Literacy category: 816 books
European Vernacular Literacy
A Sociolinguistic and Historical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2010
In this major new text, Joshua Fishman charts the rise of vernacular literacy in Europe, and the major social, economic, religious, political, demographic, educational and philosophical changes that attended it. Following the story up until the present day, the book examines the people who became...
Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools
10 Keys to Successful Professional Development
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Literacy Leadership in Changing Schools will help literacy leaders improve teachers’ professional development in grades K–6. The authors use literacy basics to suggest concrete approaches that leaders and coaches can use to help teachers improve their instruction with culturally and linguistically...
by Barbara Comber
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2015
How can teachers ensure a pedagogy of possibility underpinned by social justice, and what has literacy got to do with this? This book explores the positive synergies between critical literacy and place-conscious pedagogy. Through rich classroom research it introduces and demonstrates how a synthesis...
Media Literacy Education in Action
Theoretical and Pedagogical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
Media Literacy Education in Action brings together the field’s leading scholars and advocates to present a snapshot of the theoretical and conceptual development of media literacy education—what has influenced it, current trends, and ideas about its future. Featuring a mix of perspectives, it...
by David Brier, Vickery Kaye Lebbin
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Teaching Information Literacy through Short Stories examines information literacy themes through 18 short stories. The book provides librarians and instructors a fresh approach to introduce, accompany, and supplement their teaching. The book is divided into six sections corresponding with the six...
Data Information Literacy
Librarians, Data and the Education of a New Generation of Researchers
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Given the increasing attention to managing, publishing, and preserving research datasets as scholarly assets, what competencies in working with research data will graduate students in STEM disciplines need to be successful in their fields? And what role can librarians play in helping students attain...
Literacy Theory as Practice
Connecting Theory and Instruction in K–12 Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This comprehensive textbook introduces readers to the most influential theories and models of reading and literacy, ranging from behaviorism and early information-processing theories to social constructionist and critical theories. Focusing on how these theories connect with different curricular approaches...
Adolescent Literacies and the Gendered Self
(Re)constructing Identities through Multimodal Literacy Practices
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Today’s youth live in the interface of the local and the global. Research is documenting how a world youth culture is developing, how global migration is impacting youth, how global capitalism is changing their economic and vocational futures, and how computer-mediated communication with the world...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2015
The Routledge Handbook of Literacy Studies offers a comprehensive view of the field of language and literacy studies. With forty-three chapters reflecting new research from leading scholars in the field, the handbook pushes at the boundaries of existing fields and combines with related fields and...
Review of Adult Learning and Literacy, Volume 4
Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice: A Project of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2004
The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research Policy, and Practice, Volume 4 is the newest addition to a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices...
Critical Literacy, Schooling, and Social Justice
The Selected Works of Allan Luke
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
In the World Library of Educationalists series, international scholars themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pieces – extracts from books, key articles, salient research findings, major theoretical and/or practical contributions – so the world can read...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Literacy researchers and educators are currently involved in exciting international literacy projects. However, many in the field are not aware of these initiatives. In compiling this edited volume, our intent is to provide a resource book for university instructors and research faculty with examples...
Literacy and Gender
Researching Texts, Contexts and Readers
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2007
Why are girls outperforming boys in literacy skills in the Western education system today? To date, there have been few attempts to answer this question. Literacy and Gender sets out to redress this state of affairs by re-examining the social organization of literacy in primary schools.
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by Evan Ortlieb
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Using Informative Assessments towards Effective Literacy Practices offers research driven solutions to improving student literacy success through the exploration of advancements in literacy assessment and instruction. As the first volume in the series, Literacy Research, Practice, and Evaluation,...