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Chapter 2 Literacy acquisition in the early years: past, present, future
Chapter 3 When should children start literacy learning?
Chapter 4 Family literacies and relationships with centres and schools
Chapter 5 Multiliteracies: growing the next generation of readers
Chapter 6 Diverse classrooms and learning in bilingual and multicultural/multilingual settings
Chapter 7 Effective practice and the role of teachers in supporting literacy
Chapter 8 ‘Sound’ foundations for learning literacy
Chapter 9 Uses of assessment before, during and after transition to school
Chapter 10 The first year of primary school: building of foundations
Chapter 11 Establishing a community of readers
Chapter 12 Uses of assessment in the primary school years
Chapter 13 Reading and writing in the primary school: focus on narrative writing
Chapter 14 Extending reading and writing in the senior primary school: focus on factual writing
Chapter 15 Struggling readers: issues and solutions
Chapter 1 Introduction
Ten myths of reading instruction
http://www.sedl.org/pubs/sedl-letter/v14n03/2.html
Chapter 2 Literacy acquisition in the early years: past, present, future
Brain development
Brain development
http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=key_brain
Fact sheet
Early child development
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs332/en/index.html
'Experience-based brain development: Scientific underpinnings of the importance of early childhood development in a global world'
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2528649/
How our brain develops
https://www.readtogrow.org/Content/Brain_Development_and_Literacy.asp
More about brain development
http://kera-kids.kera-interactive.org/ready-for-life/parents/early-literacy/early-literacy-videos/more-about-brain-development/
Neuroscience for Kids
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/dev.html
Video
Pam Schiller: Early brain development
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFJXifJZIMU
Fact sheet
Stages of brain development
http://www.cyf.govt.nz/documents/info-for-caregivers/fds-cd-stages-of-brain-dec11-hu.pdf
Video
The impact of early adversity on children's development http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG4Sejgtxgc
'Understanding brain development in young children' http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/yf/famsci/fs609w.htm
Reading wars
Reading between the lines: Beyond the reading wars
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01j5j2v
Video
Reading wars explained
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi0Sg7JLYDA
'The Reading Wars: Phonics versus whole language'
http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/Reading_Wars.html
Sociocultural theory and literacy
Video
Dear Teacher: A sociocultural view of literacy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5zVWyKNwRs
Video
Nourishing language development in early childhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4YPq4u1b70
Video
Play: A Vygotskian approach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SpC0INWo3o
'Sociocultural theory'
http://www.education.com/reference/article/sociocultural-theory/
Video
Vygotsky and socio-cultural theory
http://www.kidsdevelopment.co.uk/vygotskysocioculturaltheory.html
Video
Vygotsky's Developmental Theory: An introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx84h-i3w8U
Vygotsky's sociocultural theory
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php-URL_ID=26925&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
What is sociocultural theory?
http://psychology.about.com/od/developmentecourse/f/sociocultural-theory.htm
Chapter 3 When should children start literacy learning?
Helping your homeschooler learn to read
http://school.familyeducation.com/home-schooling/reading/38692.html
Language policies for Australian languages
http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/aust/policy.html
Literacy Online
http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/
Literacy Online: The Literacy Learning Progressions
http://literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Education Initiatives
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/EducationInitiatives.aspx
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Literacy research
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/
ResearchAndStatistics/LiteracyResearch.aspx
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Māori Education
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/MaoriEducation.aspx
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Researchers section
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Researchers.aspx
Reading education in the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_education_in_the_United_States
Resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander language programs
http://www.ourlanguages.net.au/resources.html
'Who set the benchmarks? Analysing the National Literacy Agenda'
http://www.aate.org.au/view_journal.php?id=90&page_id=92
Chapter 4 Family literacies and relationships with centres and schools
Better Beginnings
http://www.better-beginnings.com.au/
COMET Auckland Centre for Family Learning
http://www.cometauckland.org.nz/wawcs0160394/Centre-for-Family-Learning.html
'Family Literacy: A review of programs and critical perspectives' http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/family-literacy-a-review-of-programs-and-critical-perspectives
Video
Marilyn Stearns: Family literacy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYPLALi4nKQ
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Parents and whānau section
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents.aspx
National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org/
Video
National Center for Family Literacy Toyota Family Literacy Program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zynbfveb8Kw
Video
Nourishing Language Development in Early Childhood
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4YPq4u1b70
Chapter 5 Multiliteracies: growing the next generation of readers
Video
Karen Melhuish: Ten trends 2012: Virtual learning
http://edtalks.org/video/ten-trends-2012-virtual-learning
Video
Lorraine Taylor: Extending communities with ICT
http://edtalks.org/video/extending-communities-ict
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Literacy as social practice in ECE: An overview 'Introduction' http://www.educate.ece.govt.nz/learning/exploringPractice/Literacy/LiteracyAsSocialPracticeInECE.aspx
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Literacy as social practice in ECE: An overview 'Strategy'
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Overview of ICT programmes for schools
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/Schools/Initiatives/ICTInSchools/
ICTInitiativesAndProgrammes/OverviewOfICTProgrammesForSchools09/EffectiveTeaching.aspx
Multiliteracies
http://edpartnerships.edu.au/research_files/index/Multiliteracies/
Multiliteracy
http://multiliteracy.wetpaint.com/
Video
Nicola Yelland: Learning by design: Pedgagogy as knowledge in action
http://edtalks.org/video/learning-design-pedagogy-knowledge-action
Video
Tara Fagan: Why ICT in early childhood education?
