The Powers of literacy : a genre approach to teaching writing / edited by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis. - x, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture . - Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture .

"First published in 1993 by The Falmer Press in the Critical Perspectives on Literacy series, edited by Allan Luke"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-272) and index.

Introduction: How a genre approach to literacy can transform the way writing is taught / Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis -- Ch. 1 Genre as social process / Gunther Kress -- Ch. 2 Histories of pedagogy, cultures of schooling -- Ch. 3 The power of literacy and the literacy of power / Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope -- Ch. 4 Gender and genre : feminist subversion of genre fiction and it's implications for critical literacy / Anne Cranny-Francis -- Ch. 5 A contextual theory of language / J. R. Martin -- Ch. 6 Grammar : making meaning in writing J. R Marting and Joan Rothery -- Ch. 7 Curriculum genres : planning for effective teaching / Frances Christie -- Ch. 8 Genre in practice / Mike Callaghan, Peter Knapp and Greg Noble -- Ch. 9 Assessment : a foundation for effective learning in the school context / Mary Macken and Diana Slade -- Bibliographical essay : developeing the theory and practrice of genre - based literacy / Cope, Kalantzis, Gunther Kress and Jim Martin; compiled by Lorraine Murphy.

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English language--Composition and exercises
Report writing--Study and teaching
Literary form
Literacy

PE1404. / P62 1993

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