Literate systems and individual lives : perspectives on literacy and schooling

Author(s)

• Jennings, Edward M.
• Purves, Alan C.

Bibliographic Information

Literate systems and individual lives : perspectives on literacy and schooling

edited by Edward M. Jennings and Alan C. Purves

（SUNY series, literacy, culture, and learning : theory and practice）

State University of New York Press, c1991

• pbk. : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-218) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book raises important questions concerning the "shame" of illiteracy. What does it mean to students to be drawn into a world where family and friends cannot follow? Can the same person appear literate and illiterate at the same time? Is literacy, for that matter, an either/or condition? Does it "hurt" to be illiterate in more than one language, more than one culture? To whom can literacy education be a threat instead of a promise? The chapters in this book confront the unknowable implication of joining literate systems, and carry us toward an understanding that can help literacy practitioners and policy-makers at local, national, and international levels to better understand the issues involved in this important area of work.

Table of Contents

Part I - Setting the Stage 1. Introduction Edward M. Jennings and Alan C. Purves 2. Literacy as Culture: Emic and Etic Perspectives Daniel Wagner Part II - Literacy from Society's Perspective 3. Literacy, Economic Structures, and Individual and Public Policy Incentives Douglas M. Windham 4. Literacy and the Politics of Language Philip Foster 5. The Textual Contract: Literacy as Common Knowledge and Conventional Wisdom Alan C. Purves Part III - Literacy from the Individual's Perspective 6. Literacy and Individual Consciousness F. Nyi Akinnaso 7. Becoming Literate in a Multiethnic Society Bernardo M. Ferdman 8. Literacy and the Betterment of Individual Life Donald A. Biggs Part IV - The Dilemma of the School 9. Literacy in the Elementary Classroom Sean A. Walmsley 10. Reconstructing the Classroom: Literacy and the Problem of Choice Lil Brannon 11. Skills That Aren't Basic in a New Conception of Literacy Catherine E. Snow and David K. Dickinson Documentation Index

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Details

• NCID: BA13994103
• ISBN:
  • 0791405133
  • 0791405141
• LCCN: 90033715
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany, NY
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 222 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : LC151
  • DC20 : 302.2/244
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Literacy -- United States
  • LCSH : Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA1230196X