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  • City Literaciesby Eve Gregory; Ann Williams

    Routledge 2000; US$ 54.95

    City Literacies explores the lives and literacies of different generations of people living in Spitalfields and The City at the end of the twentieth century. more...

  • Local Literaciesby David Barton; Mary Hamilton

    Routledge 1998; US$ 52.95

    Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day to day lives. more...

  • Literacy and Schoolingby Frances Christie; Ray Misson

    RoutledgeFalmer 1998; US$ 57.50

    This book explores the recent developments in the field of literacy education - it introduces major contemporary trends in research and theory that underpin the debates and movements within the language and literacy field. more...

  • African American Literaciesby Elaine Richardson

    Routledge 2002; US$ 43.95

    This book addresses the literacy problems of African American students providing educators with an African American centred theory of rhetoric and composition. more...

  • Literacy in American Livesby Deborah Brandt

    Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 34.00

    This book traces the changing conditions of literacy learning over the past century as they were felt in the lives of ordinary Americans born between 1895 and 1985. Drawing on more than 80 life histories of Americans, the book addresses critical questions facing public education at the twenty-first century. more...

  • Achieving State and National Literacy Goals, a Long Uphill Roadby Jennifer Sloan McCombs; Sheila Nataraj Kirby; Heather Barney; Hilary Darilek

    RAND Corporation 2005; US$ 9.95

    RAND gathered information from the 50 states and theDistrict of Columbia (DC) on state assessment systems and studentperformance on reading or English language arts and writing assessments inorder to measure adolescent?s (grades 4 through 12) performance toward stateliteracy goals. more...

  • Adult Literacy as Social Practiceby Uta Papen

    Taylor & Francis 2005; US$ 52.95

    In this book, the author shows how teaching staff have much to gain from understanding the role of literacy in learners' lives and focuses on the significance and practicalities of how teachers and students can work with a social practice view. more...

  • Language, Literacy, and Power in Schoolingby Teresa L. McCarty

    Lawrence Erlbaum Associates 2005; US$ 48.95

    This text brings critical ethnographic perspectives to bear on the negotiation of language, literacy, and power in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts, showing how literacy and schooling are negotiated by children and adults and how schooling becomes a key site of struggle over whose knowledge, discourses, and literacy practices "count". more...

  • Literacy in Americaby Barbara J. Guzzetti

    ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 185.00

    An encyclopedic resource on literacy, literacy instruction and literary assessment in the United States. It offers a comprehensive overview of all the latest trends in literacy education, familiarity with electronic content, and the ability to create meaning from visual imagery and media messages. more...

  • The Literacy Gameby John Stannard; Laura Huxford; Sir Michael Barber

    Taylor & Francis 2007; US$ 37.95

    A vital introduction and critical appraisal for pracititioners and students, The Literacy Game examines the origins, evolution and impact of the NLS, and provides a fully comprehensive contribution to the teaching of literacy and the management of educational change. more...