Exploring Literacies: Theory, Research and Practice

✍ Scribed by Helen Silva de Joyce, Susan Feez (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 442
Series: Research and Practice in Applied Linguistics
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

This book is a guide to current research and debate in the field of literacies practice and education. It provides both an historical and lifespan view of the field as well as an overview of research methodologies with first-hand examples from a range of researchers involved in literacy research.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter....Pages 1-2
Literacy: A Field of Evolving Terms, Definitions and Educational Approaches....Pages 3-39
Studies of Literacy over Time and across Disciplines....Pages 40-84
Front Matter....Pages 85-86
Literacy from Home to School....Pages 87-126
Literacy at School....Pages 127-181
Literacy in Adult Life: Community, Further Education and Work....Pages 182-223
Front Matter....Pages 224-225
Researching Literacy: A Methodological Map....Pages 226-278
Researcher Voices....Pages 279-375
Back Matter....Pages 376-420

✦ Subjects

Literacy; Teaching and Teacher Education; Language Teaching

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