{"product_id":"australian-literature-for-young-people","title":"Australian Literature for Young People","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are living in a time of radical change, and ideas about teaching and learning are changing too: what knowledge do students need now and in the future, and how can we nourish this?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy encouraging a broader and deeper knowledge of this country, its history, people, art and literature, \u003cem\u003eAustralian Literature for Young People\u003c\/em\u003e not only familiarises readers with landmarks in Australian literature but addresses key contemporary concerns such as the need to be creative and imaginative, to think across disciplines, and to communicate and collaborate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePrimary and secondary teachers, parents and pre-service education students will be inspired to explore Australia’s distinctive literary heritage for themselves, and to embrace their very significant role in encouraging children in reading. Research discussed in this book shows that reading is important not only as the key to education but as part of health and wellbeing. Growing understandings of the structures and aesthetics of literature and deeper engagement with its rich ideas help young people become true global citizens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eKey Features\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eA comprehensive, research-based approach drawing on contemporary sources.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eEngages with Australia’s Indigenous heritage throughout, noting the contribution it makes and should make across the educational spectrum.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMakes reference to Western literary heritages and to those of other Asia-Pacific countries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003e‘Muse points’ promote creativity and imagination by asking readers to engage with chapter content – and beyond.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003ePoetics chapter explores the characteristics of Australian literature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eAppropriate for senior school students, including those undertaking the International Baccalaureate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eContents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003col\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eMagic, Spels and Gramarye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe Twenty-First-Century Australian Context: Educating Rita - and Mehmet and Alinga and Chinh and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eCreative, Organic Pedagogies and Deep Literacy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe Centrality of Story\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eInterrelationships: Language, Literacy, Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eNarrative Patterns: Narrator, Plot, Characters, Setting and Themes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe World that Creates-and Recreates-the Text\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eIndigenous Storytelling\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eRomance and Realism and the Spaces Between: Fantasy and Fairytales, Contemporary and Historical Realism and Social Issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eThe Picturebook Genre: Semiotics, Semantics and Style\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eCross-curriculum: Australia and Asia-Sharing Stories and Global Citizenship\u003c\/li\u003e\n\t\u003cli\u003eTowards a Poetics of Australian Children's Literature\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53528355406097,"sku":"9780195527902","price":84.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0786\/7786\/8817\/files\/9780195527902.jpg?v=1778492442","url":"https:\/\/www.teachersuperstore.com.au\/products\/australian-literature-for-young-people","provider":"Teacher Superstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}