| Literacy and Learning: A Reference Handbook Contributor(s): Blake, Brett Elizabeth (Author), Blake, Robert W. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1576072738 ISBN-13: 9781576072738 Publisher: ABC-CLIO OUR PRICE: $54.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2002 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics - Education | Reference - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Language Arts |
| Dewey: 302.224 |
| LCCN: 2002014485 |
| Series: Contemporary Education Issues (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 6.36" W x 9.33" (1.16 lbs) 286 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Not long ago, literacy simply meant knowing how to read and write. Today, the study of literacy is a complex field encompassing many different areas, from computer literacy to geographic literacy, and including several degrees of competence such as functional, pragmatic, and cultured. In addition there are six kinds of readers: the submissive, the active, the semiotic, the subjective, the psychoanalytic, and the interpretive community reader, and at least two distinct ways of reading: aesthetic reading and rational reading. In this comprehensive, accessible volume, two literacy experts not only help readers understand the latest theories and the heated controversies in this exciting field, they also show readers how this vast new knowledge is being applied in successful literacy programs. |