Australian Journal of Language and Literacy articles from October 2001

Australian Journal of Language and Literacy archives from October 2001

Editors' introduction.(Brief Article)
October 1, 2001... Six-year-old Christine was reading a book about sea creatures in her classroom. She read softly to herself, `Dolphins live the whole time in the sea'. She put the book down and to no-one in particular said, `Oh yeah? Sometimes they jump in the...

Critical literacy: power and pleasure with language in the early years.
October 1, 2001... In Australia, critical literacy enjoys a new prominence in most state curriculum frameworks. Internationally it is being explored by a joint Critical Literacy Task Force (an International Reading Association and National Council of Teachers of...

Young children as critical consumers.
October 1, 2001... Why focus on critical literacy with young children? Culture, knowledge and what it means to be literate are constantly shifting in response to social, economic and political changes. Knowledge is no longer viewed as a fixed body of `truth'...

Drama: Ways into critical literacy in the early childhood years.
October 1, 2001... Drama as pedagogy (a teaching/learning methodology) Views about what drama is differ among members of educational communities so an explanation of what is meant here by `drama' is needed. The kind of drama discussed here is also called...

That's not fair!: critical literacy as unlimited semiosis.
October 1, 2001... Cinder Edna (Jackson, 1994) lived next-door to Cinderella. She also had a wicked stepmother and evil stepsisters, but took a more proactive `can do' approach to life. While Cinderella moped among the cinders trying to warm herself, Cinder Edna...

Play and Literacy in Children's Worlds.
October 1, 2001... Play and Literacy in Children's Worlds Bronwyn Beecher and Leonie Arthur Primary English Teaching Association, Newtown, Australia. 2001, 111 pages, $20.00 PETA members, $27.00 non-members `Play provides a supportive environment in which...