Handbook of Early Childhood Literacy

Abstract

PART ONE: PERSPECTIVES ON EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY The Emergence of Early Childhood Literacy - Julia Gillen and Nigel Hall Postcolonial Perspectives on Childhood and Literacy - Radhika Viruru Gender and Early Childhood Literacy - Elaine Millard Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Literacy - Aria Razfar and Kris Guti[ac]errez The Sociocultural Influence PART TWO: EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY IN FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND CULTURES Researching Young Children's Out-of-School Literacy Practices - Michele Knobel and Colin Lankshear Language, Literacy and Community - Patricia Baquedano-Lopez The Out-of-School Schooling of Literacy - Eve Gregory and Charmian Kenner Literacy Within Family Life - Trevor H. Cairney Family Literacy Programmes - Peter Hannon Early Childhood Literacy and Popular Culture - Jackie Marsh Film and Television - Muriel Robinson and Margaret Mackey PART THREE: EARLY MOVES IN LITERACY Moving into Literacy - Lesley Lancaster How It All Begins Perspectives on Making Meaning - Gunther Kress The Differential Principles and Means of Adults and Children Brain Activity, Genetics and Learning to Read - Gerald Coles Becoming Biliterate - Charmian Kenner and Eve Gregory Playing the Storyteller - Carol Fox Some Principles for Learning Literacy in the Early Years of Schooling Uncovering the Key Skills of Reading - Roger Beard Phonology and Learning to Read - Rhona Stainthorp Young Children's Literacy Meaning Making - Miriam Martinez, Nancy Roser and Caitlin Dooley Verbal and Visual Literacy - Maria Nikolajeva The Role of Picturebooks in the Reading Experience of Young Children Textbooks and Early Childhood Literacy - Alan Luke, Victoria Carrington and Cushla Kapitzke The Nature of Young Children's Authoring - Deborah Wells Rowe The Development of Spelling - Patricia L. Scharer and Jerry Zutell Writing the World - Frances Christie PART FOUR: LITERACY IN PRESCHOOL SETTINGS AND SCHOOLS Talk and Discourse in Formal Learning Settings - Joanne Larson and Shira May Peterson Effective Literacy Teaching in the Early Years of School - Kathy Hall A Review of Evidence Creating Positive Literacy Learning Environments in Early Childhood - Laurie Makin Computers and Early Literacy Education - Linda D. Labbo and David Reinking Critical Literacy - Barbara Comber What Does it Look Like in the Early Years? Finding Literacy - Sharon Murphy A Review of Research on Literacy Assessment in Early Childhood PART FIVE: RESEARCHING EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY Methodologies in Research on Young Children and Literacy - David Bloome and Laurie Katz Feminist Methodologies and Research for Early Childhood Literacies - Jeanette Rhedding-Jones Taking a Naturalistic Viewpoint in Early Childhood Literacy Research - Brian Cambourne