Literacy, families and learning

Practical, timely & sound advice on literacy, learning, families & education for parents, media, teachers & students

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Understanding and Developing Creativity

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1. What is creativity? I have written before about the way we define and develop creativity ( here ), and pointed out that can be defined ...
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Friday, August 20, 2010

2010 Australian Children's Book Council Awards Announced

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The Children's Book Council Australia today announced the winners of its 2010 book of the year awards. This coincides with the start of...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

250 Great Children's Books

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A couple of months ago I wrote a post on the ' Top 100 Children's Books ' in which I offered to produce a list of over 200 of my...
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Friday, August 6, 2010

Digital Storytelling

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What is Digital Storytelling? Digital Storytelling is a relatively new term that has varied meanings. It began as a way for people to tell...
Thursday, July 29, 2010

Notable Children's Poetry Books in 2010

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The Children's Literature Assembly (CLA) of the National Council of Teachers of English ( NCTE ) in the USA exists to promote the cen...
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Thursday, July 22, 2010

Visual Literacy

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I'm not too keen on the invention of new forms of 'literacy', because it always seems to devalue or break down the significance ...
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Trevor Cairney
I am a Professor of Education at The University of Sydney, Australia. I have spent a large part of my adult life as a teacher, academic, researcher and senior university administrator. My interests are varied, including how children learn language and literacy, the nature and construction of meaning, curriculum, pedagogy, and adult learning.
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