{"product_id":"literacy-culture-and-development-becoming-literate-in-morocco-paperback-9780521398138","title":"Literacy, Culture and Development; Becoming Literate in Morocco (Paperback) 9780521398138","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLiteracy, Culture and Development\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBecoming Literate in Morocco\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book offers multiple perspectives on our understanding of literacy and its acquisition and retention.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDaniel A. Wagner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521398138, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 25 February 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e396 pages, 63 b\/w illus.  45 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm, 0.59 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...represents an elegant weaving of ethnographic fieldwork with standard psychometric techniques of cross-cultural methodology within an analysis of traditional and emerging contexts of literal practice in Moroccan society.  Interesting historical descriptions, detailed research procedures and well supported conclusions make this work well worth reading...a good cookbook with many recipes from which we can benefit as we work toward a global understanding of literacy development.\"   Richard Ricard, Mind, Culture, and Activity\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLiteracy is thought to be one of the primary cultural transmitters of information and beliefs within any society where it exists. Yet, when considered as a social phenomenon, literacy is remarkably difficult to define, because its functions, meanings, and methods of learning vary from one cultural group to the next. This book compares and contrasts our understanding of literacy and its acquisition and retention. It addresses major debates in education policy today, such as the importance of 'mother-tongue' literacy programs, the notion of literacy 'relapse', and the concept of educational poverty. The author focuses on Moroccan children whose parents are unschooled, whose language is often different from that used in the classroom, and whose first instruction often involves rote religious teaching.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Domains, questions and directions\u003cbr\u003e 2. Language and literacy in Morocco\u003cbr\u003e 3. The cultural context of schooling\u003cbr\u003e 4. Doing fieldwork in Morocco\u003cbr\u003e 5. Learning to read in Arabic\u003cbr\u003e 6. Social factors in literacy acquisition\u003cbr\u003e 7. Beliefs and literacy\u003cbr\u003e 8. Learning to read in a second language and second literacy\u003cbr\u003e 9. Functional literacy: school learning and everyday skills\u003cbr\u003e 10. School dropout and literacy retention: out of school, out of mind?\u003cbr\u003e 11. Literacy and poverty\u003cbr\u003e 12. Linking research and policy\u003cbr\u003e 13. Becoming literate: concluding thoughts\u003cbr\u003e Photo-essay on literacy in Morocco\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Appendices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Educational psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Educational psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Educational%20psychology%20%5BJNC%5D%22\"\u003eJNC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007231971608,"sku":"9780521398138","price":36.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521398138i_603b9fb2-c5cd-4c63-8e30-10d58ab3d2bd.jpg?v=1691381086","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/literacy-culture-and-development-becoming-literate-in-morocco-paperback-9780521398138","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}