Local literacies : reading and writing in one community / David Barton and Mary Hamilton.
Material type: TextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998Description: xviii, 299 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0415171490
- 9780415171496
- 0415171504
- 9780415171502
- 302.22440942769 21
- LC156.G72 E53 1998
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-292) and index.
List of asides -- List of figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- 1. Understanding literacy as social practice -- 2. Locating literacies in time and space: (1) a history of literacy in Lancaster -- 3. Locating literacies in time and space: (2) Lancaster today -- 4. Ethnography in practice -- 5. How they've fared in education: Harry's literacy practices -- 6. Getting things done in the community: Shirley's literacy practices -- 7. Living a local life: June's literacy practices -- 8. Leisure and pleasure: Cliff's literacy practices -- 9. Everyday literacies: (1) the range of practices -- 10. Everyday literacies: (2) the patterning of practices -- 11. Home, learning and education -- 12. The web of literacies in local organisations -- 13. Becoming expert: literacy and sense making -- 14. Vernacular literacies -- 15. Afterword -- App. 1. People interviewed in the Literacy in the Community project -- App. 2. Topics covered in the Literacy in the Community interview -- App. 3. Metaphors for the research process -- App. 4. Research into practice -- Bibliography -- Index of informants -- Index.
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