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Literacy Learning in Australia: Practical Ideas for Early Childhood Educators, 1st Edition | AU/NZ

Caroline Barratt-Pugh, Judith Rivalland, Judy Hamer, Paul Adams

  • Copyright 2006
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Literacy Learning in Australia: Practical Ideas for Early Childhood Educators 1st Edition by Caroline Barratt-Pugh/Judith Rivalland/Judy Hamer/Paul Adams
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Overview

Literacy Learning in Australia: Practical Ideas for Early Childhood Educators is an introduction to early literacy learning focusing on the literacy needs of children in the first five years. The authors’ socio-cultural approach emphasises the importance of recognising the everyday events that expose children to and foster literacy learning possibilities.

The book provides a sound theoretical perspective from which to make decisions about developing childhood-centre literacy policies, as well as a range of practical frameworks to guide appropriate and relevant literacy practices in early childhood care and education contexts.

Literacy Learning in Australia: Practical Ideas for Early Childhood Educators is supported by numerous examples of practice, suggestions for planning, implementing and evaluating a literacy curriculum as well as questions for reflection, all leading to quality outcomes.

This book will be an invaluable guide for early childhood professionals, trainees in a wide range of courses and parents of young children.

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Meet the Authors

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Caroline Barratt-Pugh

Judith Rivalland

Judy Hamer

Judy Hamer is a Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Education with The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand. She teaches in the Diploma of Teaching (Early Childhood Education) with special responsibility for program development. Judy worked for a number of years in early childhood education as well as in early childhood teacher education for Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZCA. She is co-author (with Paul Adams) of The New Zealand Early Childhood Literacy Handbook (2003), and co-author (with Caroline Barratt-Pugh and colleagues) of Early Childhood Literacy Learning: Practical Ideas for the Early Years (2005, forthcoming). Her research interests lie in early childhood education and include social and policy issues and curriculum studies (including literacy).

Paul Adams

Paul Adams is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social and Policy Studies in Education at the College of Education, Massey University. His research interests lie in policy studies, and he teaches professional studies papers in pre-service teacher education and in the BA, Bed and Med programmes. He is the co-editor (with Dr Roger Openshaw) of the education text Education and Society y in Aotearoa New Zealand: An Introduction to the Social and Political Contexts of Education (2000); co-editor (with Dr Heather Ryan) of Learning to Reading in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Collaboration between Early Childhood Teachers, Families and Schools (2002); and co-author (with Judy Hamer) of The New Zealand Early Childhood Literacy Handbook (2003). His qualifications are in the areas of sociology, special education, educational psychology and music.

Table of Contents

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Introduction
Section One: Literacy Policy-Making in Early Childhood Centres
1. The philosophical debate
2. The curriculum debate
3. The pedagogical debate
4. The learning debate: Finalising the literacy policy for your centre
Section Two: Creating Literacy-Enriched Early Childhood Centres
5. Weaving literacy resources throughout the early childhood centre
6. Planning for literacy routines and experiences
7. Capitalising on informal literacy opportunities
Section Three: Special Topics in Literacy
8. Highlighting approaches to book reading
9. Highlighting phonemic awareness and letter-sound relationships
10. Highlighting childrens writing
Conclusion
References
Index

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  • ISBN-10: 0170128016
  • ISBN-13: 9780170128018
  • RETAIL $127.95
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