Module Information

Module Identifier
ED31520
Module Title
LITERACY IN YOUNG CHILDREN
Academic Year
2008/2009
Co-ordinator
Dr Rosemary O Cann
Semester
Semester 1
Other Staff
 

Course Delivery

Delivery Type Delivery length / details
Seminars / Tutorials 10 Hours.
Lecture 10 Hours.
 

Assessment

Assessment Type Assessment length / details Proportion
Semester Assessment Continuous Assessment: 2 x Assignments of approximately 2,500 words  100%
Supplementary Assessment All failed or missing elements of assessment to be re-taken or made good. 

Learning Outcomes


At the end of this module students should be able to:

  • critically evaluate the development of literacy in young children within a given framework;
  • acknowledge and assess the implications of literacy development for teaching and learning;
  • examine and explain the reasons for a literature-based curriculum in infant schools.

Brief description


This module focuses on the centrality of the language and literacy process in its mediating role for the teacher and the young child. It examines the role of literacy in various cultures, with particular emphasis on literacy in the bilingual context, and considers the skills necessary for the development of language and literacy in young children.

Aims


  • To offer a framework within which the development of literacy in young children is said to occur
  • To consider how the acquisition of literacy has implications for teaching and learning
  • To outline the various reasons put forward to justify a literature-based curriculum in infant schools

Content


Lectures are based on the following topics, while specific aspects of each topic will be considered in greater detail during seminar discussions:

  • Introduction: Concepts of literacy
  • Excursions into literacy: pre-school and early-years experiences
  • Literacy and the school curriculum
  • The nature of narrative: using literature in the classroom and the concept of the real reader
  • The development of reading (1): Approaches and methods
  • The development of reading (2): Reading materials
  • Reading to learn - non-fiction and other information materials
  • The beginnings of writing
  • The development of writing
  • Multimedia literacy - the Internet and beyond

Reading List

General Text
(1989.) Apprenticeship in action :teachers write about `Read with me': a collection /edited by Liz Waterland. Thimble Press Primo search (2000.) Curriculum guidance for the foundation stage :early years practitioners /DFEE QCA Publications Primo search (1992.) New readings :contributions to an understanding of literacy /edited by Keith Kimberley, Margaret Meek and Jane Miller. A & C Black Primo search (1987.) Readers, texts, teachers /Bill Corcoran and Emrys Evans (editors). Open University Press Primo search (1990.) Reading for real /edited by Barrie Wade. Open University Press Primo search (1997 (various p) Reading under control :teaching reading in the primary school /edited by Judith Graham and Alison Kelly. David Fulton Primo search (2000.) Reading under control :teaching reading in the primary school /edited by Judith Graham and Alison Kelly. David Fulton Publishers in association with the University of Surrey, Roehampton Primo search (2005.) Teaching speaking and listening in the primary school /Elizabeth Grugeon .. ... [et al.]. David Fulton Primo search (1998.) Teaching speaking and listening in the primary school :literacy through oracy /Elizabeth Grugeon ... [et al.]. David Fulton Primo search (2001.) The national literacy strategy :framework for teaching. DFEE Primo search (1998.) The national literacy strategy :framework for teaching. DFEE Primo search (1994.) The prose and the passion :children and their reading /edited by Morag Styles, Eve Bearne and Victor Watson. Cassell Primo search (1991.) The reading book /edited by Myra Barrs and Anne Thomas. Centre for Language in Primary Education Primo search (2001.) The reading for real handbook /edited by Colin Harrison and Martin Coles. RoutledgeFalmer Primo search (1992.) The reading for real handbook /edited by Colin Harrison and Martin Coles. Routledge Primo search (1996.) Young people's reading at the end of the century /Children's Literature Research Centre, Roehamton Institute. Roehampton Institute Primo search Beard, Roger. (1990.) Developing reading 3-13 /Roger Beard. Hodder and Stoughton Primo search Bennett, Jill (1991.) Learning to read with picture books /Jill Bennett. Thimble Press Primo search Bettelheim, Bruno. (1995.) Good enough parent :guide to bringing up your child /Bruno Bettelheim. Thames & Hudson Primo search Campbell, Robin (1996.) Literacy in nursery education /Robin Campbell. Trentham Books Primo search Campbell, Robin (1995.) Reading in the early years handbook /Robin Campbell. Open University Press Primo search Campbell, Robin (1992.) Reading real books /Robin Campbell. Open University Press Primo search Campbell, Robin (1990.) Reading together /Robin Campbell. Open University Press Primo search Carter, Dennis. (1998.) Teaching poetry in the primary school :perspectives for a new generation /Dennis Carter. David Fulton Primo search Chambers, Aidan. (1993.) Tell me : children, reading & talk /Aidan Chambers. Thimble Primo search Chambers, Aidan. (1991.) The reading environment /Aidan Chambers. Thimble Press Primo search Creber, J. W. Patrick. (1990.) Thinking through English /Paddy Creber. Open University Press Primo search Dias, Patrick. (1988.) Developing a response to poetry /Patrick Dias and Michael Hayhoe. Open University Press Primo search Fenwick, Geoff. (1990.) Teaching children's literature in the primary school /Geoff Fenwick. Fulton Primo search Fry, Donald. (1985.) Children talk about books :seeing themselves as readers /Donald Fry. Open University Press Primo search Hall, Nigel. (1987.) The emergence of literacy /Nigel Hall. Hodder and Stoughton in association with the United Kingdom Reading Association Primo search Hollindale, Peter. (1988.) Ideology and the children's book. Thimble Primo search Inglis, Fred. (1981.) The promise of happiness :value and meaning in children's fiction /Fred Inglis. Cambridge University Press Primo search Littlefair, Alison B. (1991.) Reading all types of writing :the importance of genre and register for reading development /Alison B. Littlefair. Open University Press Primo search Mallett, Margaret. (1992.) Making facts matter :reading non-fiction 5-11 /Margaret Mallett. P.Chapman Pub. Primo search Mallett, Margaret. (1994.) Reading non-fiction in the primary years :a language and learning approach /Margaret Mallett. National Association for the Teaching of English Primo search Martin, Tony (1994.) Readers and texts in the primary years /Tony Martin and Bob Leather. Open University Press Primo search Meek, Margaret (1988.) How texts teach what readers learn /Margaret Meek. Thimble Press Primo search Meek, Margaret (1994.) Learning to read /Margaret Meek. Bodley Head Primo search Meek, Margaret (1991.) On being literate /Margaret Meek. Bodley Head Primo search Miller, Linda (1995.) Towards reading :literacy development in the pre-school years /Linda Miller. Open University Press Primo search Stephens, John (1992.) Language and ideology in children's fiction /John Stephens. Longman Primo search Waterland, Liz. (1994.) Not a perfect offering :a new school year /Liz Waterland. Thimble Press Primo search Waterland, Liz. (1988.) Read with me :an apprenticeship approach to reading /Liz Waterland. Thimble Primo search Wray, David (1989.) Literacy in action /by David Wray, Wendy Bloom and Nigel Hall. Falmer Primo search Recommended Text
ACAC (1996) Desirable Outcomes for Children's learning before compulsory school age http://accac.org.uk/uploads/documents/110.pdf This can be downloaded free from here or copies are also available in the library ACAC

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6