| Description |
x, 155 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Schooling, diversity, and literacy education -- 1. Literacy in the preschool: children, teachers, and families -- 2. Development, diversity, and literacy: toward common ground -- pt. 2. Literacy, children, and teaching -- 3. Physical, action, power: the roots of literacy for young children -- 4. Scribble scrabble: tensions of form and function -- 5. Contemporary childhood: literacy in a child's world -- pt. 3. Widening circles of literacy -- 6. Literacy and schooling: the perspectives of teachers -- 7. Parents and families: new voices in literacy education. |
| Subject |
Language arts (Preschool) -- United States -- Case studies.
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City children -- Education (Preschool) -- United States -- Case studies.
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Literacy -- United States -- Case studies.
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| Added Title |
Learning to read and write |
| ISBN |
0807738832 cloth alkaline paper |
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0807738824 paperback alkaline paper |
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