David Wray is Professor of Literacy at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on literacy teaching, including Literacy and Language in the Primary Years and Extending Literacy, published by RoutledgeFalmer., Jane Medwell is Director of the Primary PGCE programme and Lecturer in Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. She has researched and published widely in the area of literacy teaching., Louise Poulson is Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Bath., Richard Fox was formerly Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at the University of Exeter.

• Introduction; Chapter 1 Effective teaching and effective teachers; Chapter 2 Investigating effective teachers of literacy; Chapter 3 Effective teachers of literacy in action; Chapter 4 The subject knowledge of effective teachers of literacy; Chapter 5 Teachers’ beliefs about literacy teaching; Chapter 6 Knowledge, beliefs and practice in effective teachers of literacy; Chapter 7 Becoming an effective teacher of literacy; Chapter 8 Conclusions and implications;

'This is a topical review, based on new research on the highly sensitive and critical issue of how teachers teach literacy effectively.' - Brigid Smith, Homerton College, Cambridge