Product Description: Disciplinary knowledge is under threat in the modern world. Claims abound that we are entering a landscape in which the division of disciplines is obsolete, implying a commitment to outdated values in scholarship. Notions of 'discipline' are critiqued as reflecting social power and representing the worldview of dominant social groups...read more

Product Description: This book is intended as a textbook for teacher education in the primary years. Drawing on much recent research into language and literacy, especially Systemic Functional Linguistic theory, it provides basic principles for understanding the teaching of the English language.

Product Description: This book offers a model of classroom discourse analysis that uses systemic functional linguistic theory and associated genre theory to develop a view of classroom episodes as 'curriculum genres', some of which operate in turn as part of larger unities of work called 'curriculum macrogenres'...read more

This book is intended to offer an introduction to some major themes in literacy education. Literacy has become an important issue both in the UK and internationally, and this book aims to inform discussions while assisting teachers to reflect on their work as literacy teachers. Literacy is important from the earliest years through all the years of formal education, and so this book covers work with students in the full range of schooling, and in a number of different subject areas. Topics covered include: *the nature and use of texts *the reading positions that are constructed in texts and their ideological implications *the ways in which written texts change as students grow older *moving from the early years through to secondary education *the implications of Information Technology for literacy teaching Frances Christie is Foundation Professor of Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne. Ray Misson is Senior Lecturer in Language and Literacy Education at the University of Melbourne.

Mozambique and the Great Flood of 2000Frances Christie and Joseph HanlonAnalyzes the effectiveness of Mozambican and international relief efforts.The devastating rains and floods of early 2000 in southern Mozambique broke all records, killing 700 people, but a remarkable outpouring of domestic and international support saved 50,000 lives and prevented the disaster from turning into a catastrophe. Frances Christie and Joseph Hanlon examine the causes (both natural and human-made) of the floods and the nature of the relief effort. Asking what went right, what went wrong, and what lessons might be learned from this case, they find that the relief effort was largely a success of international cooperation. Mozambique and the Great Flood of 2000 probes the effectiveness of various forms of aid, the extent of cooperation among agencies and governments, the amount of money raised through international public appeals, the use of relief funds, and the effectiveness of initial efforts at reconstruction. Documenting the experience of the floods, the authors provide important insights for future emergency planning and management in Mozambique and elsewhere.Frances Christie is a Mozambique-based journalist with many years of experience working with the Mozambican and United Nations disaster response systems.Joseph Hanlon is a writer and former journalist for New Scientist. This is his fifth book on Mozambique.African Issues—Alex de Waal and Stephen Ellis, series editorsPublished in association with the International African Institute, LondonSales territory is exclusive North America (including Canada); open market in the rest of world except mainland Europe and traditional Commonwealth market outside of Canada. June 2001176 pages, 24 b&w illus., 3 maps, append., notes, index, 6 x 9cloth 0-253-33978-2 $49.95 Lpaper 0-253-21473-4 $22.95 s (view table of contents)

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Product Description: Basil Bernstein's sociology and systemic functional (SF) linguistic theory first came into contact in the 1960s and 1970s, when Bernstein, Michael Halliday and Ruqaiya Hasan all worked at the University of London. While the two theories addressed different questions and employed very different methodologies, the two nonetheless had a lot to say to each other...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This book concentrates on the significance of language in personal development and learning. Christie focuses on how people structure and organize their lives in terms of shaping their experience and expanding their knowledge and understanding of the world...read more