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Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences: Harry Potter and Beyond book cover

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Children's Literacy Practices and Preferences Harry Potter and Beyond

By Jane Sunderland, Steven Dempster, Joanne Thistlethwaite Copyright 2016
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge
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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 girls alike, but has also been constructed in popular and media discourses as a children’s, particularly a boys’, literacy... Read more

1. Children’s Literacies, ‘Reading Failure’, and Gender 2. Enter Harry Potter: the Series 3. Pottermania: Media Claims and Empirical Studies 4. Researching Children’s Literacy in Schools 5. Responses to the Harry Potter Book Series 6. Reading Practices 7. Reading and Learning beyond Harry Potter 8. Fan Practice 9. Boys’ Literacies? 10. Conclusion

Biography

Steven Dempster is a Lecturer in Higher Education in the Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK.

Jane Sunderland is an Honorary Reader in Gender and Discourse in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK.

Joanne Thistlethwaite has recently gained her PhD in the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, UK.

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