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ED398571 CS012599
Title: Children and Books in the Modern World: Contemporary Perspectives on Literacy.
Author(s): Marum, Ed, Ed.
Pages: 163
Publication Date: 1996
ISBN: 0-7507-0543-4
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC07 Plus Postage.
Availability: Falmer Press, Taylor & Francis, 1900 Frost Road, Suite 101, Bristol, PA 19007-1598 (hardcover: ISBN-0-7507-0542-6, $69.95; paperback: ISBN-0-7507-0543-4, $24.95).
Language: English
Document Type: Collected works--General (020); Opinion papers (120)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Pennsylvania
Journal Announcement: RIEJAN1997
This collection
of articles is concerned with contemporary attitudes and approaches
to the teaching of literacy, children's literature, and other non-book
texts and media. The collection offers practical as well as theoretical
perspectives and addresses issues of good practice as well as of
policy. It provides interdisciplinary perspectives drawn from Great
Britain, Europe, and the United States and deals with a range of
important literacy issues, including: the changing meanings and
applications of literacy in the 20th century; literature as cultural
heritage and its place in contemporary society; literature defined
in the social frame; and the quality of literacy teaching in relation
to social expectations. Following an introduction by the editor,
articles in the collection are: (1) "Literacy: Its Roller-coaster
Ride through U.S. Education" (John S. Simmons); (2) "Beyond
England's National Curriculum for English" (Ed Marum); (3)
"Core Curriculum; Cultural Heritage; Literacy: Recent Perspectives
and Trends in Norwegian Education" (Bjorg B. Gundem); (4) "How
Do We Evaluate the Literature Curriculum?: About a Social Frame
of Reference" (Gert Rijlaarsdam and Tanja Janssen); (5) "Students
as Self-assessors: Learning Experiences of Literature Teaching in
Secondary Schools" (Tanja Janssen and Gert Rijlaarsdam); (6)
"Outside Forster's Machine: Re-representing Technology in the
Age of Cyberspace" (Neil Campbell); (7) "Reading More
Than Print" (Ed Marum); and (8) "A Tentative Non-conclusion"
(Ed Marum). (NKA)
Descriptors: *Childrens Literature; *Cultural Context; Elementary
Secondary Education; Futures (of Society); Instructional Effectiveness;
Interdisciplinary Approach; *Literacy; Literature Appreciation;
*Mass Media; *Theory Practice Relationship
Identifiers: Cultural Studies; Educational Issues; *Literacy as
a Social Process; Teaching Perspectives; Text Factors
