LEADER 03115oam 2200697I 450 001 9910829030003321 005 20240410080855.0 010 $a1-134-77402-8 010 $a9786610141029 010 $a1-134-77403-6 010 $a1-280-14102-6 010 $a0-203-99269-5 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203992692 035 $a(CKB)1000000000248079 035 $a(EBL)235084 035 $a(OCoLC)475942103 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000109742 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11138158 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109742 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10068772 035 $a(PQKB)11143456 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC235084 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL235084 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10100200 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL14102 035 $a(OCoLC)252972351 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000248079 100 $a20180706d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBefore writing $erethinking the paths to literacy /$fGunther Kress 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (200 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-13805-1 311 $a0-415-13804-3 320 $aInclude bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 330 $aGunther 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 writing.This book provides fundamental challenges to commonly held assumptions about both language and literacy, thought and acti 606 $aLanguage arts (Elementary) 606 $aReading (Elementary) 606 $aEnglish language$xComposition and exercises$xStudy and teaching (Elementary) 606 $aLiteracy 606 $aChildren$xLanguage 615 0$aLanguage arts (Elementary) 615 0$aReading (Elementary) 615 0$aEnglish language$xComposition and exercises$xStudy and teaching (Elementary) 615 0$aLiteracy. 615 0$aChildren$xLanguage. 676 $a372.6 700 $aKress$b Gunther R.$0156068 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829030003321 996 $aBefore writing$93918332 997 $aUNINA