{"product_id":"making-literacy-real-theories-and-practices-for-learning-and-teaching-9781446295397","title":"Making Literacy Real: Theories and Practices for Learning and Teaching","description":"\u003cp\u003eOffering an overview of the major fields in literacy studies, this book presents a detailed and accessible discussion of key theories and their relevance in the primary classroom.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach chapter uses a real life case study to explore the application of theory in practice, followed by a detailed discussion of the case study material by a leading name in the field, including contributions from Barbara Comber, Michele Knobel, Colin Lankshear, Gunther Kress, Brian Street, Kevin Leander and Patricia Enciso.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe text also offers reflections on theoretical foundations for research, exploring literacy as a practice grounded in social, cultural, historical and political contexts and in relationships of power. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This second edition includes: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew chapters covering digital literacy, space and play, and multimodality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamples and contributions from a range of international contexts, including US, UK, Canada, Australia and South Africa\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFurther reading links.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eEssential reading for students at undergraduate and post-graduate level on primary education courses and an invaluable guide for anyone wanting to understand literacy theory and successfully apply this to the classroom. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarson, Joanne:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJoanne Larson \u003c\/b\u003eis Michael W. Scandling Professor of Education and Chair of the Teaching and Curriculum program at the University of Rochester's Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, USA. She received her PhD at the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995. Larson's ethnographic research examines how language and literacy practices mediate social and power relations in literacy events in schools and communities. She is currently collaborating with Rochester community residents on a participatory action research project examining changes associated with transforming a local corner store into a cornerstone of healthy living. Her book \u003ci\u003eRadical Equality in Education: Starting Over in US Schooling\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2014) makes the case for beginning with assumptions of equality instead of inequality in education. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eLiteracy as Snake Oil: Beyond the Quick Fix, Second Edition \u003c\/i\u003e(Lang, 2007) and co-editor with Jackie Marsh of \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Early Childhood Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e (Sage, 2013). Larson′s journal publications include research articles in \u003ci\u003eResearch in the Teaching of English\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWritten Communication: Linguistics and Education\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Childhood Literacy, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Discourse and Society\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarsh, Jackie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJackie Marsh \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Education at the University of Sheffield, UK, where she conducts research on young children′s play and digital literacy practices in homes, communities and early years settings and primary schools. Her most recent publications include \u003ci\u003eChanging Play: Play, Media and Commercial Culture from the 1950s to the Present Day\u003c\/i\u003e (with Bishop, 2014) and \u003ci\u003eHandbook of Early Childhood Literacy \u003c\/i\u003e(edited with Larson, 2013). Jackie is an editor of the \u003ci\u003eJournal of Early Childhood Literacy\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50466180333842,"sku":"9781446295397","price":54.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b8892212-c445-4474-acbd-afdb9b17be47.jpg?v=1730115953","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/making-literacy-real-theories-and-practices-for-learning-and-teaching-9781446295397","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}