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Autore |
Kress Gunther R. |
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Titolo |
Before writing : rethinking the paths to literacy / / Gunther Kress |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-77402-8 |
9786610141029 |
1-134-77403-6 |
1-280-14102-6 |
0-203-99269-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Language arts (Elementary) |
Reading (Elementary) |
English language - Composition and exercises - Study and teaching (Elementary) |
Literacy |
Children - Language |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Include bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Literacy identity and futures; 2 My Gawd I made it like Australia making meaning in many media; 3 Making sense of the world The seagulls are reading the newspaper; 4 Drawing letters and writing dinosaurs children's early engagement with print; 5 You made it like a crocodile a theory of children's meaning making; 6 Literacy and theories of language; 7 Teaching literacy learning literacy; 8 Futures; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the variety of objects which children constantly produce (drawings, cuttings-out, 'writings' and collages), Kress suggests a set of principles which reveal the underlying coherence of children's actions; actions which allow us to connect them with attempts to make meaning before they acquire language and |
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