Books in the Language & Literacy series

Featuring contributions from teachers and researchers, this work opens new territory on the topics of the intersection of race with literacy research and practice.

Formative and design experiments represent a methodology suited for educational research in general and literacy research in particular. This work addresses questions like what is the origin of formative and design experiments and how do they compare to other approaches to investigating interventions in classrooms?

This is a textbook about the beliefs, issues, and practices at the forefront of literacy education - from language, ethnic, and academic diversity, to social construction of meaning and knowledge. Commentaries by literacy scholars provide an expanded perspective on the many issues raised.

This text provides insights into how elementary students think and talk about science. It provides a window into the children's thinking about the world, enabling the reader to see how students build complex theories, identify important questions and begin to enter the world of science.

This study uses research on literacy outside of school to challenge how we think about literacy inside of school. It seeks to bridge the divide in the literature between formal education and the many informal settings - homes, after-school programmes - in which literacy learning flourishes.