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How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova
R1,065 Discovery Miles 10 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Reading Teachers - Nurturing Reading for Pleasure (Paperback): Teresa Cremin, Helen Hendry, Lucy Rodriguez Leon, Natalia... Reading Teachers - Nurturing Reading for Pleasure (Paperback)
Teresa Cremin, Helen Hendry, Lucy Rodriguez Leon, Natalia Kucirkova
R822 Discovery Miles 8 220 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* According to OECD reading for pleasure is the single most important indicator of a child's future success. 'Reading Teachers' * * Helps the primary profession develop an evidence-informed understanding of reading for pleasure * Draws on range of research evidence including studies on: Reading Teachers, on Student Teachers as Readers, on Dis/engaged Boy Readers and work with over 60 schools * Includes case studies, classroom vignettes and dialogues undertaken in conversation with classroom teachers and school leaders * Essential reading for all primary teachers, headteachers, literacy coordinators, student and trainee teachers.

Reading Teachers - Nurturing Reading for Pleasure (Hardcover): Teresa Cremin, Helen Hendry, Lucy Rodriguez Leon, Natalia... Reading Teachers - Nurturing Reading for Pleasure (Hardcover)
Teresa Cremin, Helen Hendry, Lucy Rodriguez Leon, Natalia Kucirkova
R3,982 Discovery Miles 39 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

* According to OECD reading for pleasure is the single most important indicator of a child's future success. 'Reading Teachers' * * Helps the primary profession develop an evidence-informed understanding of reading for pleasure * Draws on range of research evidence including studies on: Reading Teachers, on Student Teachers as Readers, on Dis/engaged Boy Readers and work with over 60 schools * Includes case studies, classroom vignettes and dialogues undertaken in conversation with classroom teachers and school leaders * Essential reading for all primary teachers, headteachers, literacy coordinators, student and trainee teachers.

Inspirational Women in Academia - Supporting Careers and Improving Minority Representation (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova,... Inspirational Women in Academia - Supporting Careers and Improving Minority Representation (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova, Loleta Fahad
R806 Discovery Miles 8 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Expert-led, interdisciplinary, and international in scope, this insightful book aims to increase the representation and leadership potential of women working in academia, examining the intersection of multiple inequalities with a specific focus on gender, age, ethnicity, and disability. A carefully crafted response to educational inequalities, the volume posits an invitation for dialogue around what it means to have success in higher education. This book expands the reader's understanding of leadership in academia and the challenges specific to individual career pathways, offering a plethora of practical tried-and-tested strategies that individuals and institutions can adopt to create a more equal and socially just academic climate. Designed to encourage reflection on potential strategies and how they could be implemented, the ten co-authored chapters include first-person narratives, case studies inspired by interviews with academics, and links and recommendations for further reading. The personal accounts of the authors are enriched with those of other academics who have faced challenges in career progression. Each chapter is structured as a conversation between the authors in relation to an inequality issue, with a summary of scholarly literature and studies on the topic, followed by strategies successfully applied in practice. Strategies presented are firmly rooted in the everyday reality of working as a researcher, higher education lecturer, or academic administrator. This book is ideal reading for any minority working in higher education interested in promotion processes, equality and diversity in the workplace, and mentoring. It will also be of interest to providers of academic leadership courses, organisations, and institutions promoting gender equality in higher education, supporting women's careers, and improving the representation, progression, and success of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and students within higher education.

Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age - Mapping Reader Engagement (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova, Teresa Cremin Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age - Mapping Reader Engagement (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova, Teresa Cremin
R2,913 Discovery Miles 29 130 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What does it mean to become a reader? What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging children in reading for pleasure in the 21st century? This book explores the ways in which reading for pleasure is changing in the era of globalisation, multiculturalism and datafication. Raising the next generation of engaged readers requires knowledge of the enduring characteristics of engagement and markers of quality in books and e-books. In addition, in order to develop new insights into children's experience of reading on and off screen, nuanced understandings of psychological and socio-cultural research are offered. The cross-disciplinary examination integrates key research from educational psychology, new literacies, multimodality and socio-cultural perspectives and explores consequences for practice. An authoritative guide - it invites graduates, researchers and teachers to participate in the authors' interdisciplinary dialogue about reading for pleasure.

