Local Literacies: Reading and Writing in One Community

by Mary Hamilton (Author), David Barton (Author)

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  1998

  $4.37

  Local Literacies is a unique study of everyday reading and writing. By concentrating on a selection of people in a particular community in Britain, the authors analyze how they use literacy in their day-to-day lives.
  This exploration provides a description of literacy at one point in time, and also reveals the nature and significance of communication to people, households and communities.
  Local Literacies, the first in-depth study of literacy, includes:
  * appendices of raw data
  * notes for teachers and students on how to use the book
  * guidance for carrying out individual research
  Local Literacies is both a theoretical work, and a practical book. It provides stimulating and informative reading for anyone interested in the nature of literacy today, particularly students, teachers and researchers.