TheInternational Handbook of Research in Children's Literacy, Learning and Culture presents an authoritative distillation of current global knowledge related to the field of primary years literacy studies.

Features chapters that conceptualize, interpret, and synthesize relevant researchCritically reviews past and current research in order to influence future directions in the field of literacyOffers literacy scholars an international perspective that recognizes and anticipates increasing diversity in literacy practices and cultures

Kathy Hall is Professor of Education at University College Cork. She is co-editor ofLearning and Practice: Culture and Identities (2008) andInterdisciplinary Perspectives on Learning to Read: Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy (2010), and co-author ofLoris Malaguzzi and the Reggio Emilia Experience (2010).

Teresa Cremin is a Professor of Education (Literacy) in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies at the Open University. She is co-author ofWriting Voices: Creating Communities of Writers (2012) and co-editor ofCreative Learning3-11 (2008).

Barbara Comber is a Research Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queensland University of Technology. She is co-editor ofThe Hawke Legacy: Towards a Sustainable Society (2009) andLiteracies in Place: Teaching Environmental Communication (2007).

Luis C. Moll is Professor in the Language, Reading and Culture Program of the College of Education, University of Arizona. He is co-editor ofFunds of Knowledge: Theorizing Practices in Households, Communities, and Classrooms (2005), which received the 2006 Critics Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association.

Notes on Contributors ix

List of Reviewers xxvii

Foreword xxix

Kris D. Gutiérrez

Editors Introduction: Literacy, Learning, and Culture xxxvii

Kathy Hall, Teresa Cremin, Barbara Comber, and Luis C. Moll

Part I Society, Culture, and Community

1 Literacies in Homes and Communities 3Kate Pahl and Cathy Burnett

2 Critical Multimodal Literacies: Synergistic Options and Opportunities 15Margaret Mackey and Margaret Shane

3 Books, Toys, and Tablets: Playing and Learning in the Age of Digital Media 28Helen Nixon and Erica Hateley

4 Literacy Education in the Age of New Media 42Bill Green and Catherine Beavis

5 Connecting with Parents and the Community in an Urban Primary School: Creative Partnerships to Build Literacy/ies 54Pat Thomson and Johanne Clifton

6 At Home and at School: Bridging Literacy for Children from Poor Rural or Marginalized Urban Communities 67Celia R. Rosemberg, Alejandra Stein, and Florencia Alam

7 Temporality, Trajectory, and Early Literacy Learning 83Catherine Compton-Lilly

8 This is a Job for Hazmat Guy!: Global Media Cultures and Childrens Everyday Lives 96Victoria Carrington and Clare Dowdall

9 Literacy as Shared Consciousness: A Neurocultural Analysis 108Alicia Curtin and Kathy Hall

10 An Ethnographic Long Look: Language and Literacy Over Time and Space in Alaska Native Communities 121Perry Gilmore and Leisy Wyman

11 Understanding English Language Learners Literacy from a Cultural Lens: An Asian Perspective 139Guofang li

12 Exploring Multiple Literacies from Homes and Communities: A Cross-cultural Comparative Analysis 155Iliana Reyes and Moisés Esteban-Guitart

13 Funds of Knowledge in Changing Communities 172Luis C. Moll, Sandra L. Soto-Santiago, and Lisa Schwartz

14 The Hand of Play in Literacy Learning 184Shirley Brice Heath

Part II School, Culture, and Pedagogy

15 Building Word and World Knowledge in the Early Years 201Susan B. Neuman, Ashley M. Pinkham, and Tanya Kaefer

16 The Unfulfilled Pedagogical Promise of the Dialogic in Writing: Intertextual Writing Instruction for Diverse Settings 215Rebecca Jesson, Judy Parr, and Stuart McNaughton

17 Reading Engagement Research: Issues and Challenges 228Sue Ellis and Cassandra S. Coddington

18 Opening the Classroom Door to Childrens Literature: A Review of Research 241Evelyn Arizpe, Maureen Farrell, and Julie McAdam

19 Writing in Childhood Cultures 258Anne Haas Dyson and Sophie Dewayani

20 Childrens and Teachers Creativity In and Through Language 275Teresa Cremin and Janet Maybin

21 Educational Dialogues 291Karen Littleton and Neil Mercer

22 Literacy and Curriculum: Language and Knowledge in the Classroom 304Peter Freebody, Eveline Chan, and Georgina Barton

23 The Digital Challenge 319Sandra Schamroth Abrams and Guy Merchant

24 Digital Literacies in the Primary Classroom 333Rachael Levy, Dylan Yamada-Rice, and Jackie Marsh

25 Developing Online Reading Comprehension: Changes, Challenges, and Consequences 344Bernadette Dwyer

26 Hybrid Literacies in a Post-hybrid World: Making a Case for Navigating 359Elizabeth Birr Moje

27 Official Literacy Practices Co-construct Racialized Bodies: Three Key Ideas to Further Integrate Cultural and Racially Literate Research 373Karl Kitching

28 Emotional Investments and Crises of Truth: Gender, Class, and Literacies 388Stephanie Jones and Kristy Shackelford

29 What Does Human Geography Have To Do With Classrooms? 400Margaret Sheehy

30 Space, Place, and Power: The Spatial Turn in Literacy Research 412Kathy A. Mills and Barbara Comber

Part III Teachers, Culture, and Identity

31 On Becoming Teachers: Knowing and Believing 427Jennifer I. Hathaway and Victoria J. Risko

32 Reforming How We Prepare Teachers to Teach Literacy: Why? What? How? 440Brian Cambourne and Julie Kiggins

33 Teachers Literate Identities 456Toni Gennrich and Hilary Janks

34 Constructing a Collective Identity: Professional Development for Twenty-first Century Pedagogy 469Catherine M. Weber and Taffy E. Raphael

35 Raising Literacy Achievement Levels through Collaborative Professional Development 485Eithne Kennedy and Gerry Shiel

36 Teacher Research on Literacy: Turning Around to Students and Technology 499Christopher S. Walsh and Barbara Kamler

Index 515