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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... important to realize that there has been a significant paradigm shift going on in this area. It is exhibited in ... importance of metaphors in language, it explores some of the different ways of talking about literacy, including everyday ...
... important to realize that there has been a significant paradigm shift going on in this area. It is exhibited in ... importance of metaphors in language, it explores some of the different ways of talking about literacy, including everyday ...
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... important aspects of literacy; that issues of power are important; and that current literacy events and practices are created out of the past. Chapter 4 is about researching literacy practices. It describes methods for researching ...
... important aspects of literacy; that issues of power are important; and that current literacy events and practices are created out of the past. Chapter 4 is about researching literacy practices. It describes methods for researching ...
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... importance of early Greek literacy are covered, along with discussion of problems with the idea of writing evolving. A section on the social history of literacy looks at the importance of the development of printing in changing social ...
... importance of early Greek literacy are covered, along with discussion of problems with the idea of writing evolving. A section on the social history of literacy looks at the importance of the development of printing in changing social ...
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... important to realize that this idea of skills is a particular way of thinking about literacy; it is no less a metaphor than the disease metaphor. Everywhere there are metaphors for talking about reading and writing, some very graphic ...
... important to realize that this idea of skills is a particular way of thinking about literacy; it is no less a metaphor than the disease metaphor. Everywhere there are metaphors for talking about reading and writing, some very graphic ...
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... important to be very conscious and reflective about this activity. We need to be very clear about the language we are using. Throughout, I will be scrutinizing and deconstructing many of the concepts which structure and scaffold the ...
... important to be very conscious and reflective about this activity. We need to be very clear about the language we are using. Throughout, I will be scrutinizing and deconstructing many of the concepts which structure and scaffold the ...
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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