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Title The Routledge international handbook of early literacy education : a contemporary guide to literacy teaching and interventions in a global context / edited by Natalia Kucirkova, Catherine E. Snow, Vibeke Grøver and Catherine McBride
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2017

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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 391 pages)
Series The Routledge international handbook series
Routledge international handbook series.
Contents Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on editors -- Notes on contributors -- Foreword -- Part I Contextualizing early literacy -- 1 Early literacy development and instruction: an overview -- 2 The role of early childhood education in promoting early literacy -- 3 A matter of opportunity: language and reading development during early childhood for dual-language learners -- 4 New literacies and new media: the changing face of early literacy -- 5 Early literacy practice: more than just knowing how to read and write -- Part II Early literacy around the world -- 6 The provision, practice and policies of early literacy in New Zealand -- 7 Germanic-speaking countries: Germany and Austria as examples -- 8 The Nordic countries -- 9 Literacy development in Romance languages -- 10 Lessons from Costa Rica and Chile for early literacy in Spanish-speaking Latin American countries -- 11 Early literacy policy and practice in Poland -- 12 Early education in literacy in Turkey in comparison to the Balkan countries -- 13 African countries -- 14 Early literacy policy and practice in Israel -- 15 Early literacy education in Arabic -- 16 Early literacy policy and practice in Korea -- 17 Early literacy policy and practice in Japan -- 18 Chinese-speaking societies -- 19 India: the policy and practice of early literacy acquisition in the Akshara languages -- Part III Research findings and future directions -- 20 The value of writing in early childhood -- 21 The contributions and limits of phonological awareness in learning to read -- 22 Shared book reading: an informal literacy activity par excellence -- 23 Fostering vocabulary in early childhood education -- 24 Drama-based interventions and narrative -- 25 Children's personal narratives reflect where they come from, reveal who they are and predict where they are going
26 Storying as a social context for language development -- 27 Interventions for children with language difficulties -- 28 Promoting first-language development and maintenance and capitalizing on 'funds of knowledge' in family literacy programmes -- 29 Breaking the barrier of blame: parents as literacy brokers -- 30 Old and new: reflecting on the enduring key issues in early literacy -- Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Reading (Early childhood) -- Cross-cultural studies
EDUCATION -- Elementary.
Reading (Early childhood)
Grundschulunterricht
Lesenlernen
Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit
Schreibenlernen
Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft
Vorschulerziehung
Genre/Form Electronic books
handbooks.
Cross-cultural studies
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
Author Kucirkova, Natalia, editor.
Snow, Catherine E., editor.
Grøver, Vibeke, editor.
McBride, Catherine, editor
ISBN 9781317659204
1317659201
9781315766027
1315766027
9781317659198
1317659198
9781317659181
131765918X