Books by Richard J. Meyer

This text demonstrates the importance of thought collectives as forums for student and teacher learning - the children's inquiry, their teachers' inquiry, and the place of teaching and learning in a democracy. It lays out the way in which inquiry is fundamental to teaching and learning.

This volume is by, for and about prospective and practicing teachers understanding themselves as curious and literate beings, making connections with colleagues and researching their own literacy and the literacy lives of students. Readers are encouraged tell, write and recreate stories.

What are the implications of teaching phonics via a systematic direct intense programme that mandates all children to experience the same scripted lesson at the same time? This book addresses the question through an in-depth description of a phonics lesson as it occurred in a classroom.