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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... society and examines the theories of language and learning which underpin new views of literacy. It also aims to provide a coherent view of literacy which can act as an antidote to the narrow technical views of reading and writing which ...
... society and examines the theories of language and learning which underpin new views of literacy. It also aims to provide a coherent view of literacy which can act as an antidote to the narrow technical views of reading and writing which ...
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... society, then, are school-based definitions of literacy. These views of what literacy is are often at odds with what people experience in their everyday lives. This can be in a very straightforward way where the kinds of.
... society, then, are school-based definitions of literacy. These views of what literacy is are often at odds with what people experience in their everyday lives. This can be in a very straightforward way where the kinds of.
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... society, literacy and technological change, and literacy and power relations. The first part, the archaeology of literacy, looks at the origin of writing, how it arose out of earlier systems, its relationship to social structure, and ...
... society, literacy and technological change, and literacy and power relations. The first part, the archaeology of literacy, looks at the origin of writing, how it arose out of earlier systems, its relationship to social structure, and ...
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... society. It is often drawn on in government strategies for literacy. It is 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 ...
... society. It is often drawn on in government strategies for literacy. It is 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 ...
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... society and the individual are also used within the frameworks of broader discourses, although these might be more difficult to ascertain. These terms are important as organizing ideas. They organize a domain and stretch beyond a domain ...
... society and the individual are also used within the frameworks of broader discourses, although these might be more difficult to ascertain. These terms are important as organizing ideas. They organize a domain and stretch beyond a domain ...
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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