Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature

by Gordon Winch, Rosemary Ross Johnston, Paul March, et al.

Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature provides a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the principal literacy theories and show how they may be applied to everyday teaching. Classroom-tested, this leading text for English Education remains reader-friendly, practical, current, and unique in its inclusion of children's literature. This new edition of thismarket leading textbook has been updated significantly to relect the new national 'Australian Curriculum', due for release in 2011. Update include: a heavilt revised Part One, which focuses in oral language, assessment, phonics and comprehension; a new larger format with two-colour internal design to assist readability; and inclusion of the national curriculum framework, with guidance on how pre-service teachers may apply their learning to suit new and unfamiliar teaching environments and curriculum documents.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195565630
• ISBN13: 9780195565638
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 748 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 8.3" x 10.8"