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Author Wagner, Daniel A., 1946-

Title Literacy, culture, and development : becoming literate in Morocco / Daniel A. Wagner
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1993

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 MELB  302.2244 Wag/Lca  AVAILABLE
Description xiv, 367 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Preface -- 1. Domains, questions and directions -- 2. Language and literacy in Morocco -- 3. The cultural context of schooling -- 4. Doing fieldwork in Morocco -- 5. Learning to read in Arabic -- 6. Social factors in literacy acquisition -- 7. Beliefs and literacy -- 8. Learning to read in a second language and second literacy -- 9. Functional literacy: school learning and everyday skills -- 10. School dropout and literacy retention: out of school, out of mind? 11. Literacy and poverty -- 12. Linking research and policy -- 13. Becoming literate: concluding thoughts -- Photo-essay on literacy in Morocco -- References -- Appendices
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 334-352) and indexes
Subject Literacy -- Social aspects -- Morocco.
Literacy -- Morocco.
LC no. 92046214
ISBN 0521391326 (hardback)
0521398134 (paperback)