Erken Okuryazarlık Becerileri ve Desteklenmesi

One of the primary functions of a society is education of its young. Parents are children's first and most important teachers, but in our technological world, schools play a critical role. Reading is the most important ability that schools develop; it is of foundational importance for participation in our 21st century world. For decades educators have sought to devise methods of teaching reading that ensure that all children acquire the needed skills, yet success has been elusive in many countries, including the United States and Turkey. The Programme for International Assessment (PISA) tracks the success in countries around the world. In its most recent report in 2018, it found that Turkey made astounding gains in mathematics, but none in reading (Schliecher, 2019).Why is so difficult to make substantial gains with reading instruction? There are three answers to this profoundly difficult question. First, reading is a complex process that we only recently are coming to understand. Second, development of the reading ability required to function in our complex world draws on language and cognitive capacities that are nourished both in homes and in schools, with the foundations for later success being laid before children begin formal education. Third, our pedagogical approaches do not fully incorporate the knowledge we have gained about the reading process and the most efficient ways to speed its development. This volume, Erken Okuryazarlık Becerileri ve Desteklenmesi, advances understanding in Turkey of the early phase of literacy development that is of fundamental importance because it sets the stage for acquisition of advanced reading ability.Decades of research have clearly established that reading draws on code-based skills that include phonemic awareness, and the basic knowledge and strategies needed to associate letters with sounds and words. It also is well established that language is the critical determinant of the ability to read and write complex texts (Di...