Literate Systems and Individual Lives: Perspectives on Literacy and Schooling (SUNY Series, Literacy, Culture, and Learning) - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0791405141 ISBN 13 : 9780791405147

Editeur : State University of New York Press, 1991

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

At the State University of New York at Albany, Edward M. Jennings is Assistant Professor of English and Alan C. Purves is Professor of English and Humanities and Director, Center for Writing and Literacy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: State University of New York Press
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0791405141
• ISBN 13: 9780791405147
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 222
• Éditeur: Jennings Edward M.
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible