Children, Language, and Literacy: Diverse Learners in Diverse Times by Celia Genishi and Anne Haas Dyson

Rethinking Literacy Teaching Through Children's Diverse Language Experiences

Very Good Condition - Ex-library. Call number label on spine, light rubbing and minor edge wear.

Celia Genishi and Anne Haas Dyson examine young children's language and literacy learning in classrooms shaped by cultural and linguistic diversity. Challenging uniform expectations and heavily standardised approaches, they argue for teaching that pays close attention to individual children's lives, interests and ways of communicating. Classroom stories show educators observing children's play, conversations and emerging writing, then responding to what they discover. The authors place diversity at the centre of learning rather than treating it as a difficulty to be corrected. Written for teachers, students and others concerned with early education, the book invites readers to reconsider how literacy develops and how classroom practice can recognise the strengths children bring.