International Handbook Of Research On Children'S Literacy, Learning And Culture

The International Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents a careful distillation of the current state of the art knowledge related to the field of primary and elementary literacy studies. Drawing on a rich array of global research on the nature and development of reading proficiency, original chapters critically review seminal studies on various literacy themes while pointing to new directions for further investigation and study. Chapters vividly illustrate the interdisciplinary nature of contemporary educational thinking and research by offering perspectives from across a wide range of disciplines-from aesthetics and anthropology to cultural psychology and curriculum theory.

Myriad literacy topics are addressed in sections relating to society, culture, and community; school, culture, and pedagogy; teachers, culture, and identity; and new directions and emergent issues.

Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork.

Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) at the Open University.

Luis C. Moll is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies of the College of Education, University of Arizona.

Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork. She is co-editor of Learning and Practice: Culture and Identities (2008) and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read: Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy (2010), and co-author of Loris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience (2010).

Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University. She is co-author of Writing Voices: Creating Communities of Writers (2012) and co-editor of Creative Learning 3-11 (2008).

Barbara Comber is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. She is co-editor of The Hawke Legacy: Towards a Sustainable Society (2009) and Literacies in Place: Teaching Environmental Communication (2007).

Luis C. Moll is Professor in the Language, Reading and Culture Program of the College of Education, University of Arizona. He is co-editor of Funds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms (2005), which received the 2006 Critics’ Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association.