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Social Literacies: Critical Approaches to Literacy in Development, Ethnography and Education.
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1997
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Critical ApproachesEducationNew LiteraciesLiteracy DevelopmentLiteracy EvaluationCultural StudiesTeacher EducationWalter OngChild LiteracyAdult LiteracyLanguage StudiesLiteracy PracticeLiteracy Myths IndexInformation LiteracySociolinguisticsLiteracy LearningDigital LiteracyHumanitiesSocial LiteraciesEarly Childhood LiteracySocial Foundations Of EducationLiteracyPutting LiteraciesCritical LiteracyEthnographyLiteracy Teaching
Literacy is framed as a political and social process that shapes and is shaped by cultural contexts, with ethnographic and anthropological studies highlighting its role in education, schooling, and cross‑cultural understanding. The study aims to develop a critical framework for literacy pedagogy by exploring the implications of new literacy studies.
Acknowledgements Introduction Section 1: Literacy, Politics and Social Change Introduction 1 Putting Literacies on the Political Agenda 2 Literacy and Social Change: The Significance of Social Context in the Development of Literacy Programmes Section 2: The Ethnography of Literacy Introduction 3. The Uses of Literacy and Anthropology in Iran 4. Orality and Literacy as Ideological Constructions: Some Problems in Cross-cultural Studies Section 3. Literacy in Education Introduction 5. The Schooling of Literacy 6. The Implications of the New Literacy Studies for Pedagogy Section 4: Towards a Critical Framework Introduction 7. A critical Look at Walter Ong and the `Great Divide' 8. Literacy Practices and Literacy Myths Index