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Hanna, Helen – Literacy, 2022
This article presents research with migrant primary school learners in South Africa using the wordless picturebook "The Arrival" (by Shaun Tan) as a research tool. Bringing together the disciplines of literacies and childhood studies, it considers representation, storytelling, absence and silence as part of children's 'voice' in order to…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Picture Books, Migrants, Foreign Countries
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Shenton, Arthur; Pagett, Linda – Literacy, 2007
In recent years, interactive white boards (IWBs) have been introduced into many primary classrooms in England. This enquiry examines the ways in which they are being used in the context of literacy teaching, in six primary classrooms in the south-west. Drawing on the perspectives of teachers and pupils, this report reflects on the impact of IWB…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy, Teacher Attitudes, Educational Technology
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Kelly, Alison – Literacy, 2005
What can listening to children's ideas about poetry teach us? This article considers ways in which exploring primary-aged students' perceptions of poetry can inform teachers' work with children. Using strategies from earlier studies in secondary schools, a small-scale project with Year 6 students revealed their complex and sometimes contradictory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Poetry