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The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents an authoritative distillation of current global knowledge related to the field of primary years literacy studies.

• Features chapters that conceptualize, interpret, and synthesize relevant research
• Critically reviews past and current research in order to influence future directions in the field of literacy
• Offers literacy scholars an international perspective that recognizes and anticipates increasing diversity in literacy practices and cultures

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The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents a careful distillation of the current research in the field of primary years literacy studies. Well known contributors critically review and synthesize seminal studies on various themes, offer fresh perspectives and conceptualizations, and point to new directions for further investigation and study. Chapters vividly illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary educational thinking and research on literacy by offering perspectives from a wide range of disciplines--from aesthetics and anthropology to cultural psychology and curriculum theory. Literacy topics are addressed in three sections, namely 'society, culture, and community', 'school, culture, and pedagogy', and 'teachers, culture, and identity'. In presenting cutting-edge knowledge on all aspects of literacy learning in the primary/elementary school years, the International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture provides an essential resource for scholars, educators, and researchers in charting the future of the increasingly important field of literacy in the 21st century.

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The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents a careful distillation of the current research in the field of primary years literacy studies. Well known contributors critically review and synthesize seminal studies on various themes, offer fresh perspectives and conceptualizations, and point to new directions for further investigation and study. Chapters vividly illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary educational thinking and research on literacy by offering perspectives from a wide range of disciplines--from aesthetics and anthropology to cultural psychology and curriculum theory. Literacy topics are addressed in three sections, namely 'society, culture, and community', 'school, culture, and pedagogy', and 'teachers, culture, and identity'. In presenting cutting-edge knowledge on all aspects of literacy learning in the primary/elementary school years, the International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture provides an essential resource for scholars, educators, and researchers in charting the future of the increasingly important field of literacy in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork. She is co-editor of Learning and Practice: Culture and Identities (2008) and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read: Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy (2010), and co-author of Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience (2010). Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University. She is co-author of Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers (2012) and co-editor of Creative Learning 3-11 (2008). Barbara Comber is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. She is co-editor of The Hawke Legacy: Towards a Sustainable Society (2009) and Literacies in Place: Teaching Environmental Communication (2007). Luis C. Moll is Professor in the Language, Reading and Culture Program of the College of Education, University of Arizona. He is co-editor of Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms (2005), which received the 2006 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association.

Table of Contents

Notes on Contributors ix List of Reviewers xxvii Foreword xxix Kris D. Gutiérrez Editors' Introduction: Literacy, Learning, and Culture xxxvii Kathy Hall, Teresa Cremin, Barbara Comber, and Luis C. Moll Part I Society, Culture, and Community 1 Literacies in Homes and Communities 3
Kate Pahl and Cathy Burnett 2 Critical Multimodal Literacies: Synergistic Options and Opportunities 15
Margaret Mackey and Margaret Shane 3 Books, Toys, and Tablets: Playing and Learning in the Age of Digital Media 28
Helen Nixon and Erica Hateley 4 Literacy Education in the Age of New Media 42
Bill Green and Catherine Beavis 5 Connecting with Parents and the Community in an Urban Primary School: Creative Partnerships to Build Literacy/ies 54
Pat Thomson and Johanne Clifton 6 At Home and at School: Bridging Literacy for Children from Poor Rural or Marginalized Urban Communities 67
Celia R. Rosemberg, Alejandra Stein, and Florencia Alam 7 Temporality, Trajectory, and Early Literacy Learning 83
Catherine Compton-Lilly 8 'This is a Job for Hazmat Guy!': Global Media Cultures and Children's Everyday Lives 96
Victoria Carrington and Clare Dowdall 9 Literacy as Shared Consciousness: A Neurocultural Analysis 108
Alicia Curtin and Kathy Hall 10 An Ethnographic Long Look: Language and Literacy Over Time and Space in Alaska Native Communities 121
Perry Gilmore and Leisy Wyman 11 Understanding English Language Learners' Literacy from a Cultural Lens: An Asian Perspective 139
Guofang li 12 Exploring Multiple Literacies from Homes and Communities: A Cross-cultural Comparative Analysis 155
Iliana Reyes and Moisés Esteban-Guitart 13 Funds of Knowledge in Changing Communities 172
Luis C. Moll, Sandra L. Soto-Santiago, and Lisa Schwartz 14 The Hand of Play in Literacy Learning 184
Shirley Brice Heath Part II School, Culture, and Pedagogy 15 Building Word and World Knowledge in the Early Years 201
Susan B. Neuman, Ashley M. Pinkham, and Tanya Kaefer 16 The Unfulfilled Pedagogical Promise of the Dialogic in Writing: Intertextual Writing Instruction for Diverse Settings 215
Rebecca Jesson, Judy Parr, and Stuart McNaughton 17 Reading Engagement Research: Issues and Challenges 228
Sue Ellis and Cassandra S. Coddington 18 Opening the Classroom Door to Children's Literature: A Review of Research 241
Evelyn Arizpe, Maureen Farrell, and Julie McAdam 19 Writing in Childhood Cultures 258
Anne Haas Dyson and Sophie Dewayani 20 Children's and Teachers' Creativity In and Through Language 275
Teresa Cremin and Janet Maybin 21 Educational Dialogues 291
Karen Littleton and Neil Mercer 22 Literacy and Curriculum: Language and Knowledge in the Classroom 304
Peter Freebody, Eveline Chan, and Georgina Barton 23 The Digital Challenge 319
Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Guy Merchant 24 Digital Literacies in the Primary Classroom 333
Rachael Levy, Dylan Yamada-Rice, and Jackie Marsh 25 Developing Online Reading Comprehension: Changes, Challenges, and Consequences 344
Bernadette Dwyer 26 Hybrid Literacies in a Post-hybrid World: Making a Case for Navigating 359
Elizabeth Birr Moje 27 Official Literacy Practices Co-construct Racialized Bodies: Three Key Ideas to Further Integrate Cultural and 'Racially Literate' Research 373
Karl Kitching 28 Emotional Investments and Crises of Truth: Gender, Class, and Literacies 388
Stephanie Jones and Kristy Shackelford 29 What Does Human Geography Have To Do With Classrooms? 400
Margaret Sheehy 30 Space, Place, and Power: The Spatial Turn in Literacy Research 412
Kathy A. Mills and Barbara Comber Part III Teachers, Culture, and Identity 31 On Becoming Teachers: Knowing and Believing 427
Jennifer I. Hathaway and Victoria J. Risko 32 Reforming How We Prepare Teachers to Teach Literacy: Why? What? How? 440
Brian Cambourne and Julie Kiggins 33 Teachers' Literate Identities 456
Toni Gennrich and Hilary Janks 34 Constructing a Collective Identity: Professional Development for Twenty-first Century Pedagogy 469
Catherine M. Weber and Taffy E. Raphael 35 Raising Literacy Achievement Levels through Collaborative Professional Development 485
Eithne Kennedy and Gerry Shiel 36 Teacher Research on Literacy: Turning Around to Students and Technology 499
Christopher S. Walsh and Barbara Kamler Index 515

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