Literacy

This volume presents case studies of literacy practices as shaped by culture, language, community, and power. Covering a range of contexts and expl...

The book provides a historical overview of adult literacy theory, policy, practice, and research from the mid-1980s to the present. The main focus ...

The goal of this book is to encourage educators and researchers to understand the complexities of adolescent gang members' lives in order to rethin...

The third edition of With Literacy and Justice for All: Rethinking the Social in Language and Education continues to document Carole Edelsky's long...

The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) is a household survey conducted periodically by the Department of Education that evaluates the lit...

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:*Demographic change and low-litera...

Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 6, includes chapters on:*Demographic change and low-litera...

Drawing on the latest research about toddlers and preschoolers, At a Loss for Words lays out the importance of getting parents, policy makers, and ...

Grounded in cutting-edge theory and research about literacy development, this book is filled with practical assessment and instructional ideas for ...

This landmark volume articulates and develops the argument that new directions in sociocultural theory are needed in order to address important iss...

This volume presents studies and research syntheses on the significance of play in the literacy development of young children and pushes the study ...

This book reviews what the authors term advocacy research in literacy education-research that explicitly addresses issues of social justice, equity...

Over the past century, the explosive growth of scientific, technical, and cultural disciplines has profoundly affected our daily lives. However, pr...

This volume presents studies and research syntheses on the significance of play in the literacy development of young children and pushes the study ...

This volume revisits, problematizes, and expands the meaning of quality in the context of adult basic education. Covering a wide range of relevant ...

How do American girls compose and amend their identities? In this text, prominent scholars in their respective fields examine the complex social an...

Many otherwise competent adults are wobbly writers, whether they're college students or already thriving in a job. They probably exhibit a "go get ...

Designed to introduce visual literacy to instructional librarians, this book shows librarians how to make visual literacy relevant and engaging by ...

Originally published in 1980. The skills of reading and writing have been proclaimed as universal human rights. This book explores why this should ...

This timely book tackles underlying issues that see disproportionate numbers of African American males with dyslexia undiagnosed, untreated, and fa...

This book proposes a broad-based multiliteracies theory and praxis for college writing curriculum. Khadka expands on the work of the New London Gro...

By focusing on the textually mediated reactions of local residents, social movements, and media producers to policy changes implemented in the fave...

Innovations and Challenges in Applied Linguistics from the Global South provides an original appraisal of the latest innovations and challenges in ...

Published in 1978, this is a concise and practical guide to the use of linguistic theory and analytical techniques in English language teaching at ...

Landmark Essays on Rhetorics of Difference challenges the Eurocentric perspective from which the field of rhetoric is traditionally viewed. Taking ...

At the heart of this inquiry into the ethical implications of education reform on reading practices in middle and secondary classrooms, the central...

Using the concept of multiliteracies and multimodality, this book provides foundation knowledge about the new and continuously changing literacies ...

Representations of language learning and literacy, also known as “literacy narratives” are a staple of literature. They tell stories of conflict th...

Teaching with Dystopian Text propounds an exchange of spatial to pedagogical practices centered around “Orwellian Spaces,” signaling a new utility ...

The almost universal reliance upon digital tools for social, academic, and career development will only become more pronounced in the years to come...

These new Set 7A (Grey) Storybooks are designed to give children extra practice, and to develop their fluency and vocabulary further before moving ...

Approaching academic assignments as practical controversies, this book offers a novel approach to the study of digital literacy. Through in-depth a...

This volume offers a comprehensive account of language development from a Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) perspective, integrating theory and ...

Synthesizing a range of studies on morphological processing from the past 30 years, this edited collection presents the current state of knowledge ...

Originally published in 1980. The skills of reading and writing have been proclaimed as universal human rights. This book explores why this should ...