Digital Personalization in Early Childhood - Impact on Childhood (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova Digital Personalization in Early Childhood - Impact on Childhood (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova
R4,365 Discovery Miles 43 650 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Digital personalization is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, with application to a variety of areas including design, education and publication industry. This book focuses on children's education and literacy resources, which have undergone important changes with the 'personalization revolution' in the early 21st century. The author develops original insights from educational research and her own studies concerned with digital and non-digital personalization, to discuss in a clear and critical way the thinking, research issues and practical implications of this new field. She scrutinises the character of technology-based personalized education to substantiate the claim that the current models of personalized education tend to be technology- and business-driven, with little pedagogical understanding of the social value of personalization. Research involving touchscreens, personalized books and 2-8-year olds is interrogated for its impact on children's development of language, creativity, identity, as well as family dynamics and classroom dialogue. The literature available on digital and non-digital personalization is discussed in relation to five key themes of personalized education, the so-called 5As: autonomy, authorship, aesthetics, attachment and authenticity. It is argued that the 5As need to be anchored in humanist principles for a sustainable pedagogy and practice. Based on the insights from research with typically and atypically developing children, Kucirkova proposes personalised pluralisation, as a pedagogical framework of personalized education for the future. The book aims to help scholars and professionals understand the connections between personalization and literacy, personalization and education, and personalization and wider socio-moral issues.

The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova, Jennifer... The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova, Jennifer Rowsell, Garry Falloon
R1,190 Discovery Miles 11 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book brings together innovative work happening in childhood research across disciplinary boundaries and across the world. It focuses specifically on the most cutting-edge, innovative methodological approaches in the study of children's use and learning with digital technologies and children's experiences of key 21st century trends (e.g. immigration or multiculturalism). A true effort is made to have dialogues across diverse fields and contested fields of research (including educational psychology, post-humanist literacy, narrative approaches, developmental approaches).The book is a comprehensive survey of methods in the field of children's technologies. The volume is a substantive and strategic collection of international approaches to early childhood and technologies. The authors reflect on what works and what doesn't work in relation to specific innovative research methods.

Jumpstart! Apps - Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7-11 (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova, Jon Audain, Liz... Jumpstart! Apps - Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7-11 (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova, Jon Audain, Liz Chamberlain
R619 Discovery Miles 6 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students' learning and help the busy teacher to reinvigorate their teaching through the use of mobile apps and activities that can be used in the classroom. A wealth of practical activities and advice on how to incorporate over 40 lively and exciting apps into the classroom will enable teachers to deliver creative lessons. This essential guide focuses on a range of apps, including Skitch, QR codes, Comic Life, Do Ink Green Screen, Puppet Pals, Our Story and much more. This book offers much needed guidance on creative ways to integrate apps within the National Curriculum and how they can be incorporated into the teaching of Key Stages 1 and 2. Enabling teachers to deliver effective and imaginative lessons through the use of apps and providing links to a wide range of online resources, it covers all core areas of the curriculum: English, Maths, Science, Modern Foreign Languages, ICT, History, Geography and PE. Jumpstart! Apps is an essential classroom resource that will encourage creative and independent learning in children and is the perfect solution for helping teachers, teaching assistants and students integrate apps into their daily practice, make the most of technology at their disposal and deliver imaginative and effective lessons.

Apps, Technology and Younger Learners - International evidence for teaching (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova, Garry Falloon Apps, Technology and Younger Learners - International evidence for teaching (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova, Garry Falloon
R3,984 Discovery Miles 39 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges, potential and theoretical possibilities of apps and considers the processes of change for education and home learning environments. Drawing together a diverse team of international contributors, it addresses the specific features, context of use and content of apps to uncover the importance of these tools for young children's learning. Apps, Technology and Younger Learners focuses on ways that apps support early years and primary school learning, connect various learning spaces and engage children in a range of edutainment and knowledge-building activities. In each chapter, the current state of knowledge and key research questions in the field for future study are identified, with clear messages provided at the end of each chapter. Focusing on empirical studies and strong theoretical frameworks, this book covers four key parts: Understanding the learning potential of children's apps; Key app challenges; Empirical evidence; Future avenues. This book is an essential guide for educators, post-graduate students, researchers and all those interested in the advantages or challenges that may result from integrating apps into early education.

Jumpstart! Apps - Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7-11 (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova, Jon Audain, Liz... Jumpstart! Apps - Creative learning, ideas and activities for ages 7-11 (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova, Jon Audain, Liz Chamberlain
R2,525 Discovery Miles 25 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of engaging and simple to use activities will jumpstart students' learning and help the busy teacher to reinvigorate their teaching through the use of mobile apps and activities that can be used in the classroom. A wealth of practical activities and advice on how to incorporate over 40 lively and exciting apps into the classroom will enable teachers to deliver creative lessons. This essential guide focuses on a range of apps, including Skitch, QR codes, Comic Life, Do Ink Green Screen, Puppet Pals, Our Story and much more. This book offers much needed guidance on creative ways to integrate apps within the National Curriculum and how they can be incorporated into the teaching of Key Stages 1 and 2. Enabling teachers to deliver effective and imaginative lessons through the use of apps and providing links to a wide range of online resources, it covers all core areas of the curriculum: English, Maths, Science, Modern Foreign Languages, ICT, History, Geography and PE. Jumpstart! Apps is an essential classroom resource that will encourage creative and independent learning in children and is the perfect solution for helping teachers, teaching assistants and students integrate apps into their daily practice, make the most of technology at their disposal and deliver imaginative and effective lessons.

