Literacy Reading, Writing and Children's Literature

Your literacy guide to take into the profession, Literacy: Reading, Writing and Children's Literature, Sixth Edition, is the most comprehensive text for pre-service teachers to learn how to teach literacy. It covers the whole literacy curriculum: reading, writing, speaking, listening and viewing, and illustrates how pre-service teachers can use theory in their classrooms.

This new edition has been completely revised and streamlined to create stronger links from education to professional practice. The accessible text is rich with practical examples, classroom scenarios, and revision questions to help readers put theory into practice. Teaching examples highlight effective assessment practices and demonstrate how to teach to a range of learning abilities from beginner through to accomplished.

Gordon Winch, ,Rosemary Ross Johnston, Professor, University of Technology Sydney,Paul March, ,Leslie Ljungdahl, University of Technology Sydney,Marcelle Holliday

Professor Rosemary Johnston AM (Professor of Education and Culture) has held management positions at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and is Founding Director of the International Centre for Youth Futures.

Paul March is currently an educational consultant and has been an Associate of the International Centre for Youth Cultures, UTS. Dr March has been lecturing at UTS in primary English curriculum studies (including reading, writing, and children's literature), child drama, and communication studies.

Lesley Ljungdahl was the Coordinator of the Bachelor of Education (Primary Education) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). She taught English literacy and literature subjects in both the primary and the secondary school programs at UTS.

Marcelle Holliday taught for eighteen years in primary and demonstration schools in New South Wales and South Australia before working on the assessment of reading with the Australian Cooperative Assessment Project. Marcelle currently works as an education consultant and writer.