Counterpoint and Beyond

Book excerpt: Elaborated by a group of teacher educators and reading researchers, this monograph serves as a forum for responses to the federally sponsored 1985 report, "Becoming a Nation of Readers." It consists of the following essays, listed here with their authors: (1) "Reading Instruction and Underlying Metaphors in 'Becoming a Nation of Readers'" (David Bloome and others); (2) "Emerging Literacy: What We Know Should Determine What We Do" (Jane L. Davidson and others); (3) "Nonmainstream Groups: Questions and Research Directions" (Jerrie Cobb Scott); (4) "Beyond Phonics to Language-Centered Learning" (Mary Anne Hall); (5) "A Question of Identity, or 'The Prince Was What?'" (Karla F. C. Holloway); (6) "Focusing on Meaning in Beginning Reading Instruction" (Connie A. Bridge); (7) "The Treatment of Literature and Minorities in 'Becoming a Nation of Readers'" (Rudine Sims Bishop); (8) "Extending Literacy: Extending the Perspective" (Harold L. Herber and Joan Nelson-Herber); (9) "A Principal's Perspective" (Bonnie C. Wilkerson); and (10) "Positive and Negative Choices: Impact on Curricula" (Gay Su Pinnell). (MS)