Literacy, society, and schooling : a reader / edited by Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke, Kieran Egan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

De Castell, Suzanne.

Luke, Allan.

Egan, Kieran.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--Congresses.

Literacy.

Literacy--Social aspects--Congresses.

Literacy--Social aspects.

Reading--Congresses.

Reading.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xiv, 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1986.

Summary:

This book addresses the current "literacy crisis" alleged in professional journals and the popular press. Literacy is at once a contentious social and educational issue, a continuing concern of parents and teachers, and the focal point of a range of disciplinary inquiries. Literacy, Society, and Schooling draws together especially commissioned essays on the nature, history, and pedagogy of literacy by social historians, philosophers, literary scholars, linguists, educators, and psychologists. The editors have attempted to convey, in an accessible format, the range and diversity of the scholarly debate about literacy-theory, research, and practice. Students, teachers, and researchers will find Literacy, Society, and Schooling an invaluable resource.

Contents:

Part I Matters of value

1 On defining literacy / Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke, David MacLennan 3

2 The functions and uses of literacy / Shirley Brice Heath 15

3 The properties, purposes, and promotion of literacy / John Wilson 27

4 Literacy and the education of the emotions / Robert C. Solomon 37

Part II Matters historical and social

5 The legacies of literacy: continuities and contradictions in western society and culture / Harvey J. Graff 61

6 Models of literacy in North American schools: social and historical conditions and consequences / Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke 87

7 A sociohistorical approach to remediation / Michael Cole, Peg Griffin 110

8 The business of literacy: the making of the educational textbook / Rowland Lorimer 132

Part III Matters empirical

9 Learning to mean what you say: toward a psychology of literacy / David R. Olson 145

10 Metalinguistic awareness and the growth of literacy / Michael L. Herriman 159

11 On modeling comprehension / Walter Kintsch 175

12 Reading is recognition when reading is not reasoning / J. Jaap Tuinman 196

13 Critical factors in literacy development / Shirley Brice Heath 209

Part IV Matters practical

14 Foundations for literacy: pre-reading development and instruction / Jana Mason 233

15 Individual development in literacy / Kieran Egan 243

16 Teaching students not to read / Walter H. MacGinitie, Ruth K. MacGinitie 256

17 Teaching writing: the process approach, humanism, and the context of "crisis" / Richard M. Coe 270

18 Collaborative revision: learning and self-assessment / Michael C. Flanigan 313.

Notes:

Chiefly revisions of papers originally presented at a conference on the topic "Literacy: what is to be done?", held at Simon Fraser University.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

0521308445

0521313406

OCLC:

13095932