| Description |
xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part I. Matters of value -- On defining literacy / Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke, David MacLennan -- The functions and uses of literacy / Shirley Brice Heath -- The properties, purposes, and promotion of literacy / John Wilson -- Literacy and the education of the emotions / Robert C. Solomon -- Part II. Matters historical and social -- The legacies of literacy : continuities and contradictions in Western society and culture / Harvey J. Graff -- Models of literacy in North American schools : social and historical conditions and consequences / Suzanne de Castell and Allan Luke -- A sociohistorical approach to remediation / Michael Cole and Peg Griffin -- The business of literacy : the making of the educational textbook / Rowland Lorimer -- Part III. Matters empirical -- Learning to mean what you say : toward a psychology of literacy / David R. Olson -- Metalinguistic awareness and the growth of literacy / Michael L. Herriman -- On modeling comprehension / Walter Kintsch -- Reading is recognition when reading is not reasoning / J. Jaap Tuinman -- Critical factors in literacy development / Shirley Brice Heath -- Part IV. Matters practical -- Foundations for literacy : pre-reading development and instruction / Jana Mason -- Individual development in literacy / Kieran Egan -- Teaching students not to read / Walter H. MacGinitie and Ruth K. MacGinitie -- Teaching writing : the process approach, humanism, and the context of "crisis" / Richard M. Coe -- Collaborative revision : learning and self-assessment / Michael C. Flanigan |
| Analysis |
Literacy |
| Notes |
Chiefly revisions of papers originally presented at a conference on the topic "Literacy: what is to be done?", held at Simon Fraser University |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and indexes |
| Subject |
Literacy -- Congresses.
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Literacy -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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Literacy -- Social aspects.
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Literacy.
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Reading -- Congresses.
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Reading.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
De Castell, Suzanne.
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Egan, Kieran.
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Luke, Allan.
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| LC no. |
85030948 |
| ISBN |
0521308445 |
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0521313406 (paperback) |
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