| Description |
viii, 212 pages ; 22 cm cm |
| Series |
Changing education |
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Changing education.
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| Contents |
Foreword: a discourse approach to language and literacy / James Paul Gee -- 1. Language and cultural process -- 2. Critical social literacy for the classroom: an approach using conventional texts across the curriculum -- 3. Literacy and empowerment -- 4. Language, literacy and the new work order / Colin Lankshear and James Paul Gee -- Appendix. a sample of fast capitalist books -- 5. Literacy, work and futures: a view from the Third World -- 6. Literacies, texts and difference in the electronic age / Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel -- Appendix. glossary of technical terms |
| Summary |
The authors have observed and analysed the components of social abilities and how they influence, through language and literacy the likely outcome of the lives and identities of individuals and groups |
| Analysis |
Australia overseas comparisons |
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Cultural values |
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Information and communications technology |
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Literacy |
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Schools |
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Social justice |
| Notes |
New Zealand author |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Critical pedagogy.
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Educational change.
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Educational innovations.
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Literacy -- Social aspects.
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Sociolinguistics.
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| Author |
Lankshear, Colin.
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| LC no. |
96038317 |
| ISBN |
0335196365 |
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0335196373 |
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9780335196364 |
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9780335196371 |
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