Literacy

The journal Literacy is published three times a year and is received by all members of UKLA. It is a refereed journal for those interested in the study and development of literacy. The following kinds of contributions are welcomed:

• Reports of recent research in the field of literacy
• Informed and analytical accounts of innovative practice
• Critiques of recent policy developments
• Short reports of research in progress

Editor

Professor Kathy Hall
Department of Education
University College Cork
Republic of Ireland

Editorial Board

Myra Barrs (UK), Barbara Comber (Australia), Teresa Cremin (UK), Viv Ellis (UK), Sue Ellis (UK), Peter Geekie (Australia), Andrew Goodwyn (UK), Shirley Brice Heath (USA), Charmian Kenner (UK), Margaret Mackey (Canada), Jackie Marsh (UK), Olivia O’Sullivan (UK) Lyn Overall (UK), Kate Pahl (UK), Lissa Paul ( Canada), Marian Sainsbury (UK), Janet Soler (UK)

Editorial Advisory Group

Gabrielle Cliff Hodges (UK), Margaret Cook (UK), Sue Dymoke (UK), Rosie Flewitt (UK), Judith Graham (UK), Christine Hall (UK), Andrew Lambirth (UK), Margaret Mallett (UK), Tony Martin (UK), Guy Merchant (UK), Trinka Messenheimer (USA), Elaine Millard (UK), Helen Nixon (Australia), Malcolm Reed (UK), Sally Rundell (UK), Dinah Volk (UK)

Forthcoming Articles in 2008, volume 42, no. 1 include:

• Accommodating differences: variations in differentiated literacy instruction in grade 2/3 classrooms. Ruthanne Tobin and Alison McInnes
• Teachers are digikids too: the digital histories and digital lives of young teachers in English primary schools. Lynda Graham
• Teaching comprehension and critical literacy: investigating guided reading in three primary classrooms. Annie Fisher
• Putting grammatical complexity in context. Wayne Rimmer
• Barriers to teachers using digital texts in literacy classrooms Eileen Honan
• Inviting conversation: meaningful talk about texts for English language learners. Joyce Purdy

You can find further details about Literacy, including notes for potential contributors, by visiting its page on the Blackwell site.

Call for Papers

There will be a special issue of the journal in 2008 on the theme of ‘Literacy and Identity’. There will be a call for papers shortly and the deadline for submission of papers will be November 30th 2008.

Announcement

Legacy files of Literacy, back to Volume 1 (1967), are now available on Blackwell Synergy.

For more information about Literacy digitized back files, including pricing and licensing options for Institutions, please click here.