The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Literacy

In this essential collection of readings, Teresa Grainger provides carefully chosen journal articles and chapters that offer significant and serious insights into the changing face of literacy. The twenty-five contributors all adopt a broad conception of literacy and contemporary literacy practices and recognise that the world of language and literacy is in a constant state of transition and transformation. Together, the authors examine the past, the present and the future of literacy and celebrate the interests and expertise of the learners. They acknowledge that the textual environments of today are complex and fluid, shaped by the rapid emergence of new technologies and the influential nature of popular culture. Children's engagement with multiple forms of text is also highlighted, including the oral, the visual, the electronic and the written. In addition, issues of pedagogy are explored, through the voices of teachers, parents and children. Many chapters offer particular perspectives based on classroom experience, reflection and smaller scale studies The contributors here perceive a common and urgent need to acknowledge diverse forms of living literacy and to redesign the curriculum accordingly. With an inspiring introduction and postscript by the Editor, this Reader is an invaluable and accessible companion for all students of literacy.

ISBN 0415327679   Pages 256 ISBN13 9780415327671 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 476 Imprint Routledge Falmer   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title RoutledgeFalmer Readers in Education Publication date 11 Dec 2003   Height (mm) 234 Library of Congress LB1576 \.R, LB1576 \.R   Width (mm) 156 DEWEY 372.6   Spine width (mm) 19 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly

		Acknowledgements
		Introduction: travelling across the terrain by Teresa Grainger		1
Pt. I		Mapping the landscape of literacy		17
1		The history and future of literacy by Peter Hannon		19
2		Living literacies in homes and communities by Eve Gregory and Ann Williams		33
3		Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice by Allan Luke and Victoria Carrington		52
Pt. II		Exploring literacy and learning		67
4		'You made it like a crocodile': a theory of children's meaning-making by Gunther Kress		69
5		Where are the childhoods in childhood literacy? An exploration in outer (school) space by Anne Haas Dyson		84
6		Learning as puzzle solving by Peter Geekie and Brian Cambourne and Phil Fitzsimmons		107
Pt. III		Exploring oral texts		119
7		Development through dialogue by Neil Mercer		121
8		Group work: learning through talk by Roy Corden		138
9		Discourse, conversation and creativity by Ron Carter		160
10		Drama, literacies and difference by Helen Nicholson		175
Pt. IV		Exploring visual texts		183
11		Seeing, thinking and knowing by Evelyn Arizpe and Morag Styles		185
12		A word about pictures by David Lewis		199
13		Television and film by Jackie Marsh and Elaine Millard		217
14		Playing the text by Margaret Mackey		236
Pt. V		Exploring written texts		253
15		Reading rights and responsibilities by Eve Bearne and Gabrielle Cliff Hodges		255
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