Potent Fictions
Children's Literacy and the Challenge of Popular Culture
1st Edition
Published on 12. November 2012
212 pages
978-1-135-10211-1 (ISBN)
Description
Today's children spend more time than ever before watching television, playing computer games and reading comic and pulp fiction. Many of these are directly designed by the toy and media industry. Are children therefore simply being manipulated?
There is widespread concern that because of these kinds of popular fiction, children do not read `quality' literature, resulting in lower standards of literacy. There is also the further fear that because many of these popular media portray highly stereotyped, gendered images, this too will have a damaging effect on children.
Mary Hilton's fascinating book proves that there is another side to the argument. We do not have to view popular culture as a threat to our children or their education. The writers of this collection show how, used carefully alongside other types of literature, popular culture can actually help teachers to develop literacy in a broad and positive sense.
There is widespread concern that because of these kinds of popular fiction, children do not read `quality' literature, resulting in lower standards of literacy. There is also the further fear that because many of these popular media portray highly stereotyped, gendered images, this too will have a damaging effect on children.
Mary Hilton's fascinating book proves that there is another side to the argument. We do not have to view popular culture as a threat to our children or their education. The writers of this collection show how, used carefully alongside other types of literature, popular culture can actually help teachers to develop literacy in a broad and positive sense.
Reviews / Votes
'A text which ought to be on every teacher's and student teacher's reading list.' - Child Language and Teaching TherapyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Reflowable
File size
1,16 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-135-10211-1 (9781135102111)
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03/1996
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Person
Mary Hilton
Content
Introduction, Mary Hilton; Part 1 Ways of looking; Chapter 1 Manufacturing make-believe, Mary Hilton; Chapter 2 Reality in boxes, David Whitley; Part 2 Ways of working; Chapter 3 'Did you know that there's no Such thing as Never Land?', Helen Bromley; Chapter 4 'But they're pink!' - 'Who cares!', Cathy Pompe; Part 3 Ways of helping; Chapter 5 'I Don't Know Where I am with myself', Gill Venn; Chapter 6 'You See all Blood Come Out', Isobel Urquhart*; Epilogue, Mary Hilton;
