Literacy and Popular Culture: Using Children′s Culture in the Classroom

by Elaine Millard, Jackie Marsh, Elaine M Millard

Book Overview

Most children engage with a range of popular cultural forms outside of school. Their experiences with film, television, computer games and other cultural texts are very motivating, but often find no place within the official curriculum, where children are usually restricted to conventional forms of literacy.

This book demonstrates how to use children′s interests in popular culture to develop literacy in the primary classroom. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761966196
• ISBN13: 9780761966197
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"