Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world.The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings of literacy and of the literacy programmes that have been developed to enhance them. Arguing that ethnographic research can and should inform literacy policy in developing countries, the book extends current theory and itself contributes to policy making and programme building.A large cross-section of society is covered, with chapters on Women's literacy in Pakistan, Ghana, and Rural Mali, literacy in village Iran, and an 'Older Peoples' Literacy Project.This international collection includes case studies from: Peru, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Mali, Nepal, Iran, Eritrea, Ghana.

Literacy and Development: Ethnographic Perspectives (Literacies)

Politics & Social Sciences

Street, Brian V.

Social Sciences

Routledge

Literacy and Development is a collection of case studies of literacy projects around the world. The contributors present their in-depth studies of everyday uses and meanings of literacy and of the literacy programmes that have been developed to enhance them. Arguing that ethnographic research can and should inform literacy policy in developing countries, the book extends current theory and itself contributes to policy making and programme building. A large cross-section of society is covered, with chapters on Women's literacy in Pakistan, Ghana, and Rural Mali, literacy in village Iran, and an 'Older Peoples' Literacy Project. This international collection includes case studies from: Peru, Pakistan, India, South Africa, Bangladesh, Mali, Nepal, Iran, Eritrea, Ghana.

Literacy is a comprehensive textbook which provides students and researchers with support for advanced study of the topic. It introduces readers to a broad range of approaches to understanding literacy in educational contexts and in society. Literacy: <ul>
<li>integrates psychological, educational and anthropological approaches to literacy and its consequences for individuals and society</li> <li>gathers together influential readings from key names in this inter-disciplinary field, including: Catherine Snow, David Olson, and Mike Cole</li> <li>presents teachers, students and researchers with many diverse opportunities to explore for themselves a broad range of perspectives and methods of study.</li>
</ul>
Written by experienced teachers and researchers in the field, Literacy is an essential textbook for students and researchers of Applied Linguistics.

Literacy: An Advanced Resource Book for Students (Routledge Applied Linguistics)

Reference

Lefstein, Adam

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Literacy (Routledge Applied Linguistics)

This frontline volume contributes to the social study of education in general and literacy in particular by bringing together in a new way the traditions of language, ethnography, and education. Integrating New Literacy Studies and Bourdieusian sociology with ethnographic approaches to the study of classroom practice, it offers an original and useful reference point for scholars and students of education, language, and literacy wishing to incorporate Bourdieu’s ideas into their work. More than just a set of stand-alone chapters around social perspectives on language interactions in classrooms, this book develops and unfolds dialogically across three sections: Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu – Principles; Language, Ethnography and Education - Practical Studies; Working at the Intersections – In Theory and Practice. The authors posit ‘Classroom Language Ethnography’ as a genuinely new perspective with rich and developed traditions behind it, but distinct from conventional approaches to literacy and education ― an approach that bridges those traditions to yield fresh insights on literacy in all its manifestations, thereby providing a pathway to more robust research on language in education.

Language, Ethnography, and Education: Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu

Bloome, David

Grenfell, Michael

Pahl, Kate

Hardy, Cheryl

Rowsell, Jennifer

Sociology

Literacy in Theory and Practice (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, Series Number 9)

This book challenges conventional theories about literacy, and the practices which often arise from them. It attempts to provide a new perspective through which the variety of literacy practices across different cultures can be viewed and from which the practical issues that arise in specific literacy campaigns and programmes can be approached. Dr Street first examines the explicit theories developed about literacy within different academic disciplines, on the premise that these underlie statements about literacy within development campaigns and in everyday usage. He analyses in detail arguments about the 'technical' and 'neutral' nature of literacy and its supposed 'cognitive' consequences in the work of some psychologists, linguists and social anthropologists. He claims that these amount to a coherent but flawed model that he terms the 'autonomous' model of literacy. Against this he poses an 'ideological' model, one which pays greater attention to the social structure. He attempts to bring together recent shifts in this direction in writings on literacy and to construct a coherent model for further work.

Anthropology

Cambridge University Press

This book challenges conventional theories about literacy, and the practices which often arise from them. It attempts to provide a new perspective through which the variety of literacy practices across different cultures can be viewed and from which the practical issues that arise in specific literacy campaigns and programmes can be approached. Dr Street first examines the explicit theories developed about literacy within different academic disciplines, on the premise that these underlie statements about literacy within development campaigns and in everyday usage. He analyses in detail arguments about the 'technical' and 'neutral' nature of literacy and its supposed 'cognitive' consequences in the work of some psychologists, linguists and social anthropologists. He claims that these amount to a coherent but flawed model that he terms the 'autonomous' model of literacy. Against this he poses an 'ideological' model, one which pays greater attention to the social structure. He attempts to bring together recent shifts in this direction in writings on literacy and to construct a coherent model for further work.

This text examines literacy, politics and social change, the ethnography of literacy and literacy in education, and explores a new critical framework.

Social Literacies: Critical Approaches to Literacy Development, Ethnography, and Education (Real Language Series)

Longman Pub. Group

On Ethnography: Approaches to Language and Literacy Research (NCRLL Collection)

The authors weave together narratives of practice and theory that draw on their own field work and that of a novice ethnographer. Their stories take us outside the usual progression of how-to-do-ethnography, which moves from research question to data collection and analysis to publication. Readers learn of the motivations and mishaps behind the authors’ own classic ethnographic studies of language, multimodal literacies, and community practices. The authors use their stories to illustrate the power of curiosity, connection, and continuity in ethnographic pursuits. Keeping language and literacy the central concern, this volume offers practical ways for ethnographers to sustain their attention to a constant comparative perspective and to patterns of co-occurrence in language structures, uses, and values. Appropriate for new and experienced researchers, this readable volume:
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<li> Illustrates three primary learning environments for the work of ethnographers: self-directed learning, informal communities of learners, and instructional settings within formal education. </li>
<li> Stresses that “doing ethnography” involves engagement with public life and cannot be separated out as an academic activity. </li>
<li> Includes examples of ethnographic studies in Australia, Iran, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States.</li>
</ul>

Education & Teaching

Heath, Shirley Brice

Schools & Teaching

Teachers' College Press

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Literacy and Development: Ethnographic Perspectives (Literacies)

Literacy and Development: Ethnographic Perspectives (Literacies)

Literacy: An Advanced Resource Book for Students (Routledge Applied Linguistics)

Literacy (Routledge Applied Linguistics)

Language, Ethnography, and Education: Bridging New Literacy Studies and Bourdieu

Literacy in Theory and Practice (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, Series Number 9)

Literacy in Theory and Practice (Cambridge Studies in Oral and Literate Culture, Series Number 9)

Social Literacies: Critical Approaches to Literacy Development, Ethnography, and Education (Real Language Series)

On Ethnography: Approaches to Language and Literacy Research (NCRLL Collection)

On Ethnography: Approaches to Language and Literacy Research (NCRLL Collection)