Toxic Literacies

Toxic Literacies
Author: Denny Taylor
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1996
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"Official documentation" hides human rights violations in this country. In this book, Denny Taylor explains how we allow this to happen and makes a compelling case for it to stop.

Local Literacies

Local Literacies
Author: David Barton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134694997

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.

Situated Literacies

Situated Literacies
Author: David Barton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2005-08-04
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 1134624220

Situated Literacies is a rich and varied collection of key writings from leading international scholars in the field of literacy. Each contribution, written in a clear, accessible style, makes the link between literacies in specific contexts and broader social practices. Detailed ethnographic studies of a wide variety of specific situations, all involving real texts and lived practices, are balanced with general claims about the nature of literacy. Contributors address a coherent set of issues: * the visual and material aspects of literacy * concepts of time and space in relation to literacy * the functions of literacies in shaping and sustaining identities in communities of practice * the relationship between texts and the practices associated with their use the role of discourse analysis on literacy studies These studies, along with a foreword by Denny Taylor, make a timely and important contribution to literacy theory and suggest directions for the further development of the field. Situated Literacies is essential reading for anyone involved in literary education.

Literacies, Sexualities, and Gender

Literacies, Sexualities, and Gender
Author: Barbara J. Guzzetti
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2018-11-15
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0429857950

Offering diverse and wide-ranging perspectives on gender, sexualities, and literacies, this volume examines the intersection of these topics from preschool to adulthood. With a focus on current events, race, and the complex role of identity, this text starts with an overview of the current research on gender and sexualities in literacies and interrogates them from a range of multimodal contexts. Not restricted to any gender identity or age group, these chapters provide a much-needed and original update to the ways representations and performances of gender and sexualities through literacy practices are viewed in educational and sociocultural contexts. Scholars share their insights and transformative visions that respect and embrace difference while creating space for new and deeper understandings of contemporary issues.

Teaching Adult Literacy: A Teacher Education Handbook

Teaching Adult Literacy: A Teacher Education Handbook
Author: Hughes, Nora
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 394
Release: 2010-02-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0335237363

Offers guidance on how to work with adult learners to develop literacy skills and includes case studies of real student experiences and practical suggestions for teaching, planning, and assessment.

Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education: A-H ; 2, I-Z ; 3, Biographies, visual history, index

Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education: A-H ; 2, I-Z ; 3, Biographies, visual history, index
Author: Eugene F. Provenzo
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1393
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1412906784

The 'Encyclopedia' provides an introduction to the social and cultural foundations of education. The first two volumes consist of A-Z entries, featuring essays representing the major disciplines including philosophy, history, and sociology, and a third volume is made up of documentary, photographic, and visual resources.

Many Families, Many Literacies

Many Families, Many Literacies
Author: Denny Taylor
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
Total Pages: 272
Release: 1997
Genre: Education
ISBN:

Many Families, Many Literacies provides much-needed guidance on developing policies and practices that build on the strengths that families bring to any learning situation: their diverse languages, literacies, and complex problem-solving capabilities.

Literacy in American Lives

Literacy in American Lives
Author: Deborah Brandt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2001-05-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521003063

This book addresses critical questions facing public education at the twenty-first century.

Literacy Tools in the Classroom

Literacy Tools in the Classroom
Author: Richard Beach
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2015-04-17
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0807770647

This innovative resource describes how teachers can help students employ "literacy tools" across the curriculum to foster learning. The authors demonstrate how literacy tools such as narratives, question-asking, spoken-word poetry, drama, writing, digital communication, images, and video encourage critical inquiry in the 5-12 classroom. The book provides many examples and adaptable lessons from diverse classrooms and connects to an active Website where readers can join a growing professional community, share ideas, and get frequent updates: http://literacytooluses.pbworks.com

Literacy, Media, Technology

Literacy, Media, Technology
Author: Becky Parry
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 263
Release: 2016-12-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1474258018

Literacy, Media, Technology considers the continued significance of popular culture forms such as postcards, film, television, games, virtual worlds and social media for educators. Following multiple pathways through technological innovation, the contributors reflect on the way in which digital and portable devices lead to new and emerging forms of reading, participating and creating. Rejecting linear conceptualisations of progression, they explore how time is not linear as technological advances are experienced in multiple ways linked to different personal, social, political and economic trajectories. The contributors describe a range of practices from formal and informal education spaces and interrogate some of the continuities and discontinuities associated with literacy, media and technology at a time when rapidly evolving communicative practices often meet intransigence in educational systems. The chapters adopt diverse forms: historical perspectives, personal story and reflection, project reports, document analysis, critical reviews of resources, ethnographic accounts, and analyses of meaning-making within and beyond educational institutions. Together, they provide multiple insights into the diverse and fluid relationships between literacy, media, technology, and everyday life, and the many ways in which these relationships are significant to educational research and practice.