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Future Directions in Literacy: International Conversations Conference 2007 Edited by Alyson Simpson Copyright Future directions in literacy: international conversations conference 2007 Edited by Alyson Simpson Copyright Future Directions in Literacy: International Conversations Conference 3–6 September, 2007, Sydney, Australia (The University of Sydney, Division of Professional Learning), edited by Alyson Simpson. Sydney, Sydney University Press, 2007, 310p. (Research papers, selected conference materials: keynotes, feature speakers). Contact address: Division of Professional Learning Faculty of Education and Social Work (A35) The University of Sydney Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia Phone: 93512634 FAX: 93515027 www.proflearn.edsw.usyd.edu.au Published by SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PRESS University of Sydney Library www.sup.usyd.edu.au © Copyright individual authors, 2007 © Sydney University Press 2007 Reproduction and Communication for other purposes Except as permitted under the Act, no part of this edition may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or communicated in any form or by any means without prior written permission. All requests for reproduction or communication should be made to Sydney University Press at the address below: Sydney University Press Fisher Library F03 University of Sydney NSW 2006 AUSTRALIA Email: [email protected] ISBN 978–1–920898–77–9 iv Copyright Printed in Australia at the University Publishing Service, The University of Sydney v Contents Title Page iii About this book viii About the conference ix Acknowledgements xi 1 Reading places: creative and critical literacies for now and the future Barbara Comber – Feature Speaker 1 2 Stories from an Indigenous perspective in the reading resources mix, and the role they play in literacy success for Indigenous Australian students Margaret Cossey – Feature Speaker 21 3 How much can we learn from literacy assessment tasks?® Ann Daly 29 4 University–school partnerships: literacy and students with additional learning needs® David Evans, Criss Moore, Iva Strnadova 43 5 The entry knowledge of Australian pre-service teachers in the area of phonological awareness and phonics® Barbara Fisher, Merle Bruce, Cedric Greive 54 6 Building literacy education: pasts, futures, and “the sum of effort” Peter Freebody – Keynote Speaker 73 7 Conversations across borders: interactions between literacy research, policy and practice® Pauline Harris 88 8 Catching the reading bug: looking at how to immerse children in the literary experience using visual and textual literacy® Jacqueline Hicks 104 9 Literacy meets technology in the primary school: symbiosis of literacy and technology® Karen McLean 116 10 Looking for clarity amongst the challenges faced by teachers as they vi Contents consider the role of ICT in classroom literacy learning experiences® Jessica Mantei, Lisa Kervin 131 11 Applying multiple literacies in Australian and Canadian contexts® Diana Masny, David Cole 148 12 icurricula, ipedagogies and outmoded ideologies: literacy teaching and learning in the digital era Jackie Marsh – Keynote Speaker 166 13 Eyes in the back of our heads: reading futures for literacy teaching Jo-Anne Reid – Keynote Speaker 184 14 The significance of text in the teaching of reading in the early years® Kathleen Rushton 201 15 Debating and public speaking as oral literacy: promoting democratic education Benjamin Spies-Butcher – Feature Speaker 212 16 Research based criteria for the design and selection of literacy and thinking tools® David Whitehead 220 vii About this book The National Conference on Future Directions in Literacy was held at the Uni- versity of Sydney, Australia from 3rd to the 6th September 2007. The papers in this book comprise the proceedings of the Future Directions in Literacy Conference: International Conversations. The proceedings include se- lected full research papers. All papers are original, peer-reviewed and based on the research originally disseminated at the meeting. Papers presented at this con- ference reflect the state of the art of global research and development in the area of literacy. The themes addressed were chosen to reflect key issues that face aca- demics and teachers in their drive to improve the literacy outcomes for all groups. The link between research and practice has never been more significant as global awareness about literacy pushes us to question the success of programs in schools. National reports on literacy were challenged during the conference. Grounded evidence was given of literacy programs that work to make a differ- ence for groups with diverse needs. The collection of ideas in the conference represents a broad concept of literacy that includes the ability to communicate in multimodal, digital texts and values creativity alongside testing for