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Literacy : reading, writing and children's literature

Winch, Gordon, 1930-2001
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This book focuses on the interactive nature of literacy development. The book is divided into three parts and moves easily from the theory of teaching literacy skills to its practice, and is at the cutting edge of both.
Imprint:
Melbourne Vic Oxford University Press, 2001.
Collation:
xxv, 486 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Notes:
Includes indexes.Bibliography: p. 454-471.
Contents:
Part I. Reading / G. Winch & M. Holliday: 1. A balanced view of reading; 2. Some factors relating to reading; 3. Towards a model of reading; 4. The child before school: the beginning of literacy; 5. Learning to read: the early school years; 6. Learning to read: the middle and later primary years; 7. Assessment in reading; 8. The effective teaching of reading -- Part II. Writing / P. March & L. Ljungdahl: 9. The role of writing; 10. The importance of writing in our society; 11. The writing developmental continuum; 12. Teaching writing in the classroom; 13. Writing skills in the classroom: handwriting and spelling; 14. Writing skills in the classroom: punctuation and grammar; 15. Assessment of writing -- Part III. Children's Literature / R. Johnston: 16. Language into literature; 17. What is children's literature?; 18. Children's literature and critical literacy; 19. Children's literature, technology and the new literacies; 20. Theory informing practice -- 21. Children's literature as a locus of literate practices; 22. The classroom as a community of learners; 23. Fairytales: a pervasive paradigm; 24. Picturebooks: the third space; 25. A locus for world community; 26. A forum: social issues, history, fantasy; 27. Responses to children's literature.
ISBN:
9780195506716 (paperback)
Dewey class:
372.6994
Language:
English
BRN:
356525
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