The powers of literacy : a genre approach to teaching writing
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The powers of literacy : a genre approach to teaching writing
（Routledge library editions, . Education ; v. 113）
Routledge, 2014, c1993
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Originally published: London : Falmer Press, 1993
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-272) and index
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Description
Literacy remains a contentious and polarized educational, media and political issue. What has emerged from the continuing debate is a recognition that literacy in education is allied closely with matters of language and culture, ideology and discourse, knowledge and power. Drawing perspectives variously from critical social theory and cultural studies, poststructuralism and feminisms, sociolinguistics and the ethnography of communication, social history and comparative education, the contributors begin a critical interrogation of taken-for-granted assumptions which have guided educational policy, research and practice.
Table of Contents
Foreword. Introduction: How a Genre Approach to Literacy Can Transform the Way Writing is Taught. 1. Genre as Social Process. 2. Histories of Pedagogy, Cultures of Schooling 3. The Power of Literacy and the Literacy of Power. 4. Gender and Genre: Feminist Subversion of Genre Fiction and Its Implications for Critical Literacy 5. A Contextual Theory of Language. 6. Grammar: Making Meaning in Writing 7. Curriculum Genres: Planning for Effective Teaching. 8. Genre in Practice. 9. Assessment: A Foundation for Effective Learning in the School Context. Bibliographical Essay: Developing the Theory and Practice of Genre-based Literacy.
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