skills. Classroom based research from the sum of these perspectives presents significant reason for change to practice and policy. To make a difference to future genera- tions of students, we need to take the research out of the classroom and make it the centre of informed debate. This publication is a step towards achieving that goal. The selection of scholarly papers for presentation and publication was based on the outcomes of a rigorous peer review process. Papers reflect the authors’ opinions and their inclusion in this publication does not necessarily constitute en- dorsement by the editor. The proceedings also include other selected conference materials: keynotes and feature speakers, which are not full scientific papers. The papers which are marked with the symbol ® next to the author’s name are refereed papers. The full papers were blind reviewed by two referees who were independent of the author. viii About the conference Proceedings of the National Conference on Future Directions in Literacy: Inter- national conversations 3rd to the 6th September 2007, Sydney, Australia Organised by Division of Professional Learning, The University of Sydney Hosted by Division of Professional Learning, The University of Sydney Conference Chair Dr Alyson Simpson, The University of Sydney, Australia International scientific committee and board of reviewers Professor Trevor Cairney, Australia Professor Frances Christie, Australia Dr David Cole, Australia Professor Marie Emmitt, Australia Associate Professor David Evans, Australia Associate Professor Pauline Gibbons, Australia Dr Annah Healy, Australia Rhonda Hoare, Australia Dr Eileen Honan, Australia Dr John Hughes, Australia Jessica Mantei, Australia Dr Lorraine McDonald, Australia Professor Stuart McNaughton, New Zealand Professor Diana Masny, Canada Marion Meiers, Australia Guy Merchant, England Dr Kate Pahl, England Dr Alyson Simpson (Chair), Australia Associate Professor Maureen Walsh, Australia Dr David Whitehead, New Zealand ix About the conference Professor Geoff Williams, Canada Local program committee Alyson Simpson Ann Cheryl Armstrong Margaret Day Local organizing committee Alyson Simpson Margaret Day Nina Goodwin James Bourke Editorial and website production group Alyson Simpson Margaret Day Nina Goodwin James Bourke Nick Fei Li x Acknowledgements This conference would not have been possible without the sponsorship of the Australian Government, the Primary English Teaching Association, the Aus- tralian Literacy Educators’ Association and QANTAS. Special thanks are extended to Margaret Day, Nina Goodwin and Jim Bourke for their assistance with the conference. Citations of individual works in this book should have the following for- mat: Example Hicks, J (2007). Catching the reading bug: looking at how to immerse children in the literary experience using visual and textual literacy. In A.Simpson (ed.) Future Directions in Literacy: International Conversa- tions conference 2007. (pp134–148). Sydney: Sydney University Press. xi 1 Reading places: creative and critical literacies for now and the future Barbara Comber School of Education Hawke Research Institute for Sustainable Societies University of South Australia INTRODUCTION This paper explores the productive literacy learning possibilities inherent in young people reading and writing about the environment. It draws on two pro- jects where young people have had opportunities to develop new knowledge about their local places and to become involved in communication about the care of, and the improvement of, those places. Urban renewal from the inside out in- volved primary school children working with architects to redesign and remake an area of the school grounds into the Grove Gardens. River literacies involved teachers and young people from schools around the Murray-Darling Basin study- ing and representing their local environment in various media. Developing future directions in literacy education, the theme of this collection of papers, is contin- gent upon us on learning from our pasts, getting beyond professional bandwagons (which have characterised literacy education) and exploring the affordance of various media. If we are to educate for the present and the future, today’s young people need access to the rich cultural resources of their varied histories, the best in the contemporary cultural landscape, and dispositions towards inventing and appro- priating new ways with words and images. The kinds of communicative resources young people need to develop for the future should include traditional literacies and new emergent forms of literate practices. It is not about either/or. Indeed as Dyson (1989, 1993) showed many years ago now, if and when the curriculum is permeable, children are able to skilfully appropriate and work with the resources of school, peer and home worlds in order to make meaning
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