The Elements of Literacy

by Lindquist, Julie; Seitz, David

• ISBN13: 9780321328915
• ISBN10: 0321328914
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-14
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

This rhetoric begins with the question "What is Literacy?" and invites the reader to think and write about literacy as a field of study. The study of how people become literate, the role of literacy in society, and what forms literacy takes is important in many disciplines such as English, Rhetoric, Education, Sociology, and Anthropology. In The Elements of Literacy, students are specifically asked to consider five aspects or "sites" of literacy -- the mind (cognitive studies), culture (doing ethnographic research), class (the effects of social class on literacy practices), the workplace, and digital/multimodal literacies. As part of the Elements Series, this brief rhetoric offers substantial value at an affordable price.

Table of Contents

Introduction

How Does Literacy Mean?

Literacy Then, Literacy Now: Changing Meanings of Literacy

Sites of Literacy: How This Book is Organized

Activities and Projects

For Further Reading 2

Literacy and Mind

Kids These Days: Literacy and the End of Dialogue

Letters, Thought, and Civilization

Literacy and the "Great Divide"Literacy, Literacies, and Schooling: The Case of the VaiProjects and Activities

For Further Reading 3

Literacy and Culture

Into the Field: Ethnographic Research on Literacy

Literacy in Action: Understa

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