Popular Lit Child and School

This bold, forward-thinking text offers a clear rationale for the development of curricula and pedagogy that will reflect young people's in-school and out-of-school popular culture practices.

By providing a sound theoretical framework and addressing popular culture and new technologies in the context of literacy teacher education, this book marks a significant step forward in literacy teaching and learning. It takes a cross-disciplinary approach and brings together contributions from some of the world's leading figures in the field. Topics addressed include:

• children's popular culture in the home
• informal literacies and pedagogic discourse
• new technologies and popular culture in children's everyday lives
• teachers working with popular culture in the classroom.

This book illustrates the way in which literacy is evolving through popular culture and new technology andnbsp;is an influential read for teachers, students, researchers and policy makers.