The powers of literacy : a genre approach to teaching writing /
Literacy remains a contentious and polarized educational, media and political issue. What has emerged from the continuing debate is a recognition that literacy in education is allied closely with matters of language and culture, ideology and discourse, knowledge and power. Drawing perspectives vario...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxfordshire, England ; New York, New York :
Routledge,
2012
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| Series: | Routledge library editions Education ;
Volume 113. |
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| Summary: | Literacy remains a contentious and polarized educational, media and political issue. What has emerged from the continuing debate is a recognition that literacy in education is allied closely with matters of language and culture, ideology and discourse, knowledge and power. Drawing perspectives variously from critical social theory and cultural studies, poststructuralism and feminisms, sociolinguistics and the ethnography of communication, social history and comparative education, the contributors begin a critical interrogation of taken-for-granted assumptions which have guided educational policy, research and practice |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (299 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 0203149815 0415694272 0415751012 1136515313 1136515356 1136515364 9780203149812 9780415694278 9780415751018 9781136515316 9781136515354 9781136515361 |