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Literacy in Theory and Practice

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ISBN-10: 0521289610

ISBN-13: 9780521289610

Edition: 1984

Authors: Brian V. Street, Peter Burke, Ruth Finnegan

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This book challenges conventional theories about literacy, and the practices which often arise from them. It attempts to provide a new perspective through which the variety of literacy practices across different cultures can be viewed and from which the practical issues that arise in specific literacy campaigns and programmes can be approached. Dr Street first examines the explicit theories developed about literacy within different academic disciplines, on the premise that these underlie statements about literacy within development campaigns and in everyday usage. He analyses in detail arguments about the 'technical' and 'neutral' nature of literacy and its supposed 'cognitive' consequences…    
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Book details

List price: $58.99
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 1/17/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.06" wide x 9.06" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.968
Language: English

Brian V. Street is Professor of Language in Education in the School of Education at King's College, London University and Visiting Professor of Education in the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania. He undertook anthropological fieldwork in Iran during the 1970s, and has since worked in the USA, Britain, and S. Africa.Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.

Acknowledgements
Prolegomenon
Introduction
Literacy In Theory
The G++autonomousG++ model: I. literacy and rationality
The G++autonomousG++ model: II. goody
Literacy and linguistics
The G++ideological model
Literacy In Theory And Practice
G++MaktabG++ literacy
G++CommercialG++ literacy
Literacy In Practice
Unesco and radical literacy campaigns
Adult literacy campaigns in the UK and the USA
Bibliography
Index