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Introduction: teacher perception, self-efficacy and teacher knowledge relating to literacy

Introduction: teacher perception, self-efficacy and teacher knowledge relating to literacy Annals of Dyslexia (2019) 69:1–4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-018-00173-3 Introduction: teacher perception, self-efficacy and teacher knowledge relating to literacy 1 1 R. Malatesha Joshi & Kausalai (Kay) Wijekumar Published online: 3 January 2019 The International Dyslexia Association 2019 Literacy skills—defined simply as reading and writing—are required to work successfully in the school as well as outside of school. However, in many of the countries and especially in the USA, lack of mastering literacy skills had harmful consequences for the individual which in turn can have damaging effects on the society and the nation. These negative effects of illiteracy have been shown by the fact that more than 50% of the adolescents with substance abuse problems and being on welfare systems have literacy problems. Further, 75% of students who dropout of high schools have reading problems and 85% of individuals in juvenile delinquent systems are functionally illiterate (Lyon, 2001). The positive aspect of being literate is demonstrated by the fact that when literacy instruction was provided in the juvenile delinquent system, there was only a 16% chance that they return back to the system; however, when literacy help is not provided, there is a 70% chance that will return to the system (Begin http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Dyslexia Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 2019 by The International Dyslexia Association
Subject
Linguistics; Language and Literature; Psycholinguistics; Education, general; Neurology
ISSN
0736-9387
eISSN
1934-7243
DOI
10.1007/s11881-018-00173-3
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Annals of Dyslexia (2019) 69:1–4 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11881-018-00173-3 Introduction: teacher perception, self-efficacy and teacher knowledge relating to literacy 1 1 R. Malatesha Joshi & Kausalai (Kay) Wijekumar Published online: 3 January 2019 The International Dyslexia Association 2019 Literacy skills—defined simply as reading and writing—are required to work successfully in the school as well as outside of school. However, in many of the countries and especially in the USA, lack of mastering literacy skills had harmful consequences for the individual which in turn can have damaging effects on the society and the nation. These negative effects of illiteracy have been shown by the fact that more than 50% of the adolescents with substance abuse problems and being on welfare systems have literacy problems. Further, 75% of students who dropout of high schools have reading problems and 85% of individuals in juvenile delinquent systems are functionally illiterate (Lyon, 2001). The positive aspect of being literate is demonstrated by the fact that when literacy instruction was provided in the juvenile delinquent system, there was only a 16% chance that they return back to the system; however, when literacy help is not provided, there is a 70% chance that will return to the system (Begin

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Published: Jan 3, 2019

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