Making Sense of Early Literacy : A Practitioner's Perspective

by David, Tricia; Raban, Bridie; Ure, Christine; Goouch, Kathy; Jago, Martine

• ISBN13: 9781858562230
• ISBN10: 1858562236
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-05-01
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

This state of the art text for early childhood educators is written by an international team of leading early childhood specialists. Evidence from recent research in Australia, France, Singapore and England provides practitioners with new information about young children's learning and about the shared understandings of literacy in different societies. The ways in which children learn about literacy through play in the years before formal schooling so that their experiences are meaningful and enjoyable are presented. The personal and professional issues which early childhood educators must take such developments into account are a key aspect.

Table of Contents

Preface and acknowledgements	vii
About the authors	ix
Early literacy in a fast-changing world	1	(14)
Changing childhoods	15	(18)
What do we know about young children and literacy?	33	(14)
Empowering all our children	47	(10)
Early literacy teaching in four cultures	57	(20)
Play approaches to early literacy learning	77	(32)
Literacy events and teachable moments	109	(10)
Making sense in a print-rich world	119	(14)
Bibliography	133	(8)
Index	141