Portraits of Everyday Literacy for Social Justice Reframing the Debate for Families and Communities /

Based on an ethnographic study involving three families who live on a Midlands council housing estate, this book presents portraits of everyday lives - and the literacy practices that are part of them - as a way to explore the complex relationship between literacy and social justice. Each portrait f...

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Main Author: Jones, Susan (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Literacy.
Lifelong learning.
Adult education.
Educational sociology.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Learning.
Instruction.
ISBN:9783319759456
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Everyday Literacy in the Frame
  • Chapter 2. Finding Perspective: Researching Everyday Literacy Practices
  • Chapter 3. Literacy and 'The 'Forgotten Estate': What They Haven't got?
  • Chapter 4. The Local Library: Literacy and Capital
  • Chapter 5. Shared Practice in Place: Literacy and the Construction of Community
  • Chapter 6. A Portrait of Family Literacy
  • Chapter 7. Material Literacies: Writing Home
  • Chapter 8. Reframing Literacy for Social Justice.

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