| Literacy Moves On: Using Popular Culture, New Technologies and Critical Literacy in the Primary Classroom Contributor(s): Evans, Janet (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1843122499 ISBN-13: 9781843122494 Publisher: David Fulton Publishers OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: The role of literacy within the twenty-first century primary classroom has changed. We're starting to recognize how popular culture and advancements such as email and text messaging can motivate children to become competent literacy users. Enhancing teachers' awareness of these developments and how they can uses them to improve the literacy skills of their pupils, this edited includes: - Case studies that show what the developments look like in a real classroom - Contributions that bring together leading experts and voices in the fields - "Implications for Practice" sections showing how theory can be translated into teaching now |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Science & Technology - Education | Elementary |
| Dewey: 372.6 |
| Series: Informing Teaching |
| Physical Information: 0.42" H x 6.69" W x 9.61" (0.72 lbs) 196 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book looks at the changing nature of literacy and at the way in which new and different literacies are emerging in the first part of the 21st century. It considers how children are shaping and being shaped by these changes, it also looks at how teachers need to bridge-the-gap between children's out of school interests and school based curriculum demands. This edited collection, which features chapters by international experts and voices in the field, aims to: Take a closer look at (and demystify) some of the influences on literacy in the 21st century e.g. popular culture, multi-modal texts, email, text messaging and critical literacy. Enhance teachers' awareness of these developments and show how they can use them to improve the literacy skills of their pupils. Show, through the Implications for Practice sections, how teachers can find different but straightforward ways of linking children's personal, out-of-school interests with the demands of the school curriculum. |
