Literacy

"Print Literacy Development"

Uniting Cognitive and Social Practice Theories

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Is literacy a social and cultural practice, or a set of cognitive skills to be learned and applied? This book addresses the critical divide, explaining how we develop our abilities to read and write and offers a unified theory of literacy development that places cognitive development within a socio-cultural context of literacy practices. With 6 line illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 218 pages. Size: 236 x 186 mm. Weight: 505g.

Author: Purcell-Gates, Victoria Jacobson, Erik Degener, Sophie
ISBN: 0674022548
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"The Teaching of Reading"

The Development of Literacy in the Early Years of School

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Combining theoretical and practical aspects of literacy, this text shows that informed practice can only develop from a genuine understanding of the literacy process. It charts how a young child progresses from a recognition of print and its purpose, to a state of fully developed fluent reading. With 1. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 227g.

Author: Riley, Jeni
ISBN: 1853963070
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1996 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Tertiary Education (Us: College) Literacy

"Living Literacy"

The Human Foundations of Speaking, Writing and Reading

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"Education" series; Argues that the life and nature of language itself is breaking down under the adverse pressures of modern society, argues author Michael Rose. This work maps out the threats to literacy, investigates the nature of literacy and how it relates to child development, and examines what really works in preparing for and teaching literacy. With illustrations. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 210 x 148 mm. Weight: 431g.

Author: Rose, Michael
ISBN: 1903458528
Publisher: Hawthorn Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Literacy

"Reading Educational Research and Policy"

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"Learning About Teaching" series; This book aims to extend the educational literacy of student teachers. It will enable them to deconstruct policy, research and media texts and place them within historical, social and literary contexts. With illustrations. Paperback, 160 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 340g.

Author: Scott, David
ISBN: 0750709936
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"The Impact of Ict on Literacy Education"

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Following two major international reports by the OECD, the editor and his team consider issues such as the history of literacy in ICT, the internet and the implications for policy and practice. With illustrations, 1 map. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 295g.

Author: Sebba, Judy (Dfes Standards and Effectiveness Unit) (Andrews, Richard, ed.)
ISBN: 0415286964
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"The Literacy Game"

The Story of the National Literacy Strategy

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Examines the origins, evolution and impact of the National Literary Strategy (NLS), and provides a contribution to the teaching of literacy and the management of educational change. This book explains and appraises the rationale and design underpinning the NLS. It provides an example of the principles and practices of large-scale system change. With 15 black & white tables. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 343g.

Author: Stannard, John Huxford, Laura
ISBN: 0415417015
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"Teaching Multiliteracies Across the Curriculum"

Changing Contexts of Text and Image in Classroom Practice

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Outlines the basic theoretical knowledge that teachers need to have about visual and verbal grammar and the nature of computer-based texts in school learning. This book deals with the continuities and differences in the teaching of infants, children in the primary school and the transition to the first years of secondary education. With references, index. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 238 x 172 mm. Weight: 610g.

Author: Unsworth, Len
ISBN: 0335206042
Publisher: Open University Press
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"Critical Reading in Language Education"

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Addressed to researchers in Applied Linguistics, and to professional teachers working in, or studying teaching and learning processes in, multilingual classrooms, Critical Reading in Language Education offers a distinctive contribution to the question of how foreign language learners can be helped to acquire effective literacy in. New ed. Paperback, 232 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 65g.

Author: Wallace, Catherine
ISBN: 1403993394
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Date: 2005 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"Literacy Goes to School"

The Parents' Role in Young Children's Literacy Learning

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This text provides a demonstration of how literacy learning takes place at home, and how it differs from, as well as relates to, literacy at school. It suggests practical ways for teachers to assess and develop their own practice in relation to home literacy learning. With illustrations. Paperback, 180 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 272g.

Author: Weinberger, Jo
ISBN: 1853962929
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Date: 1996 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational Literacy

"Englishmen Born and Bred? - Cultural Hybridity and Concepts of Englishness in Hanif Kureishi's the Buddha of Suburbia and Zadie Smith's White Teeth"

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Paperback, 124 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 183g.

Author: Wohlsein, Barbara
ISBN: 3639024850
Publisher: Vdm Verlag Dr. Muller Aktiengesellschaft & Co. Kg
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Literacy

"Proust and the Squid"

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

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Explores how our brains learnt to read. This work presents a discussion ranging from the history of the earliest known examples of written language, to whether reading online really is making us 'stupider', and why dyslexia can be a gift. With illustrations. Paperback, 320 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 296g.

Author: Wolf, Maryanne
ISBN: 1848310307
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Literacy

"Literacy and Language in the Primary Years"

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Linking the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening, this study emphasizes the value of active, collaborative learning for primary school children. The text includes sections on literacy across the new primary National Curriculum, new technology and assessment. With illustrations. Paperback, 272 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 363g.

Author: Wray, David Medwell, Jane
ISBN: 0415042119
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date: 1991 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Further/Higher Education Literacy

"The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English"

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The most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available. With 80 halftones. 3 rev ed. Hardback, 1275 pages. Size: 255 x 183 mm. Weight: 2643g.

Author: (Head, Dominic, ed.)
ISBN: 0521831792
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works

"Collins Oxymoronica"

Paradoxical Wit and Wisdom

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A book for anyone who enjoys the funny, quirky and humorous side of language. Oxymoronica includes hundreds of paradoxical and contradictory observations by a wide range of writers, politicians, philosophers and public figures. Hardback, 256 pages. Size: 186 x 148 mm. Weight: 337g.

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ISBN: 0007281005
Publisher: Harpercollins Publishers
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) Literary & Linguistic Reference Works