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Epistemological Tensions in Reading Research and a Vision for the Future
Author(s) -
PurcellGates Victoria
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
reading research quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.162
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1936-2722
pISSN - 0034-0553
DOI - 10.1002/rrq.031
Subject(s) - reading (process) , perspective (graphical) , frame (networking) , epistemology , psychology , cognitive science , sociology , linguistics , visual arts , philosophy , computer science , art , telecommunications
Abstract This essay book review examines the Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV , edited by Michael. L. Kamil, P. David Pearson, Elizabeth Birr Moje, and Peter P. Afflerbach. Taking an overview perspective on the volume, the review addresses issues of epistemology and theoretical frames as they apply to the study and research of reading. The author concludes that the volume, as a whole, represents the still fractious nature of the theoretical underpinnings of reading research and suggests a move toward a more unitary sociocognitive frame for reading research that could inform future handbooks on reading research as well as future research designs, methods, and presentations.