Exploring Children's Literature

Third Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4462-6860-5
Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 211 mm x 297 mm, Gewicht: 757 g

This book introduces the role of children's literature in promoting reading for pleasure and creating lifelong readers. Focusing on a range of fiction relevant to the National Curriculum, it covers genres such as poetry, non-fiction, traditional stories and picture books. Concepts and terminology are explained through a wide range of examples.

This revised edition includes

-Investigative activities and practical exercises for personal or classroom use
-Examples from world literature and work in translation highlighting the range of diverse material available for teaching inspiration
-Coverage of social, cultural and political reading practices to increase understanding of factors that influence children's reading experience
-Coverage of disability and equality issues to help inform teaching strategies that overcome barriers to learning.
This book is essential for students on PGCE, BEd and BA Education courses, and for teachers undertaking CPD in English, literacy or children's literature. It provides useful support material for language coordinators and literacy consultants, and can be used to support distance-learning, as an aid to self-study, or as a course text.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gamble, Nikki

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Allgemeine Didaktik Literatur, Deutsch, Fremdsprachen (Unterricht & Didaktik)
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Developing Personal Knowledge about Books
Reading for Purpose and Pleasure

Reading and Responding
Narrative, Narration and Structure

Aspects of Narrative: Character, Setting and Themes

Traditional Stories and Fairy Tales
Fantasy and Realism

Time and Place in Children's Fiction

Words and Pictures

The Pleasure of Poetry

Reviewing Book Provision and Policy: Schools and Classrooms

Über Autor(innen)

Gamble, Nikki
Nikki Gamble is Director of Just Imagine, an organisation which seeks to promote literacy using high-quality children’s literature. Formerly a university lecturer and teacher, Nikki has worked in education for 40 years. She continues to work in schools on research and development projects. Nikki is co-author of the awards winning Guiding Readers: layers of meaning (UKLA Academic Book of the Year 2017).