International Handbook of Rese

Kathy Hall

ISBN 10: 0470975970 / ISBN 13: 9780470975978

Published by Wiley Mai 2013, 2013

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Neuware - The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents a careful distillation of the current research in the field of primary years literacy studies. Well known contributors critically review and synthesize seminal studies on various themes, offer fresh perspectives and conceptualizations, and point to new directions for further investigation and study. Chapters vividly illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary educational thinking and research on literacy by offering perspectives from a wide range of disciplines--from aesthetics and anthropology to cultural psychology and curriculum theory.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: International Handbook of Rese
• Publisher: Wiley Mai 2013
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470975970
• ISBN 13: 9780470975978
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 250W x 175H x 36D millimeters 250 millimeters width by 175 millimeters height by 36 millimeters depth
• Weight: 1176 grams

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Synopsis

The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents an authoritative distillation of current global knowledge related to the field of primary years literacy studies.

• Features chapters that conceptualize, interpret, and synthesize relevant research
• Critically reviews past and current research in order to influence future directions in the field of literacy
• Offers literacy scholars an international perspective that recognizes and anticipates increasing diversity in literacy practices and cultures

About the Author

Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork. She is co-editor of Learning and Practice: Culture and Identities (2008) and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read: Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy (2010), and co-author of Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience (2010).

Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University. She is co-author of Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers (2012) and co-editor of Creative Learning 3-11 (2008).

Barbara Comber is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. She is co-editor of The Hawke Legacy: Towards a Sustainable Society (2009) and Literacies in Place: Teaching Environmental Communication (2007).

Luis C. Moll is Professor in the Language, Reading and Culture Program of the College of Education, University of Arizona. He is co-editor of Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms (2005), which received the 2006 Critics’ Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association.