Literacy, Society, and Schooling: A Reader

by Edited by Suzanne de Castell , Allan Luke , Kieran Egan

• ISBN13: 9780521313407
• ISBN10: 0521313406
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1986-10-31
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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.

Table of Contents

Part I. Matters of Value: 1. On defining literacy Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke, and David MacLennan

2. The functions and uses of literacy Shirley Brice Heath

3. The properties, purposes, and promotion of literacy John Wilson

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

Part II. Matters Historical and Social: 5. The legacies of literacy: continuities and contradictions in western society and culture Harvey J. Graff

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

7. A sociohistorical approach to remediation Michael Cole and Peg Griffin

8. The business of literacy: the making of the educational textbook Rowland Lotimer

Part III. Matters Empirical: 9. Learning to mean what you say: toward a psychology of literacy David R. Olson

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

11. On modeling comprehension Walter Kintsch

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

13. Critical factors in literacy development Shirley Bruce Heath

Part IV. Matters Practical: 14. Foundations for literacy: pre-reading development and instruction Jana Mason

15. Individual development in literacy Kieran Egan

16. Teaching students not to read Walter H. MacGinitie and Ruth K. MacGinitie

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

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

Notes on contributors

Author index

Subject index.