Language & Literacy

This book takes a close look at the tensions that exist between federal mandates and contemporary literacy needs and how those tensions impact classroom practices, challenging readers to (re)consider whether meeting test performance benchmarks should be the hallmark of school success...

Drawing on long-term case studies of four primary schools located in these communities, this book describes the difference between what is commonly practiced and those practices that have a greater chance of supporting young people’s literacy learning. This book aims to provide an explanatory accoun..

Model Writing for Ages 7-12 is a compilation of short, photocopiable texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry that provides teachers with writing models for a wide range of genres, writing styles and topics while incorporating the National Curriculum obligations from 2014 onwards...

Model Writing for Ages 7-12 is a compilation of short, photocopiable texts including fiction, non-fiction and poetry that provides teachers with writing models for a wide range of genres, writing styles and topics while incorporating the National Curriculum obligations from 2014 onwards...

Synthesizing a range of studies on morphological processing from the past 30 years, this edited collection presents the current state of knowledge on morphological processing and defines classroom practices to help students conceptualise the role of morphology in reading, spelling, and vocabulary de..

In this innovative and engaging text the author describes how she and her pre-kindergarten students negotiated a critical literacy curriculum and shows how issues raised from everyday conversations can be used to create an integrated critical literacy curriculum...

In this innovative and engaging text the author describes how she and her pre-kindergarten students negotiated a critical literacy curriculum and shows how issues raised from everyday conversations can be used to create an integrated critical literacy curriculum...

Originally published in 1985. Research has shown the considerable benefit in having carefully structured systems for parental involvement - this book presents a review of past and current good practice...

Originally published in 1974. This enlightening guide gives an account of the modern methods of teaching reading, based on the natural learning drive of play, the environment, and on the normal sequence of child development. It also suggests ways in which parents can develop their children's pre-rea..

Originally published in 1992. Distinguished international researchers on beginning reading address various processes and problems in learning to read including how acquisition gets underway, contributions of story listening experiences, what is involved in learning to read words, and how readers rep..

The book will help educators and students teachers understand what critical literacy is, with which ages, stages and grades critical literacy can be used and how they can get started using critical literacy in their classrooms, using a range of relevant practices. Critical literacy is as a process w..

Covering the development of literacy education at all levels, this book provides a much-needed overview and understanding of where, when, and how efforts to shape education influence literacy teaching, and what literacy educators can do to advocate for themselves, their students, and the profession...