Reading and Writing: Creative Approach Theorists

Question 1

Ferrerio & Teberosky

Answer 1

• talk about the importance of children’s exposure to environmental print (printed language of everyday life e.g. shopping list, cards)

Question 2

Gordon Wells

Answer 2

• stresses importance of reading/being read to
• agrees with functional approach
• extends children experiences beyond their immediate surroundings and builds their imagination

Question 3

John Abbot

Answer 3

• “battery hens or free range chickens” metaphor

- creative learners are more likely to thrive In education than those restricted to rules

Question 4

Dearden

Answer 4

• children’s drawings and scribbling stages represent discovery
• windows into their literary awareness (1984)
• excessive structure impedes independent learning

Question 5

James Briton

Answer 5

three types of writing:

1. expressive writing
2. poetic writing
3. transactional writing

Question 6

Holdaway

Answer 6

• theory of literacy and development
• literacy development begins in a Childs home with literacy experiences:
  1. observation
  2. collaboration
  3. practice
  4. performance