04077nam a2200361 a 4500 36278 BD-DhAAL 20211130115411.0 190926r20042002xnaa b 001 0 eng d 41431 41431 0864331622 $55.00 (excl. GST: approx.) 60620 ANL eng NUN VVUT AUC BD-DhAAL anuc 372.6 21 Literacies in early childhood : changing views, challenging practice / edited by Laurie Makin, Criss Jones Diaz. Eastgardens, N.S.W. : MacLennan + Petty, c2002 [reprinted 2004] xvii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical refernces and index. 1. Literacy as social practice / Jones Diaz and Makin -- 2. Theoretical perspectives in early literacy education: implications for practice / Reid and Comber -- 3. Many roads through many modes: becoming literate in early childhood / Martello -- 4. Language and social practices: everyday talk constructing school-literate practices / Danby -- 5. Literacy transitions / Makin with Groom -- 6. Children as writers / Barratt-Pugh -- 7. Children as readers / Harris -- 8. Authentic literacy assessment / Fleet and Lockwood -- 9. Building on home and community literacy experiences in early childhood education / Spreadbury -- 10. Other words, other worlds: bilingual identities and literacy / Jones Diaz and Harvey -- 11. Indigenous literacies: the case of Maori literacy / Hohepa and McNaughton -- 12. Indigenous literacies: moving vrom social construction towards social justice / Hanlen -- 13. Literacy for all? Young children and special literacy learning needs / McNaught -- 14. Literacy and gender in early childhood contexts: boys on the side? / Alloway and Gilbert -- 15. Technoliteracy and the early years / Hill with Broadhurst -- 16. Literacy, music and the visual arts / Makin and Whiteman -- 17. Children's worlds and critical literacy / Jones Diaz, Beecher and Arthur -- 18. New pathways for literacy in early childhood education / Makin and Jones Diaz. The importance of literacy learning in the first years of school has long been recognised, but literacy experiences in the pre-school years have not always received sufficient attention. In Literacies in Early Childhood: Changing Views, Challenging Practice the authors redress this imbalance, with a focus spanning from birth to eight years. 'Literacy as social practice' is an overriding theme, and it is continually acknowledged that young children's understandings about literacy occur within their cultural and linguistic communities. Topical and sometimes controversial issues include: the intersections between social identities such as gender, language, ethnicity, 'race', disability and class; the importance of partnerships between educators, families and communities in fostering literacy learning; the impact of visual, technological and commercial influences; the view that children are competent interpreters of their social worlds. In each chapter 'reflection and follow-up' sections reinforce the link between theory and practice, and examples of children's dialogue, artwork and writing highlight the literary messages conveyed. Readers will find this a compelling text, advocating a broad-minded approach to our observation and facilitation of children's literacy achievements. BIED Complimentary copy from BIED 36278 Literacy Study and teaching (Primary) 35394 Literacy Study and teaching (Preschool) 35395 Literacy Study and teaching (Early childhood) 35396 Makin, Laurie. 35397 Jones-Diaz, Criss. 35398 Ayesha Abed Library BIED Collection ddc BK 0 0 ddc 0 372_600000000000000_LIT 0 66530 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2019-09-26 Complimentary copy from BIED 1 8 372.6 LIT 3010036278 2025-06-25 2024-11-06 1 2019-09-26 BK Transferred from BIED to General Stacks