1st Edition

Sense-Making and Shared Meaning in Language and Literacy Education Designing Research-Based Literacy Programs for Children

By Sharon Murphy Copyright 2021
298 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

298 Pages 61 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This textbook provides a framework for teaching children’s language and literacy and introduces research-based tactics for teachers to use in designing their literacy programs for children. Exploring how sense-making occurs in contemporary literacy practice, Murphy comprehensively covers major topics in literacy, including contemporary multimodal literacy practices, classroom discourse, literacy... Read more

Chapter 1 A Point of Departure;  Chapter 2 Frames for Sense Making and Sharing Meaning;  Chapter 3 What Happens after "Hello"—Talk in the Language and Literacy Classroom;  Chapter 4 Tactics and Strategies: Oral Expression;  Chapter 5 Early Moves in Reading;  Chapter 6 Reading as Sense Making: Beyond the Early Years;  Chapter 7 Strategies and Tactics: Reading Expressions of Meaning;  Chapter 8 Representing Meaning;  Chapter 9 Tactics and Strategies: Representing Meaning;  Chapter 10—Pedagogical Arcs in Literary Teaching;  Chapter 11—Knowing Well and Doing Well: Responsible Literacy Assessment; 

Biography

Sharon Murphy is a professor in the Faculty of Education at York University. Her website is http://www.changingliteracy.com/.