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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Kendrick, Maureen – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2005
Drawing on theoretical perspectives related to play and identity, play as a literary and social text, and multimodality, I present an analysis of a play narrative centred on the theme of playing house. The narrative exemplifies the interconnections between literacy and identity in the social and cultural world of a young girl growing up in a…
Descriptors: Play, Emergent Literacy, Personal Narratives, Constructivism (Learning)
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Kendrick, Maureen; McKay, Roberta – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2004
As teachers seek to reflect children's diverse experience in the subject matter they present and in the questions they explore, they must also embrace childrens multifaceted ways of knowing. Their major pedagogical challenge is to help children transform what they know into modes of representation that allow for a full range of human experience.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Freehand Drawing, Classroom Environment, Teaching Methods