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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... Metaphors for literacy Theories and metaphors Definitions of literacy Literacy studies 3 The social basis of literacy Practices and events Literacies and domains Broader social relations Literacy as communication Literacy as thought ...
... Metaphors for literacy Theories and metaphors Definitions of literacy Literacy studies 3 The social basis of literacy Practices and events Literacies and domains Broader social relations Literacy as communication Literacy as thought ...
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... metaphors and theories we are starting from. One way of going forward has been to regard the taken-for-granted ideas ... metaphors which have been used when talking about literacy. Having outlined what is meant by a theory and the ...
... metaphors and theories we are starting from. One way of going forward has been to regard the taken-for-granted ideas ... metaphors which have been used when talking about literacy. Having outlined what is meant by a theory and the ...
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... metaphor of ecology and its potential application to the area of literacy. Chapter 3 is an overview of what it means to think in terms of the ecology of literacy, arguing that literacy is best understood as a set of practices which ...
... metaphor of ecology and its potential application to the area of literacy. Chapter 3 is an overview of what it means to think in terms of the ecology of literacy, arguing that literacy is best understood as a set of practices which ...
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... metaphors common in public discussion about reading and writing and in education: these are, first, ideas about literacy being a skill and, secondly, literary views of reading and writing. This includes discussion of how professional ...
... metaphors common in public discussion about reading and writing and in education: these are, first, ideas about literacy being a skill and, secondly, literary views of reading and writing. This includes discussion of how professional ...
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... adult literacy programmes can take account of these views of literacy, and some directions are suggested for developing an ecological view of literacy. 2 Talking about literacy Metaphors for literacy Theories and metaphors.
... adult literacy programmes can take account of these views of literacy, and some directions are suggested for developing an ecological view of literacy. 2 Talking about literacy Metaphors for literacy Theories and metaphors.
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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