ADORE-book released The international ADORE project has identified key elements of good practice concerning reading instruction. The results of the project are now published. Christine Garbe / Karl Holle / Swantje Weinhold (eds.): ADORE – Teaching Struggling Adolescent Readers in European Countries PETER LANG GMBH; Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Wien 2010; 283 pages ISBN 978-3-631-59044-7 · € 24,80 / (Austria) € 25,50 / US-$ 35,95 / £ 20,90 / sFr 36 Key Elements of Good Practice During a 2-year-investigation period, trans-national teams observed extraordinary examples of classroom instruction in all respective countries and identified key elements of good practice concerning reading instruction on different levels: classroom practice, schools, communities and national educational systems. The ADORE-book intends to be a guide for decision-makers and practitioners who want to improve the reading instruction for struggling adolescent readers.

The main objectives of the project have been:

• Initiating a multi-disciplinary dialogue between European reading researchers, teachers and other professionals about reading instruction,
• Better understanding of the special needs of struggling adolescent readers in relation to their national, social, cultural, and linguistic environments,
• Developing a guide to good practices: international handbook with case studies about 11 European countries and a theoretical framework,
• Establishing a network of reading researchers, teachers and other professionals in the field of adolescent literacy.

The major questions were:

• What are the consensuses and dissensions between European reading researchers and practitioners concerning criteria for good practices?
• Which approaches in encouraging reading have been established by the participating countries due to their different educational and curricula traditions?