Literacy and learning: reflections on writing, reading, and society

Literacy and Learning is a collection of Deborah Brandts work that focuses onchanges in perspectives and perceptions about reading and writing. She describes how literacy skills have become bound up with economic competition and technological change, how basic skills in one generation often prove inadequate for the nextand the tremendous pressure this puts on teachers, families, communities and, most of all, learners. She also introduces the concept of sponsors of literacyagents, forces, and institutions that stimulate or support peoples literacy strivings for their own economic or political or cultural advantage. This is a fascinating and thought-provoking collection of essays on changing definitions and expectations of literacy in recent years, reflecting the spiritof the sponsor, the Grawemeyer Award in Educationwhose intent is to elevate issues in education to broader social awareness. Deborah Brandt has dedicated her career to the status of reading and writing in the United States. Her literacy research is well-known and widely studied. The cohesive volume includes anintroduction by Dr. Brandt, as well as a previously unpublished, new essay, ‘The Status of Writing’. This piece marks the progression of Dr. Brandts interests, and includes a discussion on the various modes of communication availableto students today.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-40134-7
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 05/06/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés