Multiple Forms of Literacy

Download or read book Multiple Forms of Literacy written by Carolyn L. Piazza and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1999 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book extends traditional language arts content by offering multiple communicative channels for expressing, representing, and responding to ideas. The book equips teachers with ways to maximize children's creative potential and critical literacy through activities involving “the arts” (visual arts, music, dance, drama and film including video, TV and computer technology). The author provides thorough coverage of literacy products, process strategies, procedures, and resources not typically found in language arts texts. All of the literacy tasks presented, which fit into Howard Gardner's framework of multiple intelligences, recognize children's different abilities, talents, needs, learning styles, interests, and cultural background.