Teenagers, Literacy and School : Researching in Multilingual Contexts

ISBN-13: 9780415654371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str.

Ken Cruickshank

Opis

In this book the author uses the methodology of the New Literacy Studies to closely examine the literacy practices in both home and school domains of Arabic speaking teenagers in Sydney, Australia.

Spis treści

Part 1.  1. Patterns of Community Literacy  2. Pathway(s) to Literacy  3. Change and Literacy Practices: Teenagers and Technology  4. Mediation in Community and School Literacy  5. Conflict and Control: Literacy as Management  6. Identity, Place and Identity  Part 2: A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research  8. No Single Answer: What Schools Can and Can’t do  9. Researching in Multilingual/Multicultural Contexts  10. A Harbourful of Yachts: Making Sense of Literacy Research  11. Researching Reading and Writing in Homes and Schools 

O autorze

Ken Cruickshank is a Lecturer in TESOL and Languages in the Faculty of Education, University of Sydney. He has previously worked in primary and secondary schools and with the department of education in Australia.