Literacy, Society, and Schooling
A Reader

Suzanne de Castell (Edited by), Allan Luke (Edited by), Kieran Egan (Edited by)

9780521313407, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 31 October 1986

356 pages, 20 b/w illus. 4 tables
22.9 x 15 x 1.9 cm, 0.47 kg

This book addresses the current 'literacy crisis' alleged in professional journals and the popular press. Literacy is at once a contentious social and educational issue, a continuing concern of parents and teachers, and the focal point of a range of disciplinary inquiries. Literacy, Society, and Schooling draws together especially commissioned essays on the nature, history, and pedagogy of literacy by social historians, philosophers, literary scholars, linguists, educators, and psychologists. The editors have attempted to convey, in an accessible format, the range and diversity of the scholarly debate about literacy-theory, research, and practice. Students, teachers, and researchers will find Literacy, Society, and Schooling an invaluable resource.

Part I. Matters of Value: 1. On defining literacy Suzanne de Castell, Allan Luke, and David MacLennan
2. The functions and uses of literacy Shirley Brice Heath
3. The properties, purposes, and promotion of literacy John Wilson
4. Literacy and the education of the emotions Robert C. Solomon
Part II. Matters Historical and Social: 5. The legacies of literacy: continuities and contradictions in western society and culture Harvey J. Graff
6. Models of literacy in North American schools: social and historical conditions and consequences Suzanne de Castell and Allan Luke
7. A sociohistorical approach to remediation Michael Cole and Peg Griffin
8. The business of literacy: the making of the educational textbook Rowland Lotimer
Part III. Matters Empirical: 9. Learning to mean what you say: toward a psychology of literacy David R. Olson
10. Metalinguistic awareness and the growth of literacy Michael L. Herriman
11. On modeling comprehension Walter Kintsch
12. Reading is recognition when reading is not reasoning J. Jaap Tuinman
13. Critical factors in literacy development Shirley Bruce Heath
Part IV. Matters Practical: 14. Foundations for literacy: pre-reading development and instruction Jana Mason
15. Individual development in literacy Kieran Egan
16. Teaching students not to read Walter H. MacGinitie and Ruth K. MacGinitie
17. Teaching writing: the process approach, humanism, and the context of 'crisis' Richard M. Coe
18. Collaborative revision: learning and self-assessment Michael C. Flanigan
Notes on contributors
Author index
Subject index.

Subject Areas: Educational psychology [JNC]