Potent Fictions: Children's Literacy and the Challenge of Popular Culture Contributor(s): Hilton, Mary (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415135303 ISBN-13: 9780415135306 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1996 Annotation: Based on close empirical work with children and a knowledge of cultural theory, "Potent Fictions" describes and discusses the current market for children's popular culture, and the implications this has for classroom practice. It shows how children use many literacies and experiences to make sense of the world around them. Thus popular culture can take a place alongside more crafted literature as a vital resource of meaning. This book will help teachers to understand and engage with children's literacy practices outside school, while at the same developing more traditional school practices of reading and writing. By developing an integrated approach to different narratives, teachers will enable children to develop literacy in its widest and most empowering sense. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Language Experience Approach |
Dewey: 372.604 |
LCCN: 95025983 |
Physical Information: 0.48" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.60 lbs) 208 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Today's children spend more time than ever before watching television, playing computer games and reading comic and pulp fiction. Many of these are directly designed by the toy and media industry. Are children therefore simply being manipulated? |