Literacy: An Introduction to the Ecology of Written LanguageThis introduction to the expanding field of literacy studies has been fully revised for the second edition. It explores recent developments and new research that has contributed to our understanding of literacy practices, reflecting on the interdisciplinary growth of the study of reading and writing over the past decade.
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... area of study who wish to understand the significance of literacy studies for their own work. The book explores competing definitions of literacy in contemporary society and examines the theories of language and learning which underpin ...
... area of study who wish to understand the significance of literacy studies for their own work. The book explores competing definitions of literacy in contemporary society and examines the theories of language and learning which underpin ...
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... area of the field who wishes to have an up-to-date introduction to other related areas. Finally, I want to contribute to current discussions of literacy by articulating a coherent view of literacy, as an alternative to the narrowly ...
... area of the field who wishes to have an up-to-date introduction to other related areas. Finally, I want to contribute to current discussions of literacy by articulating a coherent view of literacy, as an alternative to the narrowly ...
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... areas of study which are contributing to new understandings of literacy. Literacy. in. everyday. life. The first starting point is people's everyday lives and how they make use of reading and writing. In going about their ordinary daily ...
... areas of study which are contributing to new understandings of literacy. Literacy. in. everyday. life. The first starting point is people's everyday lives and how they make use of reading and writing. In going about their ordinary daily ...
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... area for research on reading and writing up till now has been education. The main focus has been on individual ... areas are moving in the same direction and I want to point to the unity of ideas in these seemingly diverse topics ...
... area for research on reading and writing up till now has been education. The main focus has been on individual ... areas are moving in the same direction and I want to point to the unity of ideas in these seemingly diverse topics ...
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... areas as they are encountered. In all these areas people are questioning what is meant by literacy. Although there are similarities, in some ways these different approaches with different philosophies underlying them are asking ...
... areas as they are encountered. In all these areas people are questioning what is meant by literacy. Although there are similarities, in some ways these different approaches with different philosophies underlying them are asking ...
Contents
The social basis of literacy | |
Researching literacy practices | |
Literacy embedded in language | |
Configurations of language | |
Writing systems and other notations | |
Points in history | |
The roots of literacy | |
Emergent literacy | |
Public definitions of literacy | |
School practices | |
Adults and world literacy | |
Some implications of an ecological view | |
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