This text introduces all aspects of language arts instruction, while emphasizing the integration and interdependence of each element (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Topical coverage includes language development and emerging literacy, the teaching of reading and writing, the role of drama and children's literature in the classroom, and methods of assessment.
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Rachel Heydon is professor and program chair of curriculum studies and studies in applied linguistics, Faculty of Education, Western University. She holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. Dr. Heydon coordinates the pre-service elementary language arts courses at Western and teaches literacy and curriculum theory courses at the graduate level. She is associate editor of the Journal of Curriculum Studies, co-editor of the journal Language and Literacy, a former president of the Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada, and author of many publications about curriculum, early childhood, literacy, and teacher professional learning in literacy.
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