Literacy and Education

Literacy and Education continues to be an accessible guide to current theory on literacy with practical applications in the classroom. This new edition has a new focus on the ecologies of literacy and on participatory and visual ways of researching literacy. The new edition examines- new literacy studies- material culture and literacy- digital literacies- the ecological place-based approaches to literacy education- timescales and identities and - ways in which research has moved on to inform literacy education.Classroom teachers teacher trainers and students of literacy will find this a user-friendly guide to new theory in literacy education clearly demonstrating how to implement this theory in the classroom in a way that is inclusive and listens to the students of today.