The Social Construction of Literacy

by Jenny Cook-Gumperz

Book Overview

Literacy - the ability to produce and interpret written text - has long been viewed as the basis of all school achievement; a measure of success that defines both an 'educated' person, and an educable one. In this volume, a team of leading experts raise questions central to the acquisition of literacy. Why do children with similar classroom experiences show different levels of educational achievement? And why do these differences in literacy, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521525675
• ISBN13: 9780521525671
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"