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Literacy is about social and cultural power. In a period of rapid and, for many, threatening social, economic and educational change, literacy remains the focus of public debate. To many educators, it has become increasingly obvious that literacy is not a matter of psychological or natural skills but must be understood in relation to dynamic social and cultural contexts. Educational projects and programmes need to begin from an understanding of how literacy is acquired and how it is used by young and old, women and men, in institutions like schools and workplaces. This collection of essays aims to analyze the current crises in literacy in Western nations. It addresses questions facing educators, such as: What are the connections between literacy, economic and technological change? What are the optimal ways that schools and institutions can prepare literate citizens?, and how can schools combat the continuing exclusion of students at the social and economic margins from the power of literacy?

Table of Contents:
Australian discourses on literacy - an introduction, Alan Luke and Pam Gilbert; technologizing literacy - the dark side of the dreaming, Chris Bigum and Bill Green; constructing adult literacy mythologies and identities, Rosie Wickert; literacy in aboriginal contexts re-examining pedagogy, Christine Walton; TESL and literacy in Australia - directions for the future, Francis Mangubhai; literacy and gender in early childhood, Carolyn Baker and Bronwyn Davies; social class and reading, Peter Freebody; contradictions in the canon - nationalism and the cultural literacy debate, Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis; marketing the canon Australian publishing, Helen Wilson; participation and difference - the role of language in producing a culture of innovation, Gunther Kress.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781863733403
  • Publisher: Allen & Unwin
  • Publisher Imprint: Allen & Unwin
  • Height: 215 mm
  • No of Pages: 144
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 186373340X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Apr 1993
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N


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