MORE LITERACY TITLES Click on titles for full details and ordering information Assessing Reading 1: Theory and Practice Hardback | Paperback Colin Harrison, University of Nottingham, UK and Terry Salinger, Senior Research Analyst at the American Institute for Research, Washington, USA This book focuses on theoretical and methodological issues though with a clear series of links to practices in assessment, especially state and national approaches to classroom based assessment in the USA, UK and Australia. Assessing Reading 2: Changing Practice in Classrooms Hardback | Paperback Rhonda Jenkins and Martin Coles, University of Nottingham, UK The companion volume to Assessing Reading 1: Theory and Practice, this book focuses directly on the classroom, on the challenges individual teachers face in classroom-based assessment, and how these challenges have been and are being met in a range of international contexts. Critical Literacy in the Classroom Hardback | Paperback Wendy Morgan, Queensland University of Technology, Australia This book is a carefully documented and critically analysed example of the growing emphasis on critical literacy in syllabuses, government reports and the like. It describes how secondary teachers have planned and implemented critical literacy curricula on a range of topics from Shakespeare to the workplace. Deconstructing the Hero Hardback | Paperback Margery Hourihan, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia This book sets out to explore the structure and meaning of one of the most popular literary genres - the adventure story. It offers analytical readings of some of the most popular adventure stories and looks at their influence on children. Informational Reading and Writing in the Early and Primary Years Paperback Margaret Mallett, Goldsmith’s College, University of London This book brings together current understanding about informational reading and writing in literacy. It offers clear classification of the different kinds of reference and informational material available in both book form and in the form of computer software. It also features a large number of interesting classroom case studies and considers how we can help children learn from illustrations and other visual aids. Keywords in Language and Literacy Paperback Ronald Carter, University of Nottingham, UK Keywords in Language and Literacy, provides an invaluable guide to the debates surrounding language and literacy. An indispensible book for all teachers and students of language and education, and anyone interested in the place of language in schools. Literacy and Language in the Primary Years Paperback David Wray and Jane Medwell Linking the development of reading, writing, speaking and listening, the authors emphasise the value of active, collaborative learning and include sections on literacy across the primary curriculum, new technology and assessment. ‘A powerful book, well and truly centred on a holistic approach to language and on an interactive and collaborative approach to learning. No primary school teacher should be without a copy.’ - Child Language Teaching and Therapy Literacy and Schooling Hardback | Paperback Edited by Frances Christie and Ray Misson, both at the University of Melbourne, Australia Offering an introduction to some major themes in literacy education, this book aims to inform discussions while assisting teachers to reflect on their work as literacy teachers. Literacy is important from the earliest years through all the years of formal education, and so this book covers work with students in the full range of schooling, and in a number of different subject areas. Managing the Literacy Curriculum Hardback | Paperback Michael Beveridge, Malcolm Reed and Alec Webster, all at the University of Bristol, UK This book provides a framework enabling teachers and managers to set up a whole-school approach to literacy. Practical guidance on how schools can help pupils with literacy difficulties, on methods of assessment and reporting, and on how outside agencies can be involved will be particularly helpful to teachers and heads of department. Opening The Nursery Door Hardback Mary Hilton, Morag Styles and Victor Watson, all at Homerton College, Cambridge, UK Opening the Nursery Door is a fascinating collection of essays inspired by the discovery - inside a shoe box - of a tiny archive: the hand-made nursery library of Jane Johnson (1707-1759), wife of a Lincolnshire vicar. A distinguished collection of writers - many of whom are writers of children's literature themselves - here consider a range of questions about the nature of childhood within English cultural life over three centuries. Potent Fictions: Children's Literacy and the Challenge of Popular Culture Paperback Edited by Mary Hilton, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK Mary Hilton's fascinating book proves that there is another side to the argument that popular fiction such as television, computer games and comic books, results in children failing to read enough ‘quality’ literature, therefore lowering standards of literacy. The writers of this collection show how, used carefully alongside other types of literature, popular culture can actually help teachers to develop literacy in a broad and positive sense. ‘A text which ought to be on every teacher's and student teacher's reading list.’ - Child Language and Teaching Therapy Shakespeare and the Young Learner Hardback | Paperback Fred Sedgwick Used carefully, Shakespeare's work can be inspiring and hugely enjoyable for younger children. This book looks at ways teachers can build on reading, writing, speaking and listening, around starting points from his plays and poems. Talking About Literacy: Principles and Practice of Adult Literacy Education Hardback | Paperback Jane Mace Talking About Literacy is a book about our concepts of literacy and its uses. It is about adult education in its broadest sense. It covers training opportunities for employment, women's education, ‘access’ to higher education and language and literacy policies. It is a book not simply for those who actually teach those who define themselves as illiterate or dyslexic, but also for anyone interested in developing their own, and promoting other people’s critical and confident reading and writing. Teaching Primary English: The State of the Art Hardback | Paperback Edited by Jane Medwell and David Wray In this stimulating collection of specially commissioned essays, teachers and researchers at the forefront of thinking in this area consider both the controversies and the day to day realities of teaching primary English. The book's four sections reflect the organisation of the National Curriculum for English: speaking and listening, reading and writing, with a final section on issues which confront the teacher across the English Curriculum. Thinking About Literacy: Young Children and their Language Hardback Fred Sedgwick Fred Sedgwick's new book discusses the literacy of children in the infant years. The first section is concerned with talk, the second with writing and the third with reading. He takes the view that the child is an active learner when he or she arrives in school and that it is the school's job to build on what the child already knows. Looking at many practical examples of writing, the book examines how a child progresses over a school year. Through Writing to Reading: Classroom Strategies for Supporting Literacy Hardback | Paperback Brigid Smith Brigid Smith shows how to exploit the links between writing and reading to give children the all-important experience of literacy. Whilst emphasising reading enjoyment, she relates her approach to assessment and the National Curriculum. ‘This is an excellent book which should help every teacher of young children to be even more successful in teaching the skills of both reading and writing to their children.’ - Child Education

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