Literacy and Learning: A Reference Handbook

by Brett Elizabeth Blake and Robert W. Blake

A state-of-the-art compendium of resource materials and current practice that answers two basic questions: "What is literacy?" and "How do individuals become literate?"

Not long ago, literacy simply meant knowing how to read and write. Today, the study of literacy is a complex field encompassing many different areas, from computer literacy to geographic literacy, and including several degrees of competence such as functional, pragmatic,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1576072738
• ISBN13: 9781576072738
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: ABC-CLIO
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher