Australian Journal of Language and Literacy articles from February 2005

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy archives from February 2005

Editorial introduction.(Editorial)
February 1, 2005... This first issue for the year, which is, of course, put together around Christmas time, looks a little like a Christmas box, full of varied and exciting possibilities. We open with a challenging and thought-provoking dissertation by Guy...

Seeing forward looking back: the New Zealand literacy picture.
February 1, 2005... The role of code and cipher As long ago as the sixties and seventies, and before, New Zealand educators had children 'sound out' and engage in verbal games that had them phonemically segment words. The NZ Department of Education's 'Blue...

Young children engage with the metafictive in picture books.(trends of childrens' literature)
February 1, 2005... Changes in contemporary picture books: Postmodernism, metafiction and radical change Today's children live in a multimedia world characterised by fragmentation, juxtaposition of differing forms, and an ever-increasing diversity of symbolic...

Young people choose: adolescents' text pleasures.(trends of young adult literature)
February 1, 2005... I have a real passion for movies. I read movie magazines. I read books about movies... I've seen quite a few movies and would be able to tell you a fair bit about most movies. (David, year 9, aged 15) David, we can be confident, will be a...

Kindergarten connections: a study of intertextuality and its links with literacy in the kindergarten classroom.
February 1, 2005... Introduction Intertextuality is the human phenomenon of making connections between texts. It has been studied from many academic perspectives (Worton & Still, 1990). Increased understanding and learning can result from intertextual...

Deconstructing binary oppositions in literacy discourse and pedagogy.
February 1, 2005... This is my personal position statement in an attempt to reconcile three salient polarities within the field of literacy learning throughout the latter half of the twentieth century to the present. While I am an Australian educator, these key...