Literacy and Learning: Reflections on Writing, Reading, and Society

Name: Literacy and Learning: Reflections on Writing, Reading, and Society
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ISBN: 9780470401347

ISBN-10: 0470401346

ISBN-13: 9780470401347

Edition: 2009

Authors: Deborah Brandt, Brandt

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Literacy and Learning is a collection of Deborah Brandt's work that focuses on changes in perspectives and perceptions about reading and writing. She describes how literacy skills have become bound up with economic competition and technological change, how basic skills in one generation often prove inadequate for the next-and the tremendous pressure this puts on teachers, families, communities and, most of all, learners. She also introduces the concept of sponsors of literacy-agents, forces, and institutions that stimulate or support people's literacy strivings for their own economic or political or cultural advantage. This is a fascinating and thought-provoking collection of essays on…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/26/2009
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 5.92" wide x 8.60" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Deborah Brandt is Professor Emerita of English at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.



Introduction: Writing At The Speed Of Change


The Grawemeyer Award In Education: A Conversation With Deborah Brandt



Sponsors Of Literacy



Literacy In American Lives: Living And Learning In A Sea Of Change



Accumulating Literacy: Writing And Learning To Write In The Twentieth Century



Remembering Writing, Remembering Reading



Writing For A Living: Literacy And The Knowledge Economy



The Status Of Writing



How Writing Is Remaking Reading


Conclusion: An Excerpt From Literacy In American Lives


Appendix: Interview Script


Questions For Reflection


Index


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