Anne McKeough
List of John Benjamins publications for which Anne McKeough plays a role.
2013 Fostering early literacy learning using dual language books: Language as a cultural amplifier Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas: Acquisition, identities, space, education, Siemund, Peter, Ingrid Gogolin, Monika Edith Schulz and Julia Davydova (eds.), pp. 327–348 | Article
In light of the importance of early literacy achievement to long term academic and economic success, educators urgently need to comprehend the sociocultural complexities manifested in learning contexts that involve multilingual students. Dual language books (DLBs; i.e., books written in English and… read more
2007 What shapes narrative thought? Effects of story type and culture Narrative Inquiry 17:2, pp. 329–347 | Article
The primary aims of the study were to investigate the narrative strategies used by Italian and Canadian youth on progressive (improving interactions) and regressive (degenerating interactions) stories and to investigate potential differences in story interpretation across the two countries. Two… read more
2005 Improving story complexity and cohesion: A developmental approach to teaching story composition Narrative Inquiry 15:2, pp. 241–266 | Article
The aim of the present study was to analyze the relative effectiveness of two first grade instruction programs: a developmental program that focused on the structural and social-psychological components of stories and their cohesion and a process oriented approach. A total of 43 children… read more
2005 A narrative analysis of behaviourally troubled adolescents' life stories Narrative Inquiry 15:1, pp. 127–160 | Article
The purpose of this study was to explore street youths' life histories to assess how early negative experiences (e.g., maltreatment) contributed to alternative developmental paths marked by emotional and behavioural difficulties. Ten male and female participants responded to an attachment… read more
1996 Teaching Storytelling: A Microgenetic Analysis of Developing Narrative Competency Journal of Narrative and Life History 6:2, pp. 157–192 | Article
Abstract The development of competency in narrative composition is acknowledged to be a complex process of central importance in the educational enterprise. Recent work suggests that growth in story knowledge is largely dependent on finding a fit among three elements: culturally influenced story… read more
1995 Conceptual Change in Narrative Knowledge: Psychological Understandings of Low-Literacy and Literate Adults Journal of Narrative and Life History 5:1, pp. 21–49 | Article
Abstract We examined low-literacy and literate adults' conceptual knowledge in two domains: narrative (composition and recall) and social cognition. Results indi-cated that the performance of the two groups was qualitatively different and that subjects in each group used a similar knowledge… read more