Literacy and Education continues to be an accessible guide to current theory on literacy with practical applications in the classroom. This new edition has a new focus on the ecologies of literacy and on participatory and visual ways of researching literacy.

The new edition examines

- new literacy studies

- material culture and literacy

- digital literacies

- the ecological, place-based approaches to literacy education

- timescales and identities, and

- ways in which research has moved on to inform literacy education.

Classroom teachers, teacher trainers and students of literacy will find this a user-friendly guide to new theory in literacy education, clearly demonstrating how to implement this theory in the classroom in a way that is inclusive and listens to the students of today.