http://edtalks.org/video/tara-fagan-why-ict-early-childhood-education
Chapter 6 Diverse classrooms and learning in bilingual and multicultural/multilingual settings
Video
Classrooms fail to make the grade
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YzngufazUM
Video
Connected classrooms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btMq0kPW2m0
Video
Effective teaching in diverse classrooms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4cU4dPOQ8
Video
Russell Bishop: A culturally responsive pedagogy of relations
http://edtalks.org/video/culturally-responsive-pedagogy-relations
Video
Soulful Journeys Australian book launch with Jaime Perris – part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgUdYto2Zi0
Video
Students explore diversity in the classroom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4t4edWXRic
Toolkit on Teaching for Diversity
http://www.oecd.org/document/27/0,3746,en_21571361_49995565_46971035_1_1_1_1,00.html
Teaching activities and related readings
http://www.pbs.org/kcts/preciouschildren/diversity/index.html
Chapter 7 Effective practice and the role of teachers in supporting literacy
Early Childhood Australia: About early literacy
http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/everyday_learning_and_play/language_and_learning/
about_early_literacy.html
Video
Early Childhood Centre – Auckland University of Technology Refugee Centre
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dl9EvBg40Y
Video
Early childhood centre helping parents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlJpB8QvLc
Video
Fraser Mustard: Early Childhood Development Centres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pDP-4HflOA
Education Review Office New Zealand: Literacy in Early Childhood Services: Teaching and Learning
http://www.ero.govt.nz/National-Reports/Literacy-in-Early-Childhood-Services-Teaching-and-Learning-February-2011/Introduction
Video
Margaret May: Don't underestimate early childhood education
http://edtalks.org/video/don%E2%80%99t-underestimate-early-childhood-education
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Curriculum and learning
http://www.educate.ece.govt.nz/learning/curriculumAndLearning.aspx
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Pathways to the Future: English plan and translations
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/EarlyChildhood/ECEStrategicPlan/
PathwaysToTheFutureEnglishPlanAndTranslations/The_Strategies.aspx
Video
Parnell Trust's two early childhood centres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uxGLBtiM7M
Video
Space, noise, overcrowding and stress in early childhood centres
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpKMzrjmlk0
Video
Sue Genefaas: ePortfolios: Are we ready?
http://edtalks.org/video/eportfolios-are-we-ready
Video
Wally Penetito: Curriculum and pedagogy
http://edtalks.org/video/curriculum-and-pedagogy
Chapter 8 'Sound' foundations for learning literacy
Video
ABC song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XEN4vtH4Ic
Alphabet knowledge and phonological awareness
http://www.accpc.ca/elp-ts-alphaphonoaware.htm
'Developing Early Literacy Skills: A meta-analysis of alphabet learning and instruction'
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2910925/
Video
Early childhood education centres make strides in Malawi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxqrNAyXSq0
Early Literacy: Policy and practice in the preschool years
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/11375/
Early writing and alphabet knowledge: Language and literacy in children aged 3–5
http://www.education.com/reference/article/writing-alphabet-literacy-three-five/
Emergent Literacy: Alphabet knowledge
http://mason.gmu.edu/~cwallac7/TAP/TEST/literacy/3.html
Video
How to teach children to read: Reading comprehension for children
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDkqGZc9o0
Phonological awareness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_awareness
Phonological awareness and other resources http://www.education.canterbury.ac.nz/people/gillon/resources.shtml
Video
REACH Workshop Series: Alphabet knowledge
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esMyG7dJu7g
Video
Reading at home: Tricks to improve reading comprehension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXijm36S_AI
Video
Training for early childhood educators
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QSLgeVATss
Chapter 9 Uses of assessment before, during and after transition to school
'A developmental approach to assessment of young children'
http://ceep.crc.uiuc.edu/eecearchive/digests/1997/katz97.html
Assessing Young Children
http://www.pbs.org/teachers/earlychildhood/articles/assessing.html
Podcast
Assessing young children, birth through third grade
http://earlyed.newamerica.net/blogposts/2012/podcast_assessing_young_children_birth_
through_third_grade-62724
'Assessing Young Children: What's old, what's new, and where are we headed?'
