Teaching Literacy Across the Primary Curriculum

Informationen zum Autor David Wray taught in primary schools for 10 years and is currently Professor of Literacy Education at the University of Warwick. He has published over 40 books on aspects of literacy teaching and is best known for his work on developing teaching strategies to help pupils access the curriculum through literacy. His work was made an integral part of the National Literacy Strategy in England at both primary (1997) and secondary (2001) levels. More recently he has acted as consultant to a number of electronic learning projects and has begun new research programs exploring the importance and teaching of handwriting, and the use of mobile learning devices. Klappentext The book shows that teaching literacy across the curriculum can enhance learning and teaching effectiveness, and demonstrates how this can be achieved. Zusammenfassung The book shows that teaching literacy across the curriculum can enhance learning and teaching effectiveness! and demonstrates how this can be achieved. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Why literacy across the curriculum? Text types across the primary curriculum Teaching non-fiction reading Strategies for non-fiction reading Teaching non-fiction writing Literacy across the primary curriculum: Looking at science Literacy across the primary curriculum: Looking at mathematics Exploring electronic texts across the primary curriculum Index

Product details

• Authors: David Wray, Wray David
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2006
• EAN: 9781844450084
• ISBN: 978-1-84445-008-4
• No. of pages: 144
• Series: Achieving QTS Cross-curricular Strand Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; English, Primary & middle schools, Educational: First / native language, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / Reading & Phonics, Teaching of reading, writing and numeracy, Textbook, coursework