Literacy as conversation :: learning networks in urban and rural communities /

"In Literacy as Conversation, the authors tell stories of successful literacy learning outside of schools and inside communities, both within urban neighborhoods of Philadelphia and rural and semi-rural towns of Arkansas. They define literacy not as a basic skill but as a rich, broadly interact...

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Hauptverfasser: Goldblatt, Eli (VerfasserIn), Jolliffe, David A. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020.
Schriftenreihe:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
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Zusammenfassung:"In Literacy as Conversation, the authors tell stories of successful literacy learning outside of schools and inside communities, both within urban neighborhoods of Philadelphia and rural and semi-rural towns of Arkansas. They define literacy not as a basic skill but as a rich, broadly interactive human behavior: the ability to engage in a conversation carried on, framed by, or enriched through written symbols. Eli Goldblatt takes us to after-school literacy programs, community arts centers, and urban farms in the city of Philadelphia, while David Jolliffe explores learning in a Latinx youth theater troupe, a performance based on the words of men on death row, and long-term cooperation with a rural health care provider in Arkansas. As different as urban and rural settings can be-and as beset as they both are with the challenges of historical racism and economic discrimination-the authors see much to encourage both geographical communities to fight for positive change"--
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xi, 216 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780822987659
0822987651

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