{"product_id":"literacy-isbn-9781405111140","title":"Literacy","description":"This introduction to the expanding field of literacy studies has been fully revised for the second edition. It explores recent developments and new research that has contributed to our understanding of literacy practices, reflecting on the interdisciplinary growth of the study of reading and writing over the past decade. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style: none\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn introductory textbook on the growing field of literacy studies, fully updated for the new edition\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncludes new sections detailing recent completed studies of literacy practices, and the use of new technologies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistinguishes between the competing definitions of literacy in contemporary society, and examines the language and learning theories which underpin new views of literacy\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eNow features additional material on cross-cultural perspectives, US-based examples, and information detailing current educational policy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e  Preface. \u003cp\u003ePreface to first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1. An Integrated Approach to Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy in Everyday Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Study of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOutline of the Book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2. Talking About Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaphors for Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories and Metaphors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaphors and thinking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefinitions of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLooking for a metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ecological metaphor.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3. The Social Basis of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePractices and Events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracies and Domains.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBroader Social Relations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy as Communication.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy as Thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues and Awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndividual History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4. Researching Literacy Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearching Literacy as Social Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResearch Methods.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLocal and Community Literacy Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMultilingual Literacy Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy is Gendered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorkplace Literacy Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Social Patterning of Literacy Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5. Literacy Embedded in Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy and Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom registers to genres and discourses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTexts and intertextuality.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking Meaning from Texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Mediates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6. Configurations of Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten and Spoken Language are Different.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinua from Written to Spoken.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfigurations of Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDecontextualized and Explicit?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7. Writing Systems and Other Notations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComparing writing systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther Notations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8. Points in History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Archaeology of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is writing?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarlier forms of symbolic representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly uses of writing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy and Historical Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting as evolution.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEvolution towards the alphabet?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContact and change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Social History of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe development of printing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe development of a literate culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9. The Roots of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApproaches to Learning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearning to Speak.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10. Emergent Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReading to Children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy Events.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnowing about Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11. Public Definitions of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Skill of Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriter as Scribe and as Author.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Literary View of Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Professional Writer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12. School Practices.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Goes On in Schools.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTalk around texts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom home to school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy as Language.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13. Adults and World Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFunctional Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNot Literate in a Literate World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrialized Countries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage Issues in Adult Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14. Some Implications of an Ecological View.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiteracy in Education.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobal Literacy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"David Barton is a major player in the rapidly expanding field of literacy studies. In the first edition of \u003ci\u003eLiteracy\u003c\/i\u003e, he brought to the attention of new audiences the research and approaches to literacy signalled by terms such as 'social practice', 'ethnographic', 'situated', and 'embedded' literacies. His own 'ecological' approach provides a coherent and insightful way of bringing together such understandings across many fields. This book will be an invaluable companion to all of those interested in literacy - policy makers, teachers, academics, and journalists - and it will continue to challenge many of the dominant stereotypes with which they otherwise have to work.\" \u003ci\u003eBrian V. Street, King's College London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"I have profited in my own thinking about literacy from this book... It is a marvellous achievement.\" \u003ci\u003eMichael Cole, University of Californina, San Diego (of the previous edition)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Barton\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Language and Literacy and Director of the Literacy Research Centre at Lancaster University. His publications include \u003ci\u003eBeyond Communities of Practice \u003c\/i\u003e(co-edited with Karin Tusting, 2005), \u003ci\u003eLetter Writing as a Social Practice\u003c\/i\u003e (co-edited with Nigel Hall, 2000), and \u003ci\u003eLocal Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community\u003c\/i\u003e (with Mary Hamilton, 1998).  Exploring recent developments and new research that have contributed to our understanding of literacy practices, this book provides a rounded introduction to the growing field of literacy studies. David Barton reflects on the interdisciplinary growth of the study of reading and writing over the past decade, distinguishing between the competing definitions of literacy in contemporary society, and examining the language and learning theories which underpin them.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the publication of the first edition there have been many detailed studies of literacy practices in different settings. This second edition brings the book up to date by summarizing this new research, and showing how it has contributed to our understanding of literacy. The second edition now features a new section on how literacy research is carried out, and explores the use of new technologies. Additional material on cross-cultural perspectives, extensive references to new research, and information detailing current educational policy are also included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989535637733,"sku":"NP9781405111140","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405111140.jpg?v=1761784500","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/literacy-isbn-9781405111140","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}