Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy [electronic resource] / edited by Nigel Hall, Joanne Larson and Jackie Marsh.

IT Carlow ebook.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. Perspectives on early childhood literacy. The emergence of early childhood literacy / Julia Gillen and Nigel Hall -- Postcolonial perspectives on childhood and literacy / Radhika Viruru -- Gender and early childhood literacy / Elaine Millard -- Reconceptualizing early childhood literacy : the sociocultural influence / Aria Razfar and Kris Gutieŕrez -- pt. 2. Early childhood literacy in families, communities, and cultures. Researching young children's out-of-school literacy practices / Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear -- Language, literacy, and community / Patricia Baquedano-Loṕez -- The out-of-school schooling of literacy / Eve Gregory and Charmian Kenner -- Literacy within family life / Trevor H. Cairney -- Family literacy programmes / Peter Hannon -- Early childhood literacy and popular culture / Jackie Marsh -- Film and television / Muriel Robinson and Margaret Mackey -- pt. 3. Early moves in literacy. Moving into literacy : how it all begins / Lesley Lancaster -- Perspectives on making meaning : the differential principles and means of adults and children / Gunther Kress -- Brain activity, genetics, and learning to read / Gerald. [2] Coles -- Becoming biliterate / Charmian Kenner and Eve Gregory -- Playing the storyteller : some principles for learning literacy in the early years of schooling / Carol Fox -- Uncovering the key skills of reading / Roger Beard -- Phonology and learning to read / Rhona Stainthorp -- Young children's literacy meaning making / Miriam Martinez, Nancy Roser, and Caitlin Dooley -- Verbal and visual literacy : the role of picturebooks in the reading experience of young children / Maria Nikolajeva -- Textbooks and early childhood literacy / Allan Luke, Victoria Carrington, and Cushla Kapitzke -- The nature of young children's authoring / Deborah Wells Rowe -- The development of spelling / Patricia L. Scharer and Jerry Zutell -- Writing the world / Frances Christie -- pt. 4. Literacy in preschool settings and schools. Talk and discourse in formal learning settings / Joanne Larson and Shira May Peterson -- Effective literacy teaching in the early years of school : a review of evidence / Kathy Hall -- Creating positive literacy learning environments in early childhood / Laurie Makin -- Computers and early literacy education / Linda D. Labbo and David Reinking -- Critical literacy : what does it look like in the early years? / Barbara Comber -- Finding literacy : a review of research on literacy assessment in early childhood / Sharon Murphy -- pt. 5. Researching early childhood literacy. Methodologies in research on young children and literacy / David Bloome and Laurie Katz -- Feminist methodologies and research for early childhood literacies / Jeanette Rhedding-Jones -- Taking a naturalistic viewpoint in early childhood literacy research / Brian Cambourne.

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