Literacy in America : an encyclopedia of history, theory, and practice / Barbara J. Guzzetti, editor ; Donna E. Alvermann and Jerry L. Johns, editorial advisors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guzzetti, Barbara J.

Alvermann, Donna E.

Johns, Jerry L.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literacy--United States--Encyclopedias.

Literacy.

Reading--United States--Encyclopedias.

Reading.

United States.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (xxxviii, 779 pages) : illustrations ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2002]

Summary:

Once upon a time, the three "R"s sufficed. Not any more -- not for students, not for Americans. Gone the way of the little red school house is simple reading and writing instruction. Surveying an increasingly complex discipline, Literacy in America offers a comprehensive overview of all the lastest trends in literacy education -- conceptual understanding of texts, familiarity with electronic content, and the ability to create meaning from visual imagery and media messages.

Educators and academicians call these skills "multiple literacies, " shorthand for the kind of literacy skills and abilities needed in an age of information overload, media hype, and Internet connectedness. With its 400 A-Z entries, researched by experts but written in accessible prose, Literacy in America is the only reference tool students, teachers, and parents will need to understand what it means to be -- and become -- literate in 21st- century America.

Contents:

v. 1. A-M

v. 2. N-Z.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 705-749) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1576073580

OCLC:

50560714