The Future of the Self - Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova The Future of the Self - Understanding Personalization in Childhood and Beyond (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova
R907 Discovery Miles 9 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In a time of automated personalized ads, artificially intelligent social robots, and smart devices in the homes of millions, it has become critically important to understand the impact of our digitized selves - especially upon our younger generations. When children as young as three can take their own selfies, and customise their own avatars, how should we respond to the opportunity and threat of digital personalization for young children? Tracing thematic links between trends that are often addressed separately, and drawing on multidisciplinary research evidence, Kucirkova offers a comprehensive account of the effects of digitally-mediated personalization on children's development of 'self'. Looking to the future, she provides a balanced account of the positives and negatives of personalisation against the backdrop of broader societal trends, such as globalisation/localisation, (de)centralisation of services and communication. Providing critical thinking tools, Kucirkova challenges us to understand the profound implications that the personal data economy and network-based technologies might have played in our own understanding of ourselves and each other.

Inspirational Women in Academia - Supporting Careers and Improving Minority Representation (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova,... Inspirational Women in Academia - Supporting Careers and Improving Minority Representation (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova, Loleta Fahad
R3,692 Discovery Miles 36 920 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Expert-led, interdisciplinary, and international in scope, this insightful book aims to increase the representation and leadership potential of women working in academia, examining the intersection of multiple inequalities with a specific focus on gender, age, ethnicity, and disability. A carefully crafted response to educational inequalities, the volume posits an invitation for dialogue around what it means to have success in higher education. This book expands the reader's understanding of leadership in academia and the challenges specific to individual career pathways, offering a plethora of practical tried-and-tested strategies that individuals and institutions can adopt to create a more equal and socially just academic climate. Designed to encourage reflection on potential strategies and how they could be implemented, the ten co-authored chapters include first-person narratives, case studies inspired by interviews with academics, and links and recommendations for further reading. The personal accounts of the authors are enriched with those of other academics who have faced challenges in career progression. Each chapter is structured as a conversation between the authors in relation to an inequality issue, with a summary of scholarly literature and studies on the topic, followed by strategies successfully applied in practice. Strategies presented are firmly rooted in the everyday reality of working as a researcher, higher education lecturer, or academic administrator. This book is ideal reading for any minority working in higher education interested in promotion processes, equality and diversity in the workplace, and mentoring. It will also be of interest to providers of academic leadership courses, organisations, and institutions promoting gender equality in higher education, supporting women's careers, and improving the representation, progression, and success of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff and students within higher education.

The Routledge International Handbook of Early Literacy Education - A Contemporary Guide to Literacy Teaching and Interventions... The Routledge International Handbook of Early Literacy Education - A Contemporary Guide to Literacy Teaching and Interventions in a Global Context (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova, Catherine E. Snow, Vibeke Grover, Catherine McBride
R7,323 R6,737 Discovery Miles 67 370 Save R586 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge International Handbook of Early Literacy Education offers a pioneering overview of early literacy provision in different parts of the world and brings together interdisciplinary research evidence on effective literacy teaching to inform current and future practice and policy of early literacy. From the problem of identification of literacy difficulties in a particular learning context to supporting the provision of early literacy through digital media, the handbook deals with the major concerns and newest areas of interest in literacy research. With an international and future vision, it provides an accessible guide to the main debates and future trends in the global field of early literacy, and informs academics, policy-makers, practitioners, educators and students about innovative early literacy research methods and instruction. The three sections and 30 ground-breaking chapters reflect a conceptual framework of questions asked by scholars and educators interested in looking beyond traditional definitions of literacy. Part I provides contemporary insights collected by internationally renowned scholars on what literacy is, and what it can offer to young children in the twenty-first century. Part II is a collection of detailed portraits of 14 countries, regions or language communities, and focuses on early literacy provision, practice and policy from across the world. Part III outlines key interventions and research-endorsed practices designed to support home-school connections and children's reading and writing skills, as well as vocabulary, phonological awareness and narrative abilities, with examples drawn from various home, school and community environments. All chapters promote discussion, critical analysis and questions for reflection and are written in jargon-free language in an easy-to use themed format. This handbook is an indispensable reference guide for practising teachers and student teachers, especially those undertaking postgraduate qualifications, as well as early literacy researchers, policy-makers and school-based literacy leaders.

