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Book SynopsisThe 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
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix
List of Reviewers xxvii
Foreword xxix
Kris D. Gutiérrez
Editors’ Introduction: Literacy, Learning, and Culture xxxvii
Kathy Hall, Teresa Cremin, Barbara Comber, and Luis C. Moll
Part I Society, Culture, and Community
1 Literacies in Homes and Communities 3
Kate Pahl and Cathy Burnett
2 Critical Multimodal Literacies: Synergistic Options and Opportunities 15
Margaret Mackey and Margaret Shane
3 Books, Toys, and Tablets: Playing and Learning in the Age of Digital Media 28
Helen Nixon and Erica Hateley
4 Literacy Education in the Age of New Media 42
Bill Green and Catherine Beavis
5 Connecting with Parents and the Community in an Urban Primary School: Creative Partnerships to Build Literacy/ies 54
Pat Thomson and Johanne Clifton
6 At Home and at School: Bridging Literacy for Children from Poor Rural or Marginalized Urban Communities 67
Celia R. Rosemberg, Alejandra Stein, and Florencia Alam
7 Temporality, Trajectory, and Early Literacy Learning 83
Catherine Compton-Lilly
8 ‘This is a Job for Hazmat Guy!’: Global Media Cultures and Children’s Everyday Lives 96
Victoria Carrington and Clare Dowdall
9 Literacy as Shared Consciousness: A Neurocultural Analysis 108
Alicia Curtin and Kathy Hall
10 An Ethnographic Long Look: Language and Literacy Over Time and Space in Alaska Native Communities 121
Perry Gilmore and Leisy Wyman
11 Understanding English Language Learners’ Literacy from a Cultural Lens: An Asian Perspective 139
Guofang li
12 Exploring Multiple Literacies from Homes and Communities: A Cross-cultural Comparative Analysis 155
Iliana Reyes and Moisés Esteban-Guitart
13 Funds of Knowledge in Changing Communities 172
Luis C. Moll, Sandra L. Soto-Santiago, and Lisa Schwartz
14 The Hand of Play in Literacy Learning 184
Shirley Brice Heath
Part II School, Culture, and Pedagogy
15 Building Word and World Knowledge in the Early Years 201
Susan B. Neuman, Ashley M. Pinkham, and Tanya Kaefer
16 The Unfulfilled Pedagogical Promise of the Dialogic in Writing: Intertextual Writing Instruction for Diverse Settings 215
Rebecca Jesson, Judy Parr, and Stuart McNaughton
17 Reading Engagement Research: Issues and Challenges 228
Sue Ellis and Cassandra S. Coddington
18 Opening the Classroom Door to Children’s Literature: A Review of Research 241
Evelyn Arizpe, Maureen Farrell, and Julie McAdam
19 Writing in Childhood Cultures 258
Anne Haas Dyson and Sophie Dewayani
20 Children’s and Teachers’ Creativity In and Through Language 275
Teresa Cremin and Janet Maybin
21 Educational Dialogues 291
Karen Littleton and Neil Mercer
22 Literacy and Curriculum: Language and Knowledge in the Classroom 304
Peter Freebody, Eveline Chan, and Georgina Barton
23 The Digital Challenge 319
Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Guy Merchant
24 Digital Literacies in the Primary Classroom 333
Rachael Levy, Dylan Yamada-Rice, and Jackie Marsh
25 Developing Online Reading Comprehension: Changes, Challenges, and Consequences 344
Bernadette Dwyer
26 Hybrid Literacies in a Post-hybrid World: Making a Case for Navigating 359
Elizabeth Birr Moje
27 Official Literacy Practices Co-construct Racialized Bodies: Three Key Ideas to Further Integrate Cultural and ‘Racially Literate’ Research 373
Karl Kitching
28 Emotional Investments and Crises of Truth: Gender, Class, and Literacies 388
Stephanie Jones and Kristy Shackelford
29 What Does Human Geography Have To Do With Classrooms? 400
Margaret Sheehy
30 Space, Place, and Power: The Spatial Turn in Literacy Research 412
Kathy A. Mills and Barbara Comber
Part III Teachers, Culture, and Identity
31 On Becoming Teachers: Knowing and Believing 427
Jennifer I. Hathaway and Victoria J. Risko
32 Reforming How We Prepare Teachers to Teach Literacy: Why? What? How? 440
Brian Cambourne and Julie Kiggins
33 Teachers’ Literate Identities 456
Toni Gennrich and Hilary Janks
34 Constructing a Collective Identity: Professional Development for Twenty-first Century Pedagogy 469
Catherine M. Weber and Taffy E. Raphael
35 Raising Literacy Achievement Levels through Collaborative Professional Development 485
Eithne Kennedy and Gerry Shiel
36 Teacher Research on Literacy: Turning Around to Students and Technology 499
Christopher S. Walsh and Barbara Kamler
Index 515
