Children and Books in the Modern World - Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy

Informationen zum Autor Ed Marum Klappentext This text is concerned with contemporary attitudes and approaches to the teaching of literacy, children's literature and other non-book texts and media. Based on research from the UK, the USA and Europe it makes a contribution to theory and practice Zusammenfassung This text is concerned with contemporary attitudes and approaches to the teaching of literacy, children's literature and other non-book texts and media. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - literacy now; Part 1 National perspectives on literacy policy: literacy - its roller coaster ride through US education, John S. Simmons; beyond England's National Curriculum for English, Ed Marum; core curriculum, cultural heritage, literacy - recent perspectives and trends in Norwegian education, Bjorg B. Gundem. Part 2 Teaching and research perspectives on literacy: how do we evaluate the literature curriculum? About a social frame of reference, Gert Rijlaarsdam and Tanja Janssen; students as self-assessors - learning experiences of literature teaching in secondary schools, Tanja Janssen and Gert Rijlaarsdam; outside Forster's machine - re-representing technology in the age of cyberspace, Neil Campbell. Part 3 Books, literacy and other things: reading more than print, Ed Marum; a tentative non-conclusion, Ed Marum.

Product details

• Authors: Ed Marum
• Assisted by: Ed Marum Head of Humanities Division Sch (Editor), Ed Marum (Editor), Marum Ed (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.07.1996
• EAN: 9780750705424
• ISBN: 978-0-7507-0542-4
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Englisch, Fachspezifischer Unterricht, English, Alphabetisierung, Literacy, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Language Arts / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English language & literacy, Educational: First / native language, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General