Local literacies : reading and writing in one community
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Local literacies : reading and writing in one community
Routledge, 1998
- :hbk.
- :pbk.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-292) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
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:hbk. ISBN 9780415171496
Description
Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day-to-day lives.
This exploration provides a description of literacy at one point in time, and also reveals the nature and significance of communication to people, households and communities.
Local Literacies, the first in-depth study of literacy, includes:
* appendices of raw data
* notes for teachers and students on how to use the book
* guidance for carrying out individual research
Local Literacies is both a theoretical work, and a practical book. It provides stimulating and informative reading for anyone interested in the nature of literacy today, particularly students, teachers and researchers.
Table of Contents
PART ONE 1. Understanding literacy as social practice 2. Locating literacies in time and space i)A history of literacy in Lancaster 3. Locating literacies in time and space ii) Lancaster today 4. Ethnography in practice PART TWO 5. How they've fared in education: Harry's literacy practices 6. Getting things done in the community: Shirley's literacy practices 7. Living a local life: June's literacy practices 8. Leisure and pleasure: Cliff's literacy practices PART THREE 9. Everyday literacies i)The range of practices 10. Everyday literacies ii) The patterning of practices 11. Home, learning and education 12. The web of literacies in local organisations 13. Becoming Expert: Literacy and Sense making 14. Vernacular literacies 15. Afterword Appendices Index
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:pbk. ISBN 9780415171502
Description
Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day-to-day lives.
This exploration provides a description of literacy at one point in time, and also reveals the nature and significance of communication to people, households and communities.
Local Literacies, the first in-depth study of literacy, includes:
* appendices of raw data
* notes for teachers and students on how to use the book
* guidance for carrying out individual research
Local Literacies is both a theoretical work, and a practical book. It provides stimulating and informative reading for anyone interested in the nature of literacy today, particularly students, teachers and researchers.
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