Australian Journal of Language and Literacy articles from October 2000

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy archives from October 2000

Editors' introduction.
October 1, 2000... This issue, the last for 2000, brings to you are range of interesting research and views. Readers will note that it is a smaller issue with only four articles. This is because the June issue was a `bumper issue' with five rather long articles....

Computers, video games, and literacy: What do girls think?(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2000... Introduction Compared with students of any past era, students in today's schools are members of a globalised, post-modern society that gives them different frameworks by which to interpret and navigate the world. Their views both of...

Teaching reading: Oral reading practices as a pedagogical tool in the primary school.
October 1, 2000... Since the turn of the century there has been an ongoing debate about what reading is, why it should be valued and how best to teach it. This has resulted in a number of different theories of reading, each of which has influenced the way reading...

A Queensland perspective on assessment in the early years: Teacher perceptions and use of the Reading Developmental Continuum.
October 1, 2000... The Queensland context In 1993, the Queensland Government commissioned a review of the Queensland school curriculum. The resulting Report of the Review of the Queensland School Curriculum: Shaping the Future (Wiltshire et al. 1994)...

Multiple literacies in early childhood: What do families and communities think about their children's early literacy learning?
October 1, 2000... Research has highlighted the importance of recognising the preschool years as a crucial time for literacy development (see Heath 1982, Harste et al. 1984, Wells 1985, Teale & Suzby 1986, Clay 1991, Hill et al. 1998). This recognition emphasises...

Hyperlearning, Where Projects, Inquiry and Technology Meet.(Review)
October 1, 2000... Hyperlearning, Where Projects, Inquiry and Technology Meet Jeffrey D. Wilhelm and Paul D. Friedemann with Julie Erickson Stenhouse Publishers, York, Maine, 1998, 173 pp., $34.00 Information and communication technologies by themselves do...