Reinventing Curriculum : a Complex Perspective on Literacy and Writing.

In this book, Linda Laidlaw explores the questions: What happens when children begin to write? Why is it that the teaching and practice of writing seems at times to be difficult in schools? How might teachers work differently to create more inviting spaces for developing literacy? The premise is tha...

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2005.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover
  • Title
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter one Terra incognita: unmapping literary curriculum
  • Chapter two New maps: complexity, learning and writing
  • Chapter three Rereading maps of literacy and language: a tangled history
  • Chapter four Entering the woods: writing, interpretation, identity
  • Chapter five Uncovering the bones of a complex pedagogy for writing and literacy
  • Afterword
  • Endnotes
  • References
  • Index.