Creating Communities for Literacy Development.

Wells, Gordon

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Publication Date: 1988

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Creating Communities for Literacy Development.

Wells, Gordon

Australian Journal of Reading, v11 n2 p84-94 Jun 1988

Examines early literacy development as embedded within social contexts. Stresses the importance of approaches to teaching that build on children's earlier classroom experiences and strive to create literate communities in classrooms. (RAE)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Epistemology, Intercultural Communication, Literacy, Literacy Education, Metacognition, Oral Language, Social Environment, Verbal Development

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Australia

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