http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_view.aspx?ArticleID=210
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Junior Oral Language Screening Tool
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/SpecialEducation/PublicationsAndResources/
ResourcesForEducators/JuniorOralLanguageScreeningTool11908/Language_and_Literacy.aspx
NAEYC Position statements
http://www.naeyc.org/positionstatements/
Readiness and relationships: Issues in assessing young children, families, and caregivers
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/teaching/eecd/Assessment/Ongoing%20Assessment/edudev_art_00201_072505.html
Chapter 10 The first year of primary school: building of foundations
Video
Bridget Casse: Supporting thinking with our youngest learners
http://edtalks.org/video/supporting-thinking-our-youngest-learners
'Co-constructing expertise: The development of parents' and teachers' ideas about literacy practices and the transition to school'
http://ecl.sagepub.com/content/1/1/40.full.pdf
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (Victoria): Transition to School
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/earlylearning/transitionschool/
Effective transition between preschool and school
http://www.kidslife.com.au/Page.aspx?ID=1195
Video
Gaye Tyler-Merrick: Cross-sector leadership cooperation
http://edtalks.org/video/gaye-tyler-merrick-cross-sector-leadership-cooperation
Video
Irene Cooper: Practical steps towards a vision for education
http://edtalks.org/video/practical-steps-towards-vision-education
Literacy Online: The Literacy Learning Progressions (The first year) http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions/The-first-year
Ministry of Education New Zealand: How Māori learners transition to school
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leading-change/Maori-education-success/Transitioning-to-school
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Ka Hikitia – Managing for Success: The Māori Education Strategy 2008–2012
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/theMinistry/PolicyAndStrategy/KaHikitia.aspx
'Pathways over the transition to schools: Studies in family literacy practices and effective classroom concepts for Māori and Pasifika children' http://www.educationcounts.govt.nz/publications/ece/4963
Chapter 11 Establishing a community of readers
English Online
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/
English Online: Community discussions
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Community-discussions
English Online: English in the NZC
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Student-needs/English-in-the-NZC
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Te Reo Matatini Māori Medium Literacy Strategy
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/NZEducation/EducationPolicies/MaoriEducation/PolicyAndStrategy/
TeReoMatatiniMaoriMediumLiteracyStrategy.aspx
Chapter 12 Uses of assessment in the primary school years
Educational Leaders: Primary award recipients 2007
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Professional-information/Principals-sabbatical-reports/Report-archives-for-2007-2010/Primary-award-recipients-2007
How do schools develop community partnership through effective consultation and reporting procedures?
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Professional-information/Principals-sabbatical-reports/Report-archives-for-2007-2010/Primary-award-recipients-2009/Drysdale-Douglas
Looking at successful writing programmes and the way teachers use assessment information and data to enhance student writing
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Professional-information/Principals-sabbatical-reports/Primary-award-recipients-2011/Campbell-Linda
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Assessment tool selector home page
http://toolselector.tki.org.nz/
Video
Rosemary Hipkins: Deepening understandings of key competencies
http://edtalks.org/video/deepening-understandings-key-competencies
Video
Using data to inform school development at Mairehau Primary School
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/Curriculum-stories/School-stories/Using-data-to-inform-school-development
Chapter 13 Reading and writing in the primary school: focus on narrative writing
English Online: ICTs in English
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Professional-readings/ICTs-in-English
English Online: Narrative
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Reviewed-resources/Reading/Features-of-text-forms/Narrative
English Online: The traditional structure of news writing
http://englishonline.tki.org.nz/English-Online/Teacher-needs/Teaching-Learning-sequences/New+English+Online+units/English-Units-NCEA-Level-1/Write-all-about-it/The-traditional-structure-of-news-writing
Ministry of Education New Zealand: New Zealand Curriculum Exemplars: Written language
http://www.tki.org.nz/r/assessment/exemplars/eng/index_e.php
Chapter 14 Extending reading and writing in the senior primary school: focus on factual writing
Video
Claire Amos: Using teaching as inquiry to guide an eLearning action plan
http://edtalks.org/video/using-teaching-inquiry-guide-elearning-action-plan
Video
David Kinane: Publishing student voice
http://edtalks.org/video/publishing-student-voice
Literacy Online: Becoming a strategic reader
http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Teacher-needs/Reviewed-resources/Reading/Comprehension/ELP-Years-1-4/Becoming-a-strategic-reader
Video
Neil Pitches: 'Literacy2U'
http://edtalks.org/video/literacy2u
Chapter 15 Struggling readers: issues and solutions
ADD/ADHD Clinic
http://www.compassion.org.nz/centres/addclinic.htm
Cornerstones: Introduction
http://pbskids.org/lions/cornerstones/introduction.html
The diagnosing of dyslexia and the impact that will have on the classroom teacher
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Professional-information/Principals-sabbatical-reports/Report-archives-for-2007-2010/Primary-award-recipients-2008/Bradley-Artis-Fiona
Internet resources to assist teachers with struggling readers
http://www.readingonline.org/electronic/elec_index.asp?HREF=/electronic/webwatch/struggling/index.html
Literacy Online: Dyslexia
http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Student-needs/Planning-for-learning/Students-strengths-and-needs/Dyslexia
Living with ADHD: A lifespan disorder
http://www.help4adhd.org/en/living
Ministry of Education New Zealand: Dyslexia, breaking down the barriers
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents/AllAges/UsefulInformation/Dyslexia.aspx
Professional development in literacy – a focus on the learner
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/Leadership-development/Professional-information/Principals-sabbatical-reports/Report-archives-for-2007-2010/Primary-award-recipients-2010/McLachlan-Bruce
What is ADHD?
http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/learning/adhd.html