This popular text, now in its fourth edition, "unpacks" the various dimensions of literacy--linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental--and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded.
Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and "hands-on" activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures.
Changes in the Fourth Edition
* Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning
* More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner construction
* Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies
* Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text
* Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout
Author: Stephen B. Kucer
Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 2014
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0415826462
ISBN 13: 9780415826464
Dimension: Length: 6 inches, Width: 0.87 inches, Height: 9 inches
Weight: Weight: 0.7495716908 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372
This popular text, now in its fourth edition, "unpacks" the various dimensions of literacy--linguistic and other sign systems; cognitive; sociocultural; and developmental--and at the same time accounts for the interrelationships among them. Distinguished by its examination of literacy from a multidimensional and interdisciplinary perspective, it provides a strong conceptual foundation upon which literacy curriculum and instruction in school settings can be grounded.
Linking theory and research to practice in an understandable, user-friendly manner, the text provides in-depth coverage of the dimensions of literacy, includes demonstrations and "hands-on" activities, examines authentic reading and writing events that reflect key concepts, and summarizes the concepts in tables and figures.
Changes in the Fourth Edition
* Addresses academic language, new literacies/multiliteracies, and their relationship to literacy learning
* More fully develops the developmental dimension of literacy in separate chapters on adult mediation and learner construction
* Expands the discussion of multimodal literacies
* Extends and integrates the discussion of bilingualism and biliteracy throughout the text
* Integrates instructional implications more fully throughout
Author: Stephen B. Kucer
Publisher: Routledge
Publish Date: 2014
Edition: 4
ISBN: 0415826462
ISBN 13: 9780415826464
Dimension: Length: 6 inches, Width: 0.87 inches, Height: 9 inches
Weight: Weight: 0.7495716908 pounds
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 372