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ERIC Number: EJ326131
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1985
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Children's First Schoolbooks: Introductions to the Culture of Literacy.
Freebody, Peter; Baker, Carolyn D.
Harvard Educational Review, v55 n4 p381-98 Nov 1985
The authors explore ways in which beginning reading books present cultural perspectives to young children. They examine certain modes of thought, experience, and interaction prevalent in the child's preschool life in contrast to other types of experiences characteristic of the culture of formal and literate schooling. (Author/CT)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Cultural Influences, Literacy, Preschool Children, Primary Education, Reading Instruction, Social Behavior, Socialization, Textbooks, Young Children
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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