Teaching Literacy: Engaging the Imagination of New Readers and Writers

This unique approach to teaching core literacy skills offers step-by-step planning frameworks and an appendix of activity ideas to show teachers how to engage students in the process.

Author: Kieran Egan
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
Published: 04/05/2006
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 9.92h x 7.00w x 0.45d
ISBN: 9781412927888

About the Author
Egan, Kieran: - Kieran Egan is Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, as well as founder and director of the Imaginative Education Research Group (www.ierg.net). He has authored and edited over twenty books, many of which have been translated into European and Asian languages. In 1991, he won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award in Education for his book, Primary Understanding: Education in Early Childhood.

Born in Clonmel, Ireland, Kieran Egan was raised and educated in England. He graduated from London University with a B.A. in History, and from Cornell University with a Ph.D. in Education. In 1993, he was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. He is a foreign associate member of the National Academy of Education and holds a Canada Research Chair in Education.

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