Op onnavolgbare wijze beschrijft Yuval Noah Harari in zijn bestseller Sapiens 70.000 jaar menselijke evolutie, maar met Homo Deus richt hij zich op de toekomst. Met zijn kenmerkende vermenging van wetenschap, geschiedenis en filosofie onderzoekt Harari de dromen en nachtmerries van de eenentwintigste eeuw – van onsterfelijkheid tot kunstmatig leven. Hij stelt fundamentele vragen: Waar gaan we naartoe? Hoe beschermen we onze kwetsbare wereld tegen onze eigen verwoestende krachten? En als we ...

Pak je pen en toetsenbord beschrijft op toegankelijke en praktische wijze de ontwikkeling van het schrift bij kinderen in de voorschoolse periode, de onderbouw, middenbouw en bovenbouw van het primair onderwijs en in het voortgezet onderwijs(!).

Uitgangspunten daarbij zijn de schrifthandeling (i.c. de drie aspecten proces, materiaal en vorm) en de drie leesbaarheidsniveaus van schrift (identificatie, regelmaat en orde). Dat gebeurt in 12 hoofdstukken:

De schrifthandeling

Schriftonderwijs

De p...

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