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Other People's Words : The Cycle of Low Literacy by Victoria Purcell-Gates.
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- 9780674645110
- Book Title
- Other People's Words : the Cycle of Low Literacy
- Item Length
- 8.2 in
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Publication Year
- 1997
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Education, Language Arts & Disciplines
- Topic
- Research, Literacy
- Item Width
- 5.5 in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 256 Pages
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Literacy researchers have rarely studied families of urban Appalachian background, yet, as Purcell-Gates demonstrates, their often severe literacy problems provide a unique perspective on literacy and the relationship between print and culture. A compelling case study details the author's work with one such family.
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Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674645111
ISBN-13
9780674645110
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1036263
Product Key Features
Book Title
Other People's Words : the Cycle of Low Literacy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Research, Literacy
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Education, Language Arts & Disciplines
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
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Scholarly & Professional
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An engaging book that makes a unique contribution to literacy research by offering answers to the 'why's' of low literacy...[It] graphically portrays the ways in which the mainstream society and the educational system effectively exclude [the illiterate]... Other People's Words is a highly readable and richly layered exploration of literacy learning. As qualitative research, it accomplishes what no empirical study can--it transcends the subjects of the study, making vast connections to the functions and effects of literacy practice in lives of adults, children, families, schools, and communities., This two-year case study of the author's work with one family is situated within a more general concern for families whom the educational system seems to be failing...Replacing a predominant deficit view of low socio-economic status minority populations, the author adopts a sociocultural view of learning and an emergent literacy perspective in this detailed account of the acquisition of literacy and the relationship between print and culture. Engagingly written and widely referenced, this is a useful book for anyone considering the nature of family literacy and the interface of literacy learning and cultural experiences, including teachers, students and parents., An engaging book that makes a unique contribution to literacy research by offering answers to the 'why's' of low literacy...[It] graphically portrays the ways in which the mainstream society and the educational system effectively exclude [the illiterate]...Other People's Words is a highly readable and richly layered exploration of literacy learning. As qualitative research, it accomplishes what no empirical study can--it transcends the subjects of the study, making vast connections to the functions and effects of literacy practice in lives of adults, children, families, schools, and communities., This two-year case study of the author's work with one family is situated within a more general concern for families whom the educational system seems to be failing... Replacing a predominant deficit view of low socio-economic status minority populations, the author adopts a sociocultural view of learning and an emergent literacy perspective in this detailed account of the acquisition of literacy and the relationship between print and culture. Engagingly written and widely referenced, this is a useful book for anyone considering the nature of family literacy and the interface of literacy learning and cultural experiences, including teachers, students and parents., An engaging book that makes a unique contribution to literacy research by offering answers to the 'why's' of low literacy... [It] graphically portrays the ways in which the mainstream society and the educational system effectively exclude [the illiterate]... Other People's Words is a highly readable and richly layered exploration of literacy learning. As qualitative research, it accomplishes what no empirical study can--it transcends the subjects of the study, making vast connections to the functions and effects of literacy practice in lives of adults, children, families, schools, and communities.
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Introduction: Literacy, Schools, and Society 1. Nonliterate in an American City 2. Jenny and Donny's World 3. A World without Print 4. Becoming Literate: Donny 5. In Her Own Words: Jenny 6. Print Enters the World of Donny and Jenny 7. Who Reads and Writes in My World? 8. Exclusion and Access 9. The Complexities of Culture, Language, Literacy, and Cognition Appendix: Research Procedures and Stances Notes References Index
Copyright Date
1995
Lccn
94-031073
Dewey Decimal
302.2/244/0973
Dewey Edition
21
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