Apps, Technology and Younger Learners - International evidence for teaching (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova, Garry Falloon Apps, Technology and Younger Learners - International evidence for teaching (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova, Garry Falloon
R1,333 Discovery Miles 13 330 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the challenges, potential and theoretical possibilities of apps and considers the processes of change for education and home learning environments. Drawing together a diverse team of international contributors, it addresses the specific features, context of use and content of apps to uncover the importance of these tools for young children's learning. Apps, Technology and Younger Learners focuses on ways that apps support early years and primary school learning, connect various learning spaces and engage children in a range of edutainment and knowledge-building activities. In each chapter, the current state of knowledge and key research questions in the field for future study are identified, with clear messages provided at the end of each chapter. Focusing on empirical studies and strong theoretical frameworks, this book covers four key parts: Understanding the learning potential of children's apps; Key app challenges; Empirical evidence; Future avenues. This book is an essential guide for educators, post-graduate students, researchers and all those interested in the advantages or challenges that may result from integrating apps into early education.

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books - A Guide for Primary Practitioners (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books - A Guide for Primary Practitioners (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age - Mapping Reader Engagement (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova, Teresa Cremin Children Reading for Pleasure in the Digital Age - Mapping Reader Engagement (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova, Teresa Cremin
R1,086 R855 Discovery Miles 8 550 Save R231 (21%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

What does it mean to become a reader? What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging children in reading for pleasure in the 21st century? This book explores the ways in which reading for pleasure is changing in the era of globalisation, multiculturalism and datafication. Raising the next generation of engaged readers requires knowledge of the enduring characteristics of engagement and markers of quality in books and e-books. In addition, in order to develop new insights into children's experience of reading on and off screen, nuanced understandings of psychological and socio-cultural research are offered. The cross-disciplinary examination integrates key research from educational psychology, new literacies, multimodality and socio-cultural perspectives and explores consequences for practice. An authoritative guide - it invites graduates, researchers and teachers to participate in the authors' interdisciplinary dialogue about reading for pleasure.

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books - A Guide for Primary Practitioners (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books - A Guide for Primary Practitioners (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova
R482 Discovery Miles 4 820 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood (Hardcover): Natalia Kucirkova, Jennifer... The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood (Hardcover)
Natalia Kucirkova, Jennifer Rowsell, Garry Falloon
R6,135 Discovery Miles 61 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Routledge International Handbook of Learning with Technology in Early Childhood focuses specifically on the most cutting-edge, innovative and international approaches in the study of children's use of and learning with digital technologies. This edited volume is a comprehensive survey of methods in children's technologies and contains a rich repertoire of studies from diverse fields and research, including both educational and developmental psychology, post-humanist literacy, applied linguistics, language and phenomenology and narrative approaches. For ease of reference, the Handbook's 28 chapters are divided into four thematic sections: introduction and opening reflections; studies answering ontological questions, which theorize how children take on original identities in becoming literate with technologies; studies answering epistemological questions, which focus on how children's knowledge and learning are (co)constructed with a diverse range of technologies; studies answering practice-related questions, which explore the resources and conditions that create the most powerful learning opportunities for children. Expertly edited, this interdisciplinary and international compendium is an ideal introduction to such a diverse, multi-faceted field.

How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova How and Why to Read and Create Children's Digital Books (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova
R811 Discovery Miles 8 110 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Your Guide to Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT (Paperback): Hui-Yun Sung, John Siraj-Blatchford, Natalia Kucirkova Your Guide to Outstanding Early Childhood Practice in ICT (Paperback)
Hui-Yun Sung, John Siraj-Blatchford, Natalia Kucirkova
R529 Discovery Miles 5 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Digital Personalization in Early Childhood - Impact on Childhood (Paperback): Natalia Kucirkova Digital Personalization in Early Childhood - Impact on Childhood (Paperback)
Natalia Kucirkova
R1,162 Discovery Miles 11 620 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Digital personalization is an emerging interdisciplinary research field, with application to a variety of areas including design, education and publication industry. This book focuses on children's education and literacy resources, which have undergone important changes with the 'personalization revolution' in the early 21st century. The author develops original insights from educational research and her own studies concerned with digital and non-digital personalization, to discuss in a clear and critical way the thinking, research issues and practical implications of this new field. She scrutinises the character of technology-based personalized education to substantiate the claim that the current models of personalized education tend to be technology- and business-driven, with little pedagogical understanding of the social value of personalization. Research involving touchscreens, personalized books and 2-8-year olds is interrogated for its impact on children's development of language, creativity, identity, as well as family dynamics and classroom dialogue. The literature available on digital and non-digital personalization is discussed in relation to five key themes of personalized education, the so-called 5As: autonomy, authorship, aesthetics, attachment and authenticity. It is argued that the 5As need to be anchored in humanist principles for a sustainable pedagogy and practice. Based on the insights from research with typically and atypically developing children, Kucirkova proposes personalised pluralisation, as a pedagogical framework of personalized education for the future. The book aims to help scholars and professionals understand the connections between personalization and literacy, personalization and education, and personalization and wider socio-moral issues.

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