Literacies in Early Childhood: Foundations for Equitable, Quality Pedagogy

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Annette Woods (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology) Beryl Exley (Professor, Professor, Griffith University)

Literacies in Early Childhood

Foundations for Equitable, Quality Pedagogy

Annette Woods (Associate Professor, Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology), Beryl Exley (Professor, Professor, Griffith University)

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OUP Australia and New Zealand
05 December 2019

Schools; Educational: English language & literacy

A collection of expert voices on the theoretical frameworks and approaches for teaching literacy in the early childhood years. Literacies in Early Childhood: Foundations for Equity and Quality is a rigorous and engaging foundational text that offers access to a broad range of voices and perspectives on quality literacy learning and teaching, and on how equity and literacy come together in education. It takes a deliberately balanced approach to literacy learning in early childhood education, and values the child as a learner and respects the teacher as a professional. Structured across four parts, it aims to open discussion and encourage quality and equity in literacy education across schools and early childhood education contexts. Part 1, Understandings of Literacy, provides a foundation for thinking about definitions of literacies. Part 2, Transitions, Quality and Equity, offers a range of theoretical tools and practical examples of how teachers, educators and diverse groups of students can work together. Part 3, Practical Considerations and Theoretical Conundrums, focuses on the engagement of young children in literacy learning, offering case studies and examples from contemporary research and practice. The final part, The Intellectual and Political Work of Literacy Teaching, analyses what it means to be a literacy teacher in today’s contexts.KEY FEATURES: A broad coverage and range of expert voices draws together the best literacy researchers across early childhood and primaryA multi-authored book allows for diverse perspectives on contemporary issues in literacy and educationCovers the birth-8 age range providing balanced consideration of ECE and early primary with experts drawn from both fieldsFocuses on equity and social justice as key components of thinking about literacy teaching and learningCase studies provide real-world examples and help students make the theory to practice connection.

By: Annette Woods (Associate Professor Associate Professor Queensland University of Technology), Beryl Exley (Professor, Professor, Griffith University)
Imprint: OUP Australia and New Zealand
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 244mm, Width: 203mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 786g
ISBN: 9780190305147
ISBN 10: 0190305142
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 05 December 2019
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Annette Woods is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. She teaches and researches in the areas of literacies, social justice, curriculum, pedagogy and assessment, and school reform. Her current research projects include a sociomaterial investigation into learning to write in the early years of school; a study of the implications of bringing literacy and sustainability together as children in kindergarten name their worlds, and research with teacher researcher partners on bringing imagination as a concept to the curriculum. She was a teacher across early childhood, primary and adult literacy contexts for many years before entering the academy. In 2018-2019 she was the President of the national research body, Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE). Beryl Exley is a Professor who works as a teaching and research academic within the School of Education and Professional Studies at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia. She is an experienced early years and primary years classroom teacher and teacher educator with an interest in English Curriculum and Literacies Education. She has authored and co-authored numerous chapters and journal articles on literacy as a social justice issue and pedagogical approaches for high quality learning and teaching in schooling. Beryl has served on the National Council of the Australian Literacy Educators' Association since 2005 and is currently the National President (2018-2019). She is also past-chair of the International Development in Oceania Committee, a standing committee of the International Literacy Association.