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Despite the interest in and the availability of literature about education in Japan, this book is a translation of the first work written in Japanese on the history of literacy in Japan.

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A practical guide to the use of computers in library-based literacy programmes. It looks at problems and successes of the introduction related to computers, as well as such issues as financial requirements, space, furniture, training and the effect on other library operations.

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This book is designed to help parents help their children to become lifelong lovers of literacy (reading and writing). The book is also written to help professors and graduate students become aware of the need for children to learn to love literacy.

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This new educational tool offers librarians and teachers an effective approach to motivate struggling students to read. It incorporates information on each genre, followed by a list of books related to that genre, a summary of each book, and lessons and activities, making reading interactive and fun!

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Obesity in a world where thin is endlessly in vogue, pros and cons of tattoos and body piercing, and family blending. Fiction and nonfiction titles, most published since 1995, were selected with curriculum connections in mind and are arranged topically.

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This book examines emergent literacy as the foundations for language instruction and seeks to relate the work of those doing research on literacy acquisition and those designing programs to facilitate children's literacy development.

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This unique book offers readers a complete review of past, present, and future adult literacy programs. They will obtain a clear understanding of how to organize a multi-level, cost-justified Work Force Education program that meets America's 21st century international productivity requirements.

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Considers what children's writing reveals about their reading experience, and how teachers can help children to become more careful and critical readers. The work also addresses issues including the relationship between oracy and literacy, and offers guidance for developing a literacy curriculum.

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Lists books designed for students who read below their grade level.

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An examination of literacy in relation to a range of technology and media, such as talking books, email, video dating, interactive multimedia and on-line materials. In each case, the writers draw on state-of-the-art research to explain the implications for educational practice and policy.

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He shuns overemphasis on methods and offers an alternative approach firmly grounded in theory and aimed at empowering teachers and students.

Courts begins with a discussion of liberatory pedagogy, drawing from whole language theory, the social semiotics of Halliday, reader-response theory, and the ideas of Heidegger and Derrida.

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He shuns overemphasis on methods and offers an alternative approach firmly grounded in theory and aimed at empowering teachers and students.

Courts begins with a discussion of liberatory pedagogy, drawing from whole language theory, the social semiotics of Halliday, reader-response theory, and the ideas of Heidegger and Derrida.

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Describing in-depth empirical investigations of factors related to adults' literacy skills, Literacy for the 21st Century summarizes the National Adult Literacy Survey.

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A comprehensive history of how American people achieved varying degrees of literacy from early colonial times to the modern era. By focusing on people rather than statistics, the study explores the many literary agents, methods and materials used at different times and places in American history.

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Technology is pushing against the linear boundaries of traditional story-telling. Moving in the direction of multiform stories and digital formats takes literacy well beyond the 3Rs. Students increasingly need to be critical and creative users of the new media. This text discusses the topic.

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Technology is pushing against the linear boundaries of traditional story-telling. Moving in the direction of multiform stories and digital formats takes literacy well beyond the 3Rs. Students increasingly need to be critical and creative users of the new media. This text discusses the topic.

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At a time when popularizers of cultural literacy are prescribing a cultural canon for the purpose of prying open the `closed minds' of American youth .

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Integrate phonics skills and high-frequency word recognition with reading of authentic texts.

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Provides a modern framework to understand literacy and its uses in homes, schools and communities, informing both research and practice.