Future Directions in Literacy

Alyson Simpson is an associate professor of English literacy education at the University of Sydney.

• About this bookAbout the conferenceAcknowledgementsReading places: creative and critical literacies for now and the futureBarbara Comber Stories from an Indigenous perspective in the reading resources mix, and the role they play in literacy success for Indigenous Australian studentsMargaret Cossey How much can we learn from literacy assessment tasks?Ann Daly University–school partnerships: literacy and students with additional learning needsDavid Evans, Criss Moore and Iva Strnadova The entry knowledge of Australian pre-service teachers in the area of phonological awareness and phonicsBarbara Fisher, Merle Bruce and Cedric Greive Building literacy education: pasts, futures, and ‘the sum of effort’Peter Freebody Conversations across borders: interactions between literacy research, policy, and practicePauline Harris Catching the reading bug: looking at how to immerse children in the literary experience using visual and textual literacyJacqueline Hicks Literacy meets technology in the primary school: symbiosis of literacy and technologyKaren McLean Looking for clarity amongst the challenges faced by teachers as they consider the role of ICT in classroom literacy learning experiencesJessica Mantei and Lisa Kervin Applying multiple literacies in Australian and Canadian contextsDiana Masny and David Cole icurricula, ipedagogies and outmoded ideologies: literacy teaching and learning in the digital eraJackie Marsh Eyes in the back of our heads: reading futures for literacy teachingJo-Anne Reid The significance of text in the teaching of reading in the early yearsKathleen Rushton Debating and public speaking as oral literacy: promoting democratic educationBenjamin Spies-Butcher Research based criteria for the design and selection of literacy and thinking toolsDavid Whitehead