Before Writing: Rethinking the Paths to Literacy UK Edition Contributor(s): Kress, Gunther (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415138051 ISBN-13: 9780415138055 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $66.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1996 Annotation: Gunther Kress argues for a radical reappraisal of the phenomenon of literacy, and hence for a profound shift in educational practice. Through close attention to the plethora of objects which children constantly produce--drawings, cut-outs, writings and collages-- Kress suggests a set of principles which reveal the underlying coherence of children's actions-- actions which allow us to connect them with attempts to make meaning before they acquire language and writing. This book provides fundamental challenges to commonly held assumptions about both language and literacy and thought and action. It places these challenges within the context of speculation about the abilities which will become essential for children as young adults, and calls for the radical decentering of language in educational theory and practice. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Elementary |
Dewey: 372.6 |
LCCN: 96-16358 |
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.34" W x 8.52" (0.62 lbs) 198 pages |