Contemporary perspectives in literacy in early childhood education

• Other Authors: Saracho, Olivia N. (Editor), Spodek, Bernard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2002.
• Series: Contemporary perspectives in early childhood education.
• Subjects: Language arts (Early childhood); Education > Schools > Levels > Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten); Early childhood care and education.; Pre-school and kindergarten.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918117455
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-528-8
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 188 pages) : illustrations

This volume identifies and critically analyzes research studies related to the critical skills, environments, and adult interactions that contribute to young children's literacy development. The volume reminisces on the reformation that has emerged in the language and literacy education of youn...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : contemporary theories of literacy / Olivia N. Saracho & Bernard Spodek
• Teachers' roles in promoting literacy-related play / Olivia N. Saracho
• Hypermediating literacy activity : how learning contexts get recognized / Kris Gutierrez and Lynda Stone
• Creating opportunities for discourse : language and literacy development for at-risk children / Barbara Wasik, Mary Alice Bond, and Annemarie Hindman
• Storybook reading : what we know and what we should consider / Jon Shapiro, Jim Anderson, and Ann Anderson
• Bridging home and school literacy : in search of transformative approaches to curriculum / Trevor H. Cairney
• Engaging children in the appropriation of literacy: the importance of parental beliefs and practices / Susan Sonnenschein
• Promising perspectives and practices in family literacy / Olivia N. Saracho
• Recommendations for research, theory, and practice for literacy programs in early childhood education / Olivia N. Saracho & Bernard Spodek.