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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783625703321

Autore

Millard Elaine

Titolo

Differently literate : boys, girls, and the schooling of literacy / / Elaine Millard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Washington, D.C. : , : Falmer Press, , 1997

ISBN

1-135-71387-1

1-135-71388-X

1-280-40614-3

0-203-16315-X

0-203-48637-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

372.6/0941

Soggetti

Language arts - Great Britain

Reading - Great Britain

English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching - Great Britain

Literacy - Great Britain

Sex differences in education - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-205) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Considering Gender and Literacy Research; The Influence of Gender on Schooling; The Teaching of Reading and Writing in School and Its Legacy; The Research Evidence; Pupils' Choice of Narrative Pleasures; How Do They Read?; Reading Beyond the Pleasure Principle; Reading into Writing; Analysis and Recommendations; Making Connections from Theory to Practice; From Research to Practice: A Concluding Summarywith Suggestions for the Organization of Work in the Classroom

Examples of Unstructured Stories of Reading Transcribed from Children's Work Collected in the Pilot StudyExamples of Story Openings Collected in the Second Phase of the Study and Analysed in Chapter 6; Titles of Books Recorded in the Questionnaires as Well Liked; References; Index



Sommario/riassunto

Presents research into the differences in boys' and girls' experiences of the reading and writing curriculum at home and in school. The book includes an outline of the theoretical debates on gender difference and academic achievement.