Critical issues in early literacy : research and pedagogy / [edited by] Yetta Goodman, Prisca Martens.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Goodman, Yetta M., 1931-

Martens, Prisca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language arts (Preschool).

Reading (Preschool).

Literacy.

Children--Language.

Children.

Physical Description:

xx, 302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2007.

Summary:

This volume adds in important ways to understanding the power and complexity of the forces in the lives of children that impact their literacy learning. The critical issues presented emerge from interpretivist research and thinking practices that are constructivist in nature. The chapters by researchers, teacher researchers, teacher educators, and teachers are antidotes to the present political context in which political agendas are being used to define literacy, literacy teaching and learning, and literacy research in narrow ways. Providing a rich source of information about how young children come to know reading and writing as a tool of communication in a range of social and cultural contexts, this book: presents current research and thinking in the field; documents research that is currently being ignored by many who make decisions about children's learning; values who children are and what they bring with them to school; provides a useful tool for advocacy and for social action toward improving education in ways that can make a difference in the lives of young Children; and, raises thoughtful issues for discussion.

Critical Issues in Early Literacy is essential reading for early childhood teachers and prospective teachers, for teacher educators, for literacy researchers (including teacher researchers), for special educators, for those working with English-language and foreign-language learners, and for early childhood education administrators, advocates, and policy makers.

Contents:

Part I What Children Know About Literacy 1

1 Effective Young Beginning Readers / Debra Goodman, Alan Flurkey, Yetta Goodman 3

2 The Literacy Stories of Tang-Tang and Tien-Tien / Wen-Yun Lin 17

3 Biliteracy As Social Practice in Schooling: A Bilingual First Grader's Journey in Learning to Read and Write in L1 and L2 / Barbara M. Flores 31

4 Eye Movement and Strategic Reading / Koomi Kim, Marge Knox, Joel Brown 47

5 Letters and Numbers in Early Literacy / Emilia Ferreiro 59

Part II Literacy Learning in the Classroom 79

6 Documenting Critical Literacy Development in Classrooms / Yetta Goodman 83

7 Writing From a Personal Perspective: A Story of Two Classrooms / Barbara Cohen, Danielle Welner 97

8 Monolingual Teachers Fostering Students' Native Literacies / David Schwarzer 111

9 Nurturing Reflective Readers in Primary Grades Through Over the Shoulder Miscue Analysis / M. Ruth Davenport, Carol Lauritzen 123

10 Influences on Retellings: Learning From High and Low Retellers / Prisca Martens, Pat Wilson, Poonam Arya 139

11 Literacy "Basics" in Childhood Spaces: A Critical Perspective on the "Basics" / Anne Haas Dyson 153

Part III Literacy Learning Through Home and School Collaborations 175

12 Bridging the Worlds of Home and School: Keeping Children's Identities Whole in the Classroom / Kathryn F. Whitmore 177

13 No Gain in Blame: Fostering Collaborations Between Home and School / Heather Sample Gosse, Linda M. Phillips 191

14 Invisible Mediators of Literacy: Learning in Multicultural Communities / Susi Long, Dinah Volk, Mary Eunice Romero-Little, Eve Gregory 203

Part IV Cultural and Political Perspectives on Early Literacy 215

15 Debates About Cultural Authenticity in Literature for Young Children / Kathy G. Short, Dana L. Fox 219

16 War and Peas in the 21st Century: Young Children Responding Critically to Picture Story Texts / Janet Evans 235

17 Learning to be Culturally Responsive: Lessons From a Beginning Teacher / Richard J. Meyer 251

18 Critical Issues in Early Foreign Language Literacy Instruction: Taiwan Experience / Yueh-Nu Hung 263

19 Reading Everybody's Child: Teaching Literacy as a Human Right / Denny Taylor, Bobbie Kabuto 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780805858990

0805858997

9780805859003

0805859004

OCLC:

72699455

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