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Language, Literacy & Play-based Learning (EDUC91049) // Further information

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Further information

  • Texts

    Prescribed texts

    Fellowes & Oakley (2020) Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education, 3rd Ed, Oxford University Press.

    Recommended texts and other resources

    Cassano, C. M., & Schickedanz, J. A. (2015). An Examination of the Relations Between Oral Vocabulary and Phonological Awareness in Early Childhood, Literacy Research: Theory, Method and Practice, 64, 227-248.

    Guhn, M., Milbrath, C., & Hertzman, C. (2016). Associations between child home language, gender, bilingualism and school readiness: A population- based study, Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 35, 95-110.

    Hoff, E. (2006). How social contexts support and shape language development. Developmental Review, 26(1), 55-88.

    Neumann MM, Hood M, Ford RM, Neumann DL. (2012). The role of environmental print in emergent literacy. Journal of early childhood literacy. 12(3):231-58

    Salo, V. C., Rowe, M. L., & Reeb-Sutherland, B. C. (2018). Exploring Infant Gesture and Joint Attention as Related Constructs as Predictors of Later Language, Infancy, 23(3), 432-452.

    Sammons, P., Toth, K., Sylva, K., Melhuish, E., Siraj, I., & Taggart, B. (2015). The long-term role of the home learning environment in shaping students’ academic attainment in secondary school. Journal of Children’s Services, 10(3), 189–201.

    Siraj-Blatchford, I. (2012). Curriculum, Pedagogy and Progression in Sustained Shared Thinking, Every Child, 18(3), 34-35.

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    CourseMaster of Teaching (Early Childhood)
  • Links to additional information

    Faculty of Education: https://education.unimelb.edu.au/

Last updated: 10 February 2024