academic, specialising in children's literacy and numeracy, and deaf children's learning. Since 2005, she has been Professor of Educational Studies at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Harris Manchester College, Oxford.
Nunes previously taught at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and the University of Pernambuco; both in Brazil. She then moved to the United Kingdom where she taught at the Institute of Education, University of London (rising to be Professor of Education, Child Development and Learning), and at Oxford Brookes University (as Professor of Psychology and Head of Department). She then moved to the University of Oxford.