This volume brings together a number of people professionally engaged in the study of literacy, either because they are teachers or teacher educators of language and literacy, or because they are involved as social and/or educational workers researching or providing programs to address the needs of people at risk because of inadequate literacy skills. It thus sets up a dialogue between these two communities of writers, all bringing different perspectives to the issues, some from the context of Literacy Education, others from the context of Social Work. All are committed to the view that...
This volume brings together a number of people professionally engaged in the study of literacy, either because they are teachers or teacher educators ...
This volume brings together a number of people professionally engaged in the study of literacy, either because they are teachers or teacher educators of language and literacy, or because they are involved as social and/or educational workers researching or providing programs to address the needs of people at risk because of inadequate literacy skills. It thus sets up a dialogue between these two communities of writers, all bringing different perspectives to the issues, some from the context of Literacy Education, others from the context of Social Work. All are committed to the view that...
This volume brings together a number of people professionally engaged in the study of literacy, either because they are teachers or teacher educators ...
The Use of Children's Literature in Teaching reveals the impact of politics, professional guidelines and restrictive measurements of literacy on the emerging identities of young teachers. It places renewed emphasis on the importance of creative teaching with children s literature for the empowerment of teacher agency to enhance the learning of their students.
Framing the debate alongside the issue of teacher autonomy, Simpson describes results from a two-year study, which brings together information from interviews, surveys, document analysis and digital stories from Australia, Canada,...
The Use of Children's Literature in Teaching reveals the impact of politics, professional guidelines and restrictive measurements of literacy on th...
Gathering an international group of literacy studies scholars who have investigated mobile literacies in a variety of educational settings, this book focuses on tablets from diverse theoretical perspectives, and particularly the iPad, as a prime example of mobile literacies, setting this within the broader context of literacy and mobility.
Gathering an international group of literacy studies scholars who have investigated mobile literacies in a variety of educational settings, this book ...
Taking a dialogic approach, this edited book engages in analysis and description of dialogic discourse in a number of different educational contexts, from early childhood to tertiary, with an international team of contributors from Australia, Finland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Taking a dialogic approach, this edited book engages in analysis and description of dialogic discourse in a number of different educational contexts, ...
