Literacy, Society and Schooling: A Reader.

Abstract

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.