Children And Books In The Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives On Literacy

by Ed Marum (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136367038
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/12/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	166
File size:	959 KB

About the Author

Ed Marum

Table of Contents

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.