Title Literacy as conversation : learning networks in urban and rural communities / Eli Goldblatt and David Jolliffe

Published Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) Series Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. Contents Part I: Introducing Our Terms -- 1. How to Read This Book and Why -- 2. How to LEARN and What to Do about It -- 3. Literacy Needs in Two Regions -- 4. Conversation on Attitudes -- Part II: Learning Networks in Philadelphia -- 5. Out-of-School Literacy Centers -- 6. Community Arts -- 7. Urban Farms -- Part III: Learning Networks in Arkansas -- 8. Health -- 9. Performance -- Conclusion: Constructing Hope through Conversation -- Bibliography -- Index Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Literacy programs -- Social aspects -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies Literacy programs -- Social aspects -- Arkansas -- Case studies Urban youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies Urban youth -- Education -- Arkansas -- Case studies Rural youth -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Case studies Rural youth -- Education -- Arkansas -- Case studies LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General. Rural youth -- Education Urban youth -- Education Arkansas Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Genre/Form Case studies Case studies. Études de cas. Form Electronic book Author Jolliffe, David A., author. ISBN 9780822987659 0822987651

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