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Literacy : an international handbook / edited by Daniel A. Wagner, Richard L. Venezky, Brian V. Street.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1999Description: xv, 526 pages ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0813390583
  • 9780813390581
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.2244 21
LOC classification:
  • LC149 .L4956 1999
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword / Federico Mayor -- Rationales, Debates, and New Directions: An Introduction / Daniel A. Wagner -- Historical and Philosophical Roots -- The History of Reading, Paul Saenger -- Literacy in Social History / Daniel P. Resnick, Jay L. Gordon -- Languages and Scripts in Contact: Historical Perspectives / H. Russell Bernard -- The Implications of Literacy / Jack Goody -- The Meanings of Literacy / Brian V. Street -- Psychological Approaches -- Children's Reading Acquisition / Joanna K. Uhry, Linnea C. Ehri -- Adult Reading Acquisition / John P. Sabatini -- Reading Disability / Anne Fowler, Hollis S. Scarborough -- Diagnosis and Remediation in Reading / Dale M. Willows, Catherine Watson -- Diagnosis and Remediation in Writing Development / Uri Shafrir -- Metacognitive Aspects of Literacy / Scott G. Paris, Andrea DeBruin-Parecki -- Literacy and Cognition / Ageliki Nicolopoulou, Michael Cole -- Sociological and Anthropological Approaches -- Sociological and Anthropological Issues in Literacy / Ruth Finnegan -- Ethnic and Minority Issues in Literacy / Bernardo M. Ferdman -- Literacy and Social Practice / Shirley Brice Heath -- Ethnography of Writing / Amy Shuman, Bennis Blue -- Literacy and Religion: The Word, the Holy Word, and the World / Cushla Kapitzke -- Reading, Writing, and Salvation: The Impact of Christian Missionaries on Literacy / Richard L. Venezky -- Language and Literacy -- Orality and Literacy / Niko Besnier -- Literacy and Language Development / David R. Olson.
Summary: A collection of articles by noted authorities about literacy from an historical viewpoint as well as current perspectives.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Federico Mayor -- Rationales, Debates, and New Directions: An Introduction / Daniel A. Wagner -- Historical and Philosophical Roots -- The History of Reading, Paul Saenger -- Literacy in Social History / Daniel P. Resnick, Jay L. Gordon -- Languages and Scripts in Contact: Historical Perspectives / H. Russell Bernard -- The Implications of Literacy / Jack Goody -- The Meanings of Literacy / Brian V. Street -- Psychological Approaches -- Children's Reading Acquisition / Joanna K. Uhry, Linnea C. Ehri -- Adult Reading Acquisition / John P. Sabatini -- Reading Disability / Anne Fowler, Hollis S. Scarborough -- Diagnosis and Remediation in Reading / Dale M. Willows, Catherine Watson -- Diagnosis and Remediation in Writing Development / Uri Shafrir -- Metacognitive Aspects of Literacy / Scott G. Paris, Andrea DeBruin-Parecki -- Literacy and Cognition / Ageliki Nicolopoulou, Michael Cole -- Sociological and Anthropological Approaches -- Sociological and Anthropological Issues in Literacy / Ruth Finnegan -- Ethnic and Minority Issues in Literacy / Bernardo M. Ferdman -- Literacy and Social Practice / Shirley Brice Heath -- Ethnography of Writing / Amy Shuman, Bennis Blue -- Literacy and Religion: The Word, the Holy Word, and the World / Cushla Kapitzke -- Reading, Writing, and Salvation: The Impact of Christian Missionaries on Literacy / Richard L. Venezky -- Language and Literacy -- Orality and Literacy / Niko Besnier -- Literacy and Language Development / David R. Olson.

A collection of articles by noted authorities about literacy from an historical viewpoint as well as current perspectives.

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