| Description |
xxii, 175 pages, 7 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Literacy, identity and futures -- 2. "My Gawd, I made it like Australia': making meaning in many media -- 3. Making sense of the world: 'The seagulls are reading the newspaper' -- 4. Drawing letters and writing dinosaurs: children's early engagement with print -- 5. 'You made it like a crocodile': a theory of children's meaning-making -- 6. Literacy and theories of language -- 7. Teaching literacy, learning literacy -- 8. Futures |
| Summary |
Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. He provides fundamental challenges to commonly held assumptions about language and literacy, thought and action |
| Analysis |
Children -- Language |
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) |
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Language arts |
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Language arts (Elementary) |
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Literacy |
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Reading (Elementary) |
| Bibliography |
Include bibliographical references (pages [170]-171) and index |
| Subject |
Children -- Language.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary)
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Language arts (Primary)
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Literacy.
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English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Primary)
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Reading (Elementary)
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Reading (Primary)
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| LC no. |
96016358 |
| ISBN |
0415138043 |
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0415138051 (paperback) |
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