Argues that the combination of reading and writing with manual tinkering and scientific observation promoted in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Britain produced new forms of mechanical literacy competencies that were essential in an industrial era. By... Lees meer.

How to Develop Children s Early Literacy is a practical guide designed to support all early literacy educators and addresses current issues relating to early literacy. Laurie Makin s and Marian Whitehead s book on How to Develop Children s Literacy stands out from t... Lees meer.

Israel offers an organized resource for teaching vocabulary and provides word lists literature connections and extensions journal prompts and additional resources for teachers. The book s organization allows a teacher to pick and choose where to start and what to in... Lees meer.

Today s children spend more time than ever before watching television playing computer games and reading comic and pulp fiction. Many of these are directly designed by the toy and media industry. Are children therefore simply being manipulated. There is widespread con... Lees meer.

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Teaching Without Testing is een boek van Denny Taylor... Lees meer.

Over the past few decades there have been intense debates in education surrounding children s literacy achievement and ways to promote reading particularly that of boys. The Harry Potter book series has been received enthusiastically by very many children boys and gir... Lees meer.

The book is an examination of the importance of linguistic knowledge of teacher and the implication for teaching children at the primary or elementary levels. Teaching reading is definitely rocket science as they are critical foundational knowledge teachers need to know... Lees meer.

Each chapter describes innovative and research-based applications of narratives such as movement stories visual narratives to develop historical thinking multimodal storytelling bibliotherapy mathematics stories family stories and social narratives. This book is... Lees meer.

Change Over Time in Children s Literacy Development presents a comprehensive account of young literacy learners constructing networks of interacting systems for processing information an account extending from the time of the children s first engagement with reading a... Lees meer.

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Literacy is necessary to be successful academically and to perform adequately in most jobs. Reading can also be a valuable form of entertainment yet learning to read can be extremely difficult. Unlike the ability to see hear or speak there is no specific part of the... Lees meer.

Originally published in 1985. Research has shown the considerable benefit in having carefully structured systems for parental involvement - this book presents a review of past and current good practice. Parental involvement in children s education is a subject of g... Lees meer.

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