Abstract

This paper will explore aspects of past practice and belief and how relevant these are to the future. New Zealand Curriculum guidelines for English will be examined in relation to best practice. Oral and visual texts will be discussed, as will the blurring of the boundaries between written and visual text with examples from picture books and graphic novels. Issues of cultural inclusion, authenticity, censorship and intertextuality will be related to selected texts and to popular culture. (Contains 19 references.) (Author/RS) Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. Page 1 of 11 AUCKLAND COLLEGE OF EDUCATION TE KURA AKORANGA 0 TAMAKI MAKAURAU The Future of the Past: Oral and Visual Literacy and the New Zealand Curriculum Paper presented at the Eighth International Literacy and Education Research Network Conference on Learning Spetses, Greece, 4-8 July 2001 Presenter: Barbara Matthews Senior Lecturer Centre for Language and Languages Auckland College of Education b.matthews@ace.ac.nz

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