ADORE – Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers in European Countries

Christine Garbe, Ph.D., Professor of German Language and Literature, focussing on Literature Instruction and Reading Research, has been teaching at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg from 1996 to 2010. Since 2010 she is at the University of Cologne.Karl Holle, Ph.D., is Senior University Lecturer of German Language and Literature, focussing on Language Instruction and Reading Research at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg.Swantje Weinhold, Ph.D., is Professor of German Language and Literature, focussing on Language Instruction, Research on Language Acquisition, Writing, and Text Production at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg.

• Contents: Christine Garbe/Karl Holle/Swantje Weinhold/Alexa Meyer-Hamme/Anika Barton: Characteristics of Adolescent Struggling Readers – Christine Garbe/Karl Holle/Alexa Meyer-Hamme/Swantje Weinhold: The ADORE Project – Christine Garbe/Martin Gross/Karl Holle/Swantje Weinhold: Key Elements of Good Practice – Dorothee Gaile: Key Element No. 1: Designing a Supportive Teacher-Student and Student-Student Interaction – Karl Holle: Key Element No. 2: Applying Diagnostic Forms of Assessment – Patricia Schillings: Key Element No. 3: Involving Students in Planning the Learning Process – Sari Sulkunen/Inga Arffman: Key Element No. 4: Choosing Engaging Reading Materials – Patricia Schillings/Catherine Gabelica: Key Element No. 5: Involving Students in Texts – János Steklács: Key Element No. 6: Teaching Cognitive and Meta-Cognitive Reading Strategies – Gerd Kruse/Thomas Sommer: Key Element No. 7: Creating an Inspiring Reading Environment – Raluca Stefania Pelin: Key Element No. 8: Teacher Participation and Support by Principals – Alexa Meyer-Hamme/Swantje Weinhold: Key Element No. 9: Multi-Professional Support – Dobrosław Bilski/Beata Szczepańska: Key Element No. 10: Community Support – Ragnar Gees Solheim: Key Element No. 11: Legal and Financial Resources – Christine Garbe: Key Element No. 12: Reading Research and Knowledge Transfer – Dorothee Gaile: Key Element No. 13: Teacher Training and Professional Development – Thomas Sommer/Gerd Kruse: Key Element No. 14: Media Literacy and Information-Communication-Technology (ICT) – Christine Garbe: Key Element No. 15: Quality Monitoring and Evaluation – Christine Garbe: Key Element No. 16: National Educational Values and Curricula – Christine Garbe/Karl Holle/Swantje Weinhold: Conclusions and Comments – Donna E. Alvermann: An External Perspective on the ADORE Project.