Joining the Literacy Club: Further Essays Into Education

by Frank Smith

"The Literacy Club," Frank Smith's metaphor describing the social nature of literacy learning, has become widely used in recent years. The essays in this collection reflect Smith's belief that we learn from other people, not so much through conscious emulation as by "joining the club" of people we see ourselves as being like, and by being helped to engage in their activities. The general theme holding the essays together is that the most significant...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0435084569
• ISBN13: 9780435084561
• Release Date: November 1987
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.